Maple Leafs vs. Panthers Game Day Preview: Round 2 Game 4

The Toronto Maple Leafs are heading into Game 4 looking to bounce back from their overtime loss in Game 3 to the Florida Panthers. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead early in the first, they let it slip—not once, but twice—ultimately losing after holding a 3-1 advantage. If they want to regain control of the series, they’ll need to tighten up their game, starting with playing a full 60 minutes and keeping their foot on the gas when they’re ahead.

That said, nobody expected this series to be easy. The Panthers are the defending Stanley Cup Champions for a reason. They fight until the bitter end and proved it again in Game 3. The Maple Leafs came out strong in the first period, but completely changed their style of play in the second, and it cost them. That kind of inconsistency doesn’t fly in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

1. William Nylander: 6 G, 9 A, 15 P
2. Mitch Marner: 2 G, 10 A, 12 P
3. Auston Matthews: 2 G, 8 A, 10 P
4. John Tavares: 5 G, 2 A, 7 G
5. Morgan Rielly: 4 G, 3 A, 7 P

Goalie Stats:

1. Anthony Stolarz: 4-2, 2.19 GAA, .901 SV%
2. Joseph Woll: 2-1, 3.99 GAA, .869 SV%

Florida Panthers
Playoff Record: 5-3
Series Record: 1-2

Top 5 Scorers:

1. Sam Reinhart: 3 G, 5 A, 8 P
2. Anton Lundell: 3 G, 5 A, 8 P
3. Brad Marchand: 2 G, 6 A, 8 P
4. Eetu Luostarinen: 2 G, 6 A, 8 P
5. Sam Bennett: 4 G, 3 A, 7 P

Goalie Stats:

1. Sergei Bobrovsky: 5-3, 2.94 GAA, .875 SV%

Projected Lineups

There are just projections, these lineups are subject to change before the drop of the puck

Toronto Maple Leafs:

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

Joseph Woll
Matt Murray

Injured: Anthony Stolarz (upper body)

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

Florida Panthers:

Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
Mackie Samoskevich — Nico Sturm — Jesper Boqvist

Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Nate Schmidt — Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky
Vítek Vaněček

Scratched: Tomas Nosek, Jonah Gadjovich, Jaycob Megna, Mackie Samoskevich, Uvis Balinskis

Puck drop is set for 7:30 tonight, but before the game gets started, I want to wish all the moms out there a very Happy Mother’s Day. Enjoy the game—and as always, Go Leafs Go!