NHL: Hagman has 2 goals in Toronto win

TAMPA, Fla. — Niklas Hagman had two goals and Matt Stajan scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs past the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-3 on Wednesday night.

Nikolai Kulemin also scored to help the Maple Leafs improve to 5-11-7. Rookie defenseman Carl Gunnarsson had three assists in his sixth career NHL game.

Tampa Bay got goals from Andrej Meszaros, Vincent Lecavalier and Ryan Malone. The Lightning, 5-1-4 at home, entered as the last Eastern Conference team without a home loss in regulation.

Stajan gave Toronto a 4-3 lead with a second-period breakaway goal with 1:47 remaining.

The Maple Leafs took a 3-2 advantage 1:20 into the second on Hagman's second goal of the game. Malone got the Lightning even at 3 on his 15th goal this season at 7:51.

After falling behind 2-0 early on, Tampa Bay tied it at 2 on goals by Meszaros and Lecavalier coming 30 seconds apart late in the first. Meszaros scored from the right circle at 14:14 on a power play before Lecavalier's rebound goal with 5:16 to go in the period.

Kulemin put Toronto ahead 1-0 at 6:45 of the first. It was just the fourth time this season the Maple Leafs scored the game's first goal.

Hagman made it 2-0 with 8:06 left in the first.

NOTES: Hagman has a goal in three consecutive games. ... Tampa Bay recalled D Mike Lundin from Norfolk of the AHL. ... Toronto C Wayne Primeau picked up his first assist in 30 games — dating back to Nov. 1, 2008 — on Kulemin's goal. ... Lightning D Mattias Ohlund (ankle) missed his fifth straight game, but could be back in the lineup soon. ... Toronto has held the lead four times at the end of the second period this season. ... Lightning C Steven Stamkos had two assists.