Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett scored goals and Sergei Bobrovsky defeated the host Florida Panthers, Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 in Sunday Night Sunrise.
The Eastern Conference, which is connected in 2-2, will continue on Wednesday at Toronto.
Florida, the ruled Stanley Cup champion, eliminated Leafs from the second round of the 2023 playoffs, which was the last meeting of these two teams in the season. Panthers also won this year’s season series 3-1.
Joseph Woll made 35 savings for Leafs, who could not get high -power attacks without watching.
There were four penalties in the first period – all against Toronto. This led the panthers to have a great advantage in shooting attempts (30-9) and their goal scorning (15-4).
Toronto killed these first three penalties, but Florida’s power game finally remained 4:15 and clicked to the Leafs defender Oliver Ekman-Larsson, who cleaned Puck over the glass.
Nine seconds later, it was 1-0 because Matthew Tkachuk, who works on the left wall, had a transition that could not reach by Jake McCabe, the Toronto defender of the Toronto.
The disk, which is connected to Verhaeghe, who scored goals through the door, is to the right of the target. Aleksander Barkov had secondary aid.
The second period was scoreless, but there was a great chance.
3:15 remained, Panthers defender Gustav Forsling chased William Nylander, who could not make a strong enough shot because of his defense effort.
Later, in a Leafs power game less than two minutes, Sam Reinhart prevented a shoot by Mitch Marner. This led to Reinhart’s hurry, Marner Chase gave. Woll stopped Reinhart’s attempt to recoil from the right circle and Barkov from the left.
Finally, when 1:15 left behind, Max Domi was in front of the door, but his re -orientation was stopped by Bobrovsky.
In the third period, Toronto’s Matthew Knies had a short fifty separation, but Bobrovsky left the recovery behind 13:41.
Bennett is third in 7:51. After a Leaf turnover, Bennett exploded on the right wing. But when both defenders took Verhaeghe, Bennett took a few steps towards the emergence and patiently passed Woll.
Aaron Ekblad helped this goal.
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