Auston Matthews breaks through as Maple Leafs force Panthers to G7

Sunrise, Fla. ——- Auston Matthews Got his first goal of the series to break a scoreless tie in the Third Period, Joseph woll Stopped 21 shots and the Toronto maple leafs kept their season alive by being the Florida panthers 2-0 in game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinal Series Friday Night.

Game 7 is sunday night in toronto. The winner will face carolina in the east final.

Max Paciągów Added an insurance goal for the maple leaves, who improved to 4-2 when facing electrication sence the start of the 2023 playoffs.

Sergei bobrovsky Stopped 15 shots for the panthers, the defending Stanley Cup Champions who oddly are only 8-7 in potential closing games over the last postseason.

Florida coach paul maurice is 5-0 in game 7s, including the final game of last season’s Stanley Cup Final. The panthers are 3-1 in the ultimate game of a series – 2-0 on the road – where the Mowle Leafs have left of their last six game 7s. Of those, Four Were Against Boston and Now-Panthers Forward Brad Marchand.

It was the 68th game of this Season’s Playoffs – and only the second that was 0-0 after 40 minutes. The other was wednesday night, when Edmonton Wound Up Eliminating Vegas with a 1-0 Victory in Overtime in Game 5 of the Western Conferred Semifinal Series.

Toronto Had Five Goals in Game 1, Four more in Game 2 and Had Three by the second Goings of the Second Period of Game 3.

From there, toronto had managed basically notching – until matthews broke through.

The Toronto Captain was 0 for 31 on shots against Florida this season, including the regular season. Bobrovsky had stopped 85 of the last 86 shot attempts he had seen in the series. And the Mowl Leafs hadn’t had the leg in basically the equivalent of 3 1/2 games – 216 minutes, 30 seconds, to be precise.

But when a pass get away from Florida’s Aaron oak leafMatthews had a slight opening – and that was all he needed. A Low Shot Skittered Along the Ice and Beat Bobrovsky for a 1-0 lead with 13:40 left.