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Ritola scores twice as Lightning rout Leafs 6-2

Mattias Ritola scored twice, Dwayne Roloson made 30 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning dealt a blow to Toronto's playoff hopes with a 6-2 rout of the Maple Leafs on Monday night.Nate Thompson had a goal and an assist, and Vincent Lecavalier, Dominic Moore and Mike Lundin also scored as Tampa Bay kept Toronto six points back of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.Teddy Purcell picked up three assists and Martin St. Louis and Brett Clark added two each for the Lightning.Dion Phaneuf and Nikolai Kulemin scored for Toronto.Ritola, a fourth-round pick of Detroit in 2005, doubled his goal total for the season with two quick strikes 3 minutes apart in the second period to give Tampa Bay a 3-1 lead.Ritola banged a rebound out of the air at 9:25 before snapping a quick shot past James Reimer at 12:34. A healthy scratch two games ago, Ritola now has four goals on the season.After the Leafs cut the deficit to 3-2 with 5:23 left in the second period, Tampa Bay restored its two-goal adv...

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