Mitch Marner scored the winner in the third period and Joseph Woll made 25 rescues instead of the injured Anthony Stolarz when the Toronto Maple Leafs knocked down the Florida Panthers 4-3 to take a 2-0 advantage in their second round playoff series on Wednesday.
Max Pacioretty and Max Domi, with a goal and an assistance each, and William Nylander provided the rest of the offensive for the Leafs. Morgan Riely added two assists.
Anton Lundell, with a goal and an assistance, Aleksander Barkov and Brad Marchand responded by the Defensor Champions of the Stanley Cup, which are in two games in a series for the first time since the final of 2023.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 16 shots.
The best confrontation between the heavyweights of the Atlantic division now changes south of Florida, with game 3 ready for Friday.
Woll had the beginning after Stolarz left in the mid -opening on Monday after an elbow to the head of the center of the Panthers, Sam Bennett. The Leafs number 1 fold option also took an album in a shot that removed the mask in the opening period.
Woll, who entered with a .950 savings percentage in its four beginnings of previous playoffs, served well when it was also called on the 2023 and 2024 sheets due to an injury.
Toronto led 3-2 after two periods, but Florida even arrived at 5:33 of the third when Lundell tied his third goal from the playoffs beyond Woll.
Marner quickly recaptor
The local team restored its advantage only 17 seconds later when Marner, who became a father for the first time on Sunday morning, shot a shot from the tables that made his way through traffic beyond Bobrovsky surprised by his second.
Woll was throughout the complete stretch with 9:59 in the regulation to make a great stop in Mackie Samoskevich to keep the Leafs up 4-3 before the defense of the Leafs, Jake McCabe, jumped a loose disc of the fold with less than six minutes to take.
The Panthers continued to press and Sam Reinhart arrived at the post with just over three minutes on the clock before the Leafs stayed late to get a 2-0 advantage in the series.
Florida, who beat Toronto in five games two years ago at the same stage of the playoffs, continued 2-1 to only 15 seconds in the average period when Marchand, a Nemesis of the Leafs playoffs as a member of the Boston Bruins, took a step of Lundell by an agitation of Riely and a roof of her first.
A blunt frantic period continued in a pulsating sand by Scotiabank with physical game on both sides.
The Leafs pushed 3-2 with 2:51 remaining in the period in which Domi received a Steven Lorentz pass in a 2 against 1 and a time in the second on an extensive bobrovsky.
Toronto did not get anything from two unattached power plays within the first 10 minutes of the game before Florida reached five seconds in his first advantage of man when Barkov surpassed Woll for his second at 10:58.
Bobby McMann, who received a firing penalty underway to establish the progress of the Panthers, jumped on a turnover just for Bobrovsky to deny it in a getaway.
The Leafs obtained their third power game from the period in which Dmitry Kulikov was whistled by game delay for shooting the album.
Toronto could not pass much until the second unit took the ice. Riellly shot a shot from the end point in the advantage of the man that Paciotty _ a healthy scratch to begin the playoffs before scoring the series of the series against the Senators of Ottawa in the first round _ inclining it up for his second with 1:41 remaining before the intermission.
