GDT: ECSF: (A1) Toronto Maple Leafs vs (A3) Florida Panthers - GAME 1 - 8 PM EST IN TORONTO

[crump]

(1A) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (3A) Florida Panthers​

Maple Leafs: 52-26-4, 108 points
Panthers: 47-31-4, 98 points
Season series: TOR: 1-3-0; FLA: 3-1-0
Game 1: Monday at Toronto (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, ESPN)

How they look​

Maple Leafs projected lineup​

Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner

Max Pacioretty -- John Tavares -- William Nylander

Bobby McMann -- Pontus Holmberg -- Max Domi

Calle Jarnkrok -- Scott Laughton -- Steven Lorentz

Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo

Jake McCabe -- Chris Tanev

Simon Benoit -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Anthony Stolarz

Joseph Woll

Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Philippe Myers, David Kampf, Artur Akhtyamov, Nicholas Robertson

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body)

Panthers projected lineup​

Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Mackie Samoskevich -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Brad Marchand

Evan Rodrigues -- Nico Sturm -- Jesper Boqvist

Gustav Forsling – Seth Jones

Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov

Uvis Balinskis -- Nate Schmidt

Sergei Bobrovsky

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Rasmus Asplund, Jonah Gadjovich, A.J. Greer, Tomas Nosek, Matt Kiersted, Jaycob Megna

Injured: None

Suspended: Aaron Ekblad

 

[ACC1224]

Start fast, no nerves, finish checks.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Leafs are going to show them that it’s their year. Panthers run is over. They can do it!

 

[Raging Bull]

f*** the Kittens.

 

[verdi]

On a side note, I just saw the highlight packs from the STL - WNP game.
Holy shit.....

 

[Rob Brown]

@crump post it on the main playoffs board!

 

[DarkKnight]

Lllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttssssss ggggoooo!

Cant wait.

 

[Mess]

This is the Leafs' ninth straight postseason appearance, which is the longest active streak in the NHL and tied for the second longest in franchise history.

That other nine-year streak ended in 1967 with a Stanley Cup win.

History repeating itself?

 

[Tony Romo]

I have no idea why, but I'm very confident

 

[Mess]

Toronto captain Auston Matthews is tied with Darryl Sittler for seventh in franchise history in playoff goals, with 25. His next goal will push him into a tie for fifth, with Steve Thomas and George Armstrong.

Wendel Clark is atop the leaderboard, with 34.

 

[LeafsNation149]

Leafs have a better top 6 and 4th line on paper. Just need the core to actually play how they're expected to. Reinhart and Barkov are both selke caliber. Let's see how our 2 selke caliber players Matthews and Marner match up

Florida's 3rd line scares me a bit.

 

[1specter]

Their forward group is definitely deeper and will be hard to match, but their defense without Ekblad especially is kinda vulnerable. Mikkola and Kulikov are solid 4/5 types but hardly anything that strikes fear, minus Nikkola trying to injure I guess. Bottom pairing is meh, Schmidt can score but also can be taken advantage of defensively. While Forsling is the best D on either team, I like our 1-6 collective group better, even with Ekblad in the line-up.

 

[ashs]

I have no idea why, but I'm very confident

I'm hopeful as well even though everyone thinks we are gonna lose

 

[Aashir]

Game 1 is so important IMO

Set the tone, play your game, don’t be soft, and start off 1-0 in the series

Need Marner and Matthews to be elite, need nylander and Tavares to dominate, need 3rd line to be a pain in the ass + score some goals, need the 4th line to do the same.

Defence needs to hold strong, stolarz gotta be sharp.

Hopefully berube has them ready from puck drop

 

[Punch Drunk Loov]

I can't believe Kampf hasn't played a playoff game yet. Very interesting that Robertson is the next man up. Anyway, go Leafs!

 

[Jojalu]

This is the Leafs' ninth straight postseason appearance, which is the longest active streak in the NHL and tied for the second longest in franchise history.

That other nine-year streak ended in 1967 with a Stanley Cup win.

History repeating itself?

I like the way you think!

 

[Tony Romo]

I'm hopeful as well even though everyone thinks we are gonna lose

i usually f***ing hate these guys and want to die, this morning? it's feeling like 67'!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ACC1224]

I like the way you think!

Yikes! There's something you thought you'd never hear.

 

[SwissLeaf]

I'm so excited! It's going to be an early start into a new vacation day in Turkey! 7 hours time difference, i.e. 3 am starting time. Anyway, it'll be worth it and I can sleep tomorrow afternoon at the beach!

The Leafs haven't lost since I changed to my grey Leafs cap. Let's hope I don't have to switch back to the blue one tomorrow!

GO LEAFS GO!!

 

[Jojalu]

Game 1 is so important IMO

Set the tone, play your game, don’t be soft, and start off 1-0 in the series

Need Marner and Matthews to be elite, need nylander and Tavares to dominate, need 3rd line to be a pain in the ass + score some goals, need the 4th line to do the same.

Defence needs to hold strong, stolarz gotta be sharp.

Hopefully berube has them ready from puck drop

Crazy to think the Leafs blew three third period leads and won them all.

Stolarz needs to better than he was in the first round. At the very least, he needs to be better than Bob.

 

[Mess]

ESPN BET has installed the Panthers as the favorites in the series at -175, while the Maple Leafs are +150 to win the series against the defending Stanley Cup champions.

The Panthers won the regular-season series 3-1 by an aggregate score of 13-7. A major factor in those four games was the Panthers' power play, which converted five of 11 chances (45.5%). For comparison, the Leafs' power play converted only one of nine opportunities (11.1%).

 

[1specter]

Crazy to think the Leafs blew three third period leads and won them all.

Stolarz needs to better than he was in the first round. At the very least, he needs to be better than Bob.

Still can't help but feel like we're going to see Woll draw in this series.

 

[Jojalu]

Still can't help but feel like we're going to see Woll draw in this series.

It might seem like a small point, but Stolarz has never in his career played this many games in a row.

It wouldn't be surprising at all if the Leafs lose a game at home to see Woll start on the road game 3

 

[Madap]

Still can't help but feel like we're going to see Woll draw in this series.

Maybe because the panthers pull some bullshit and injure Stolarz. I have full confidence in him otherwise.

 

[The Shadow]

Not loving the 8pm start

7 is far better