With the intention of promoting recent history, Toronto Maple Leafs carried on the Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers 2–0 in its best-seven, playing 2–0 on Friday as the view of Game 3 in the second round series.
Maple Leafs has failed to carry forward the previous round of the second round of NHL playoffs in every season since 2002, and has not won the Stanley Cup since 1967.
The series now turns into panthers home ice in Sunrise, Fla, as Leafs will once again look at players such as goalkeeper Joseph Wole and Winger William Nilander.
Toronto goalkeeper Anthony Stolarz, who started in Game 1, did not travel with the team after leaving the opener in the second period after taking a hit on the head from Sam Bennett. The team that won the Panthers title in the previous season was seen vomiting near the bench and rushed to the local hospital for evaluation.
With Stolarz, Wole has stepped, but his solid game is not surprising. During the regular season, the goals divided the time when Stolar launched 33 games and 2.14 goals averages averaged. Vol started 41 games with 2.73 GAA.
Wole has won the last four playoff games, which he has played, dating last season, but did not play since 17 April.
“This is something that I had to focus on, coming up with a plan to be ready,” Wole said about his mentality before Stolarz’s injury.
Leafs won the initial game of Series 5-4 and made the second competition from 4-3 to 4-3, learning in different fashion.
In Game 1, he led the entire leadership despite the three third-term goals by the panthers. In Game 2, Toronto came from behind and won it at the third-period target of Mich Mitcher.
Nilender has been a star with three goals and a support in the series. Nilander has six goals and seven assistance in eight matches, including the first round series against Ottawa Senators.
His play is made for a quiet series so far from Auston Mathews (No Gol, One Assist) and John Thawres (zero points). During the regular season, both stars jointly combined for 71 goals and 152 points.
The panthers have not given a feeling of nervousness, especially when they have to play a home game in this series yet, but there are concerns.
Golki Sergei Bobroveski conducted Tampa Biletoning to score 11 goals in five matches in the first round. But in this series, he has allowed nine targets, including eight strengths.
Forward Sam Renhart, who led the panthers in a regular session with 39 goals and 81 points, this series has zero points.
Other panthers stars have been largely absent from the score sheet: Matthew Takchuk (a support), Alexander Barkov (a goal), Gustav forces (zero points).
In fact, the third line of Florida has taken the team with each goal and two assistance with Anton Lundel, Brad Marchand and Etu Luosarinn.
But Marchnd, who went 4–0 in the playoff series against Toronto playing for Boston Brins, said the panthers need to do more on the defensive end.
“The biggest danger is that (Toronto) is very good on the crowd,” said Marchand. “This is not much for them to score. We have to make sure that we are very correct on our defensive coverage.”
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