The incident occurred in the second period when McCabe, playing in his 600th career regular-season game, blocked a point shot from Lightning defenseman Nick Perbix. The puck struck McCabe on the side of the head as he was boxing out forward Jake Guentzel in front of the Maple Leafs' net.

The Toronto Maple Leafs got two very important players back on Saturday night with both forwards Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies making their returns from injury, but they may now have lost one of their top defensemen to injury on the very same night.

The Toronto Maple Leafs built up a 4-0 lead and then held on to win 5-3 over the Lightning in Tampa Bay. What were the good, bad, and ugly aspects of the game?

After Hedman passed Marty St. Louis (588) as the Lightning’s all-time assist leader, he joked that his record would be short-lived. Kucherov stands just 15 behind him with 575 in 747 career games, compared to Hedman’s 590 in 1,075.

TAMPA – Auston Matthews had two assists in his return from injury for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-3 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Saturday. The Maple Leafs captain missed nine games with an upper-body injury.