While it might not have the same minutia as the Battle of Ontario or the Battle of Florida, the rivalry that has been brewing between the Panthers and Maple Leafs has been exciting to watch. Dating back to their playoff series in 2023, Florida and Toronto have been two teams that just don’t like each other.

Anthony Stolarz won a Cup with the Panthers last season. With the Leafs, he likes what he saw in a battle of Atlantic Division rivals.

Expert recap and game analysis of the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Florida Panthers NHL game from April 2, 2025 on ESPN.

Mitch Marner broke a tie at 10:50 of the third period, and the Toronto Maple Leafs clinched a Stanley Cup Playoff berth with a 3-2 win against the Florida Panthers at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday. After Auston Matthews retrieved his own rebound,

Mitch Marner and Matthew Knies each tallied a goal and an assist to help Toronto beat the visiting Florida Panthers 3-2 on Wednesday, allowing the Maple Leafs to stretch their lead atop the Atlantic Division.

In a battle between two teams vying for the top spot in the Atlantic Division, the Florida Panthers will visit the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday. The first of two remaining head-to-head matchups over the final eight games of the regular season,

Toronto’s top line stepped up in a major way in the third. Auston Matthews set up Mitch Marner to give the Leafs the lead with nine minutes to play, and Marner then made a perfect stretch pass to set up Knies for a breakaway goal.

For the first time since late November, the Panthers have lost three straight games, capped off by Wednesday’s 3-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The big news that came down before the game was that Panthers Captain Sasha Barkov would be out due to an upper-body injury.

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