The Florida Panthers advance to the Eastern Conference final, dominating the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1 in Game 7

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

Had the Toronto Maple Leafs had starting goaltender Anthony Stolarz healthy for the entire second-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers, they might have had a different outcome. Despite jumping out to a 2-0 series lead,

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers are going the distance Sunday night, with the series tied 3-3 and the winner going to the Eastern Conference final

Matthew Tkachuk was honest with his Panthers squad about playing the Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Just two days after a season-ending 6-1 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 7 of the second-round series in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Toronto Maple Leafs held their end-of-season media availability.

Despite holding a 2-0 series lead against the Florida Panthers in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Toronto Maple Leafs will be watching the Eastern Conference final from home. Toronto lost three straight to the defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers before pulling out a convincing 2-0 win on the road in Game 6 to set up a winner-take-all Game 7 at home.

The Maple Leafs (52-26-4) finished first in the Atlantic Division with 108 points, six ahead of the Tampa Bay Lightning and eight of the Panthers. Toronto then won only its second postseason series in 21 years by eliminating the Ottawa Senators in six games in the first round.