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Leafs-Lightning has been the wildest #NHLPlayoffs series so far: tons of goals, thrilling lead changes, and even a fight between two stars. For many, it recalls the classic 2012 Penguins-Flyers Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. One of the most epic series of all time, a 🧵: 
As @PR_NHL shared last Thursday night, Maple Leafs-Lighting is the first opening round series to see 19+ goals scored in Games 1 and 2 since that fateful 2012 Penguins-Flyers series, which featured an even 20. But that’s not where the similarities end between the two.
Saturday’s Game 3 fight between former 60-goal scorers Auston Matthews and Steven Stamkos echoed 2012’s Game 3 fight between the Penguins’ Sidney Crosby and the Flyers’ Claude Giroux, the only postseason fight over the last 30 years between a pair of eventual 1000-point players.
