NHL LIVE Toronto Maple Leafs vs Florida Panthers Playoffs Game 4 10th May 2023 Game Reaction
9Toronto's top four scorers have been held without a goal against the Panthers. John Tavares, Auston Matthews, William Nylander and Mitch Marner combined for 13 goals in Toronto's opening-round series win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Tavares, who has torched Florida in the past, leads Toronto in this series with 16 scoring chances, but he hasn't hit the back of the net.
Marner said the Leafs have to forget about this poor stretch of three games.
The Leafs now move forward with Joseph Woll in goal.
Starter Ilya Samsonov came away with an unspecified injury early in the second period Sunday. He was replaced by Woll, who has just 13 games of NHL experience.
Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said Samsonov was "feeling better" Monday, but on Tuesday, Woll was named the starter for Game 4. Matt Murray, who hasn't played since April 2 (concussion), will back up the 24-year-old Woll.
Samsonov had a breakout regular season, posting career highs in starts (40), wins (27), save percentage (.919) and goals-against average (2.33).
Woll stopped 18 of 21 shots but the Leafs lost 3-2 in overtime in Game 3. He went 6-1 during the regular season.
Murray went 14-8-2 with a 3.01 goals-against average and .903 save percentage during the regular season.
The Florida Panthers are one win away from advancing to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 1996.
Florida leads the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 in their best-of-seven series, with Game 4 set for Wednesday on the Panthers' home ice at Sunrise, Fla.
The Panthers have won six straight playoff games, a franchise record.
Indeed, this year has been a departure from the past quarter-century-plus of Panthers history. The Panthers went to the playoffs for the first time in 1996, in just their third season, and lost in the Stanley Cup Finals while electrifying their fan base.
Since then, however, they are just 2-6 in playoff series, and that includes this year's monumental upset of the top-seeded Boston Bruins.
Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky has led the current charge as he has a .921 save percentage during this six-game winning streak. He has held Toronto to just two goals in each game of this series.
Offensively, Florida is led by Carter Verhaeghe, whose 12 career playoff goals are the most in Panthers history. Verhaeghe was drafted by his hometown team, the Leafs, in 2013, and he was with the organization until they traded him in 2017.
But it's not just Verhaeghe. Matthew Tkachuk leads Florida this year in playoff goals (five) and assists (10). Sam Reinhart, who scored the overtime goal in Florida's 3-2 win over Toronto on Sunday, is also a force along with other Panthers forwards such as Aleksander Barkov, Anthony Duclair and Sam Bennett.
Duclair, who missed 62 games in the regular season because of foot surgery, has two goals and three assists in nine playoff contests. His speed has made a difference.
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Forwards
Calle Jarnkrok - Auston Matthews - William Nylander
Alexander Kerfoot - John Tavares - Mitchell Marner
Michael Bunting - Ryan O'Reilly - Noel Acciari
David Kampf - Sam Lafferty
Defencemen
Jake McCabe - Timothy Liljegren
TJ Brodie - Justin Holl
Morgan Rielly - Luke Schenn
Mark Giordano
Goalies
Joseph Woll
Matt Murray
Scratched: Conor Timmins, Wayne Simmonds, Zach Aston-Reese, Erik Gustafsson
Injured: Ilya Samsonov (upper body), Matthew Knies (concussion), Jake Muzzin (neck), Victor Mete (upper body), Nicholas Robertson (shoulder), Carl Dahlstrom (shoulder)
Panthers projected lineup
Forwards
Carter Verhaeghe - Aleksander Barkov - Anthony Duclair
Nick Cousins - Sam Bennett - Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen - Anton Lundell - Sam Reinhart
Zac Dalpe - Eric Staal - Colin White
Defencemen
Gustav Forsling - Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal - Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura - Radko Gudas
Goalies
Sergei Bobrovsky
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Givani Smith, Mike Benning, Casey Fitzgerald, Evan Fitzpatrick, Lucas Carlsson
Injured: Ryan Lomberg (upper body), Patric Hornqvist (concussion)
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