Panthers Dominate Maple Leafs
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While the Toronto Maple Leafs are just one game away from being eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, their fans were dealt a significant blow on Thursday morning. Toronto jumped out to a 2-0 series lead over the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers,
His final act as a celebrated star at Scotiabank Arena may ultimately be remembered for a dance of a much darker variety after he inexplicably spun off a defender in his own zone and tossed a no-look backhand pass up the middle of the ice to open the floodgates for the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night.
As such, the legacy of this edition of the Maple Leafs, one that has featured a core of forwards Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, John Tavares and defenseman Morgan Rielly since 2018, could be cemented in the next few days.
Leafs coach Craig Berube doesn't want the team to overthink the game as it heads to Florida to try to force Game 7.
Tkachuk refused to engage with Domi. Twelve seconds later, Domi slashed Tkachuk and was called for his 11th penalty in 11 games this postseason, the most — by far — of any Leaf, and the most, in fact, of any NHL player this spring.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are on the verge of another massive playoff collapse and will likely be without a key face as the team travels for Game 6. On the brink
Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves, three Florida defensemen scored and the Panthers routed the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
The Florida Panthers, who lost the first two games of the series, went ahead 3-2 with a 6-1 rout of the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5.
Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Mitch Marner is a free agent at the end of this season, and there's a real possibility he won't be back with the franchise where he's spent the first nine years of his NHL career.