John Tavares scored at 4:36 of overtime and Ilya Samsonov made 31 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday to win their series 4-2 and advance in the post-season for the first time in nearly two decades.

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