Panthers dominate Maple Leafs in Game 7 to advance to Eastern Conference Final

Sergei Bobrovsky made saves Florida scored three times in a span in the second period and the Panthers routed the Toronto Maple Leafs - in Encounter on Sunday night to advance to the Eastern Conference final The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers will play the Carolina Hurricanes in the conference final opening on the road Tuesday night Seth Jones Anton Lundell and Jonah Gadjovich scored in the second-period burst and Eetu Luostarinen Sam Reinhart and Brad Marchand into an empty net added goals in the third Marchand Luostarinen and Aleksander Barkov each had two assists NHL hours ago What to know for the NHL conference finals Matchups schedule where to watch Florida Panthers May Sergei Bobrovsky has earned the trust of the Panthers and it keeps paying off Maxi Domi scored for Toronto Joseph Woll stopped shots Jones opened the scoring at of the second beating Woll to the far post with a shot from the right side Lundell struck at putting in a rebound Gadjovich followed at off another rebound Domi cut it to - at of the third beating Bobrovsky between the legs Luostarinen countered seconds later for Florida and Reinhart scored at Referee Chris Rooney left seconds into the second period after Florida s Niko Mikkola was jousting for the puck and his stick went into Rooney s face Garrett Rank took Rooney s spot The Maple Leafs led the Atlantic Division matchup - on the back of consecutive home victories before the Panthers won three straight to go up - the last a - romp in Tournament that looked a lot like Sunday Toronto staved off elimination with a - road win Friday Marchand appeared in his th Contest the majority among proceeding players Five of Marchand s Championship s all victories have come against Toronto The Maple Leafs have won just two series in tries across the Auston Matthews-Mitch Marner era with Marner set to become an unrestricted free agent July