Florida Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe (23) celebrates teammate Brand Marchand (63) overtime game winning goal to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise on Fri May 9, 2025 (AP News photo)
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast Mary Lisa:
#1 The Florida Panthers got the game winning goal in overtime from Brad Marchand who scored on a deflected shot at 15:27 as the Panthers picked up their first win in the Eastern Conference semifinals 5-4 to cut the Toronto Maple Leafs lead 2-1.
#2 The shot by Marchand hit the Leafs Morgan Rielly and ended up going over Toronto goaltender Joseph Woll for the goal. It was one four goals that ended up being a ricochet going off an opposing player two for each team.
#3 For Florida Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe, and Jonah Gadjovich all scored. The Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky saved 27 shots and Evan Rodrigues got two assists. The Panthers who lost the first two games of this series have gone 13-2 in their last 15 playoff games in overtime.
#4 The Leafs John Tavares scored twice and Matthew Knies and Reilly also had a goal apiece. Leafs goaltender Woll stopped 32 Florida shots.
#5 Game 4 is Sunday at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise. The Leafs have a chance to go up two games 3-1 but the Panthers who have home ice can tie the series up 2-2 and take the series tie for game 5 back to Toronto.
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