The Panthers already were without star forward Sam Reinhart after a nasty Game 2 hit by Carolina’s Sebastian Aho. That wasn’t forgotten. After taking care of business on the scoreboard, Matthew Tkachuk took care of business with Aho, taunting and pushing and trying to fight him in a manner Aho didn’t want and his Carolina teammates didn’t rush.

The Florida Panthers are one step away from reaching their third consecutive Stanley Cup Final, and they just got a much-needed boost. Head coach Paul Maurice confirmed that defenseman Niko Mikkola and forward A.

The Panthers scored three goals in a 6:24 span of the second period to quiet the Toronto crowd and go on to defeat the Maple Leafs.

Veteran forward Brad Marchand said the Florida Panthers sensed the toll pressure took on the Toronto Maple Leafs while his team rode a relaxed mentality into Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series.

The Maple Leafs score twice in the third period to defeat the Panthers in Sunrise and force Game 7 in Toronto on May 18.

The Florida Panthers shut the Toronto Maple Leafs down - again - and are one win away from returning to the Stanley Cup conference finals. Sergei Bobrovsky came within 1:06 of securing back-to ...

The Florida Panthers visit the Toronto Maple Leafs for Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series Sunday.

The Florida Panthers came out flat Friday night and failed to recover in a 2-0 home playoff loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs that evened the series 3-3 and send its back to Canada for Game 7 Sunday night.

The Florida Panthers defended home ice over the weekend and evened their best-of-seven series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Both teams will head back north of the border Wednesday with a chance ...

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The Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers play Game 6 of an Eastern Conference semifinals series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Friday in Sunrise.

“What I take from it is we won three, but it doesn’t take three to win a series,” Panthers star winger Matthew Tkachuk said. “That’s the simplest answer I’ve got. We need one more, and it’s the hardest one to win.”