TORONTO — The Panthers and Maple Leafs had been knotted at zero once they got here out of the locker room for the second interval. Each groups had strong stretches of play within the first interval.
However an explosive seven minutes clinched the Panthers’ victory, sending Florida to its third straight Jap Convention remaining with a 6-1 win over the Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Enviornment in Toronto on Sunday. The Panthers will face the Carolina Hurricanes within the Jap Convention remaining — a rematch of the 2023 convention finals. The primary recreation is on Tuesday.
The Panthers dominated the primary 10 minutes of the sport, getting 21 shot makes an attempt earlier than the Maple Leafs had one. However Toronto equally managed the second half of the primary interval, getting three breakaways that Sergei Bobrovsky saved out of the online.
However after a scoreless first, Florida’s offense got here to life. Defenseman Seth Jones gave the Panthers the lead 3:15 into the second interval. After contemplating a go to streaking ahead Sam Reinhart, Jones fired a wrist shot previous Joseph Woll to provide Florida a 1-0 benefit.
The Panthers went up 2-0 when a Brad Marchand shot bounced off Eetu Luostarinen and landed in entrance of Anton Lundell. Lundell bought the rebound previous Woll to provide the Panthers an insurance coverage objective 7:18 into the second interval.
Jones arrange Florida’s third objective of the interval, profitable a race for the puck within the impartial zone, drawing two defenders his manner earlier than leaving the puck for A.J Greer. Greer’s shot didn’t beat Woll, however Greer bought the rebound and handed to Jonah Gadjovich, who beat Woll to the goalie’s left aspect.
Toronto bought on the board early within the interval. The Maple Leafs caught the Panthers short-handed throughout a line change, and Max Domi bought a slapshot previous Bobrovsky.
But when Domi’s objective gave the Maple Leafs hope, Luostarinen quickly extinguished it. Forty-seven seconds after Domi’s objective, Luostarinen tipped in a shot from Marchand to place the Panthers forward by three once more. Sam Reinhart added a objective halfway via the third interval, placing Florida up 5-1 and setting the Panthers up for the Jap Convention remaining.
Brad Marchand, who has performed and gained 5 Recreation 7s in opposition to Toronto, put the cherry on high for Florida, scoring an empty-netter to make it 6-1.
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