Chris Pronger, Mark Messier and P.Ok. Subban rip the Maple Leafs after a blowout Sport 5 loss to the Panthers. (2:30)
After constructing a 2-0 lead on the Florida Panthers<\/a> of their second-round sequence, the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> at the moment are down 3-2 main into Friday’s Sport 6 (8 p.m. ET, TNT<\/a><\/strong>).
Will this be the ultimate recreation of the Maple Leafs’ season? Or will they power a Sport 7 on Sunday?
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Learn on for game previews<\/a> with statistical insights from ESPN Analysis, a recap<\/a> of what went down in Thursday’s video games and the three stars of Thursday<\/a> from Arda \u00d6cal.

Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> at Florida Panthers<\/a>
Sport 6 | 8 p.m. ET | TNT<\/strong>
With the Panthers up 3-2 within the sequence, ESPN BET now lists them as -800 to win this sequence, with the Maple Leafs at +500. Florida’s Stanley Cup odds at the moment are +300, whereas Toronto’s are +2500.
The Panthers are 5-1 all time when main 3-2 in a seven-game sequence. The one loss got here within the 2012 playoffs towards the Devils. The Maple Leafs are 6-18 all time when trailing a sequence 3-2.
In Sport 5, 14 totally different Panthers registered factors, which is probably the most gamers to take action in a single playoff recreation in franchise historical past. Florida has had 17 totally different gamers rating a purpose this postseason, which breaks a single-postseason franchise document set in 1996.
Together with his fourth multipoint recreation of the playoffs, the Panthers’ Sam Reinhart<\/a> is certainly one of six gamers to hit that benchmark within the 2025 playoffs.
The Panthers haven’t trailed for 170:10 of recreation time since Carter Verhaeghe<\/a>‘s tying purpose 5:17 into the second interval of Sport 3.
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Toronto’s Auston Matthews<\/a> has zero objectives in his previous 5 video games, which ties the longest goalless drought of his playoff profession (different occurrences have been in 2021 and 2023).
Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz<\/a> is likely out for Game 6<\/a>, turning the crease again over to Joseph Woll<\/a>, who gave up 5 objectives on 25 pictures in Sport 5.
The possible Vezina Trophy winner made 22 saves in a 4-0 win, which is his second straight dwelling shutout on this sequence.
Scheifele scored the opening purpose in Sport 5, and added an help on Nikolaj Ehlers<\/a>‘ power-play purpose within the second. He now has three objectives in potential elimination video games, which is probably the most in Thrashers\/Jets 2.0 franchise historical past.
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Andersen has been nice for the Canes. He gave up only one purpose on 19 pictures within the series-clinching win over the Capitals, and allowed simply six objectives whole<\/em> within the Hurricanes’ 5 video games towards Washington.

Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> 3, Washington Capitals<\/a> 1
CAR wins 4-1, performs winner of TOR-FLA<\/strong>
With a spot within the Jap Convention finals on the road for Carolina — and a continuation to not less than Sport 6 the motivation for the Capitals — the 2 groups battled in an impressed contest. Canes captain Jordan Staal<\/a> obtained on the board first, however Washington’s Anthony Beauvillier<\/a> answered 4 minutes later. The groups remained tied 1-1 till lower than two minutes remaining when Andrei Svechnikov<\/a> fired one previous Logan Thompson<\/a>. With the online empty, the Caps couldn’t get the equalizer, and Seth Jarvis<\/a> sealed the cope with an empty-netter with 27 seconds to play. Carolina now awaits the winner of Maple Leafs-Panthers within the convention finals. Full recap<\/strong><\/a>.
Seth Jarvis notches a clutch purpose to to safe the sequence win over the Capitals.

Winnipeg Jets<\/a> 4, Dallas Stars<\/a> 0
DAL leads 3-2 | Sport 6 Saturday<\/strong>
Needing a win to stay alive on this sequence, the Jets obtained an emphatic one, backstopped by a 22-save shutout by Connor Hellebuyck<\/a>. Mark Scheifele<\/a> obtained Winnipeg on the board first, along with his fourth purpose of the playoffs at 6:17 of the second interval. Nikolaj Ehlers<\/a> added a power-play tally 2:20 into the third, with Vladislav Namestnikov<\/a> becoming a member of the get together at 12:07. With the online empty for Dallas, Ehlers added an empty-netter to cap issues off and ship Winnipeg’s followers dwelling completely happy. Dallas has one other probability to complete the sequence off at dwelling on Saturday — if not, Sport 7 can be Monday, again in Winnipeg. Full recap<\/strong><\/a>.
Nikolaj Ehlers scores the game-sealing empty-netter to safe the Sport 5 win for the Jets over the Stars.<\/p>\n

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