Leafs beat the Lightning 4-3 in shootout

Scott Clemmensen stopped Brad Richards and Martin St. Louis in the shootout to help the Toronto Maple Leafs secure a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. Tomas Kaberle and Mats Sundin scored for the Maple Leafs, who won their first shootout game of the season.

Sundin, Jason Blake, and Hal Gill also had goals in regulation for Toronto.

Andreas Karlsson, Martin St. Louis and Paul Ranger scored for Tampa Bay, which has lost eight of its past nine and remains the NHL's worst road team.

Blake hadn't recorded a point in eight games before coach Paul Maurice put him on a line with Sundin and Alex Steen for Tuesday's game. Blake responded with a goal and two assists for his second three-point game with the Maple Leafs.

Maurice gave Clemmensen his first start of the season. Clemmensen had spent most of the season in the American Hockey League before getting called up after starter Vesa Toskala went down with a groin injury.

It was Clemmensen's first NHL win since Feb. 25, 2007, when he was Martin Brodeur's backup in New Jersey.

The 30-year-old didn't have to be spectacular, but he was solid when tested and shut the door after Vincent Lecavalier scored on Tampa Bay's first shootout attempt.

Karlsson opened the scoring at 13:29 of the first period with his first goal of the season. He took a nice pass from Jan Hlavac and batted it into the goal.

Toronto took control in the second period. Blake got things started at 3:23 after taking the puck at the side of the goal and banking a shot in off Lightning goalie Karri Ramo. It was Blake's sixth goal of the season.

Sundin put the Maple Leafs up 2-1 with his team-leading 18th goal at 9:39. The captain took a pass from Blake and broke in alone down the wing before faking a shot and sending the puck over Ramo.

The lead was short-lived. St. Louis tied the game just 29 seconds later off a faceoff in the Maple Leafs zone when Vinny Prospal beat Leafs defenseman Pavel Kubina to the puck and fed him in front.

Gill's second goal of the season at 17:27 put Toronto back in front.

Ranger tied it with 40.3 seconds remaining when his shot floated through a crowd and over Clemmensen's shoulder.

Notes:@ Tampa plays in Montreal on Thursday and Ottawa on Saturday ... Toronto is 16-4-2 when playing a home game on New Year's Day ... Ramo's only career victory came against the Maple Leafs on Dec. 20 ... Lightning forward Brad Richards entered the game with a league-worst minus-21 rating ... Toronto leads the season series 2-1. The final meeting between the teams is on Feb. 29 in Tampa, Fla.