Leafs vs. Panthers Game 2 — live updates
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The Leafs survive the shooting gallery — Brad Marchand might have had the best chance, but Scott Laughton got a stick in there — and that was …
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Goals in the series so far from Toronto's core players: William Nylander 3, Mitch Marner 1, Matthew Knies 1, Morgan Rielly 1. And Auston Matth…
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Jake McCabe wouldn't have been more desperate there on the hand pass save if it had been an actual grenade.
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That was the kind of save the Leafs needed, and that Joseph Woll probably needed, too. That puck needed to be handled cleanly, and it wasn't, …
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Chris Tanev is hard to hurt, but that hit looked like it hurt, right after he saved a goal. Still on the bench, though.
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Maybe Wes McCauley's cameo appearance as a linesman can settle the officiating down. Like having a driving instructor suddenly show up at a te…
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For Leafs fans: the Matthew Tkachuk line, which includes Sam Bennett, has been on the ice for both of Toronto's even-strength goals.
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Five periods into this series, and Sergei Bobrovsky has allowed eight goals on 44 shots. That's a cool .846 save percentage.
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Max Domi has shown up tonight, and the Leafs counterattack has been dangerous: real nice work by Morgan Rielly and Steven Lorentz on the rush,…
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One thing I've mentioned: the Leafs series against Ottawa felt tame compared to other playoff series in terms of both hate and chaos. Well, th…
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Starting to get nasty out there: Holmberg takes a penalty for getting mad after a sneaky hit from behind from Seth Jones, but the Leafs kill o…
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That's a really irresponsible hit by Scott Laughton: right on the numbers, head into the glass, on Evan Rodrigues, who somehow gets called for…
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Max Pacioretty: six points in his last three games. William Nylander: seven points in his last three games, and six goals in eight playoff gam…
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Brutal giveaway by Morgan Rielly on an awkward exchange with Joseph Woll, and yeah, this is a Brad Marchand game, all right. Sneaky hits, snow…
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One thing to watch in the second: in the contest between the Matthews line vs. the Barkov line, Florida got the better of the matchup head-to-…
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Max Pacioretty used to be the one under pressure, the one under the gun. He was the leading scorer on the 2014 Canadiens, who charged to the c…
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There were times this year that Max Pacioretty looked like yet another of the aging vets that the Leafs tried to graft to this team: your Patr…
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Some days Chris Tanev is a shot-blocking machine, some days he's a screen. Sasha Barkov's PP goal gives the Panthers the lead, and again: they…
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Ah, Brad Marchand slightly embellishing contact he saw coming a mile away, and baited until the last second. It's a genuine skill.
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The Panthers are back to that thing where they win more puck battles than they lose, but they're also playing a dangerous game by giving the L…
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Florida looked much more engaged to start Game 2 until Dmitry Kulikov's mental error at the Leafs blue line. And their penalty kill looked goo…
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Of all the oddities of Ron MacLean, who can be a sort of hockey trivia club greeting card come to life, responding to the story of Aaron Ekbla…
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Hockey's a complex game, but some things are simple, and even timeless. In the playoffs, you have to care at least as much as the other team, …
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Goalie Joseph Woll will get his first start of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs tonight in Game 2 against the Florida Panthers while Anthony Stol…
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The º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøMaple Leafs have done something no other team in the NHL and the NBA has accomplished in this year’s playoffs: win the first game …
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If you listened to Panthers forward Sam Bennett talk about his hit to the head of Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz in Monday’s Game 1 of…
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Five years ago, Maple Leafs fans likely assumed their team by now would have been the cream of the Atlantic Division, supplanting both the Bos…
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With Anthony Stolarz out of hospital and back with his teammates for important meetings to prepare for Game 2, the Maple Leafs tried to put on…
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When Paul Maurice woke up Tuesday morning, he expected he’d have to talk about Sam Bennett’s collision with º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøMaple Leafs goaltender Ant…
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Amidst the fervor of a wild Game 1 victory Monday night, Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett drew the ire of Maple Leafs fans after he collid…
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