NHL LIVE Toronto Maple Leafs vs Florida Panthers Playoffs Game 5 12th May 2023 Game Reaction
17The Toronto Maple Leafs face another must-win situation Friday night against the visiting Florida Panthers in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference second-round series.
The Maple Leafs trail the best-of-seven series 3-1 after avoiding a sweep on Wednesday with a solid defensive effort in a 2-1 victory at Sunrise, Fla.
Panthers coach Paul Maurice, whose team overcame a 3-1 deficit in a first-round upset of the Boston Bruins, was philosophical.
Florida had won six consecutive games before the loss on Wednesday.
Toronto goaltender Joseph Woll made 24 saves in his first career playoff start. He replaced injured Ilya Samsonov (upper body) early in the second period of the overtime loss in Game 3. Woll will again start Friday, Keefe said, with Matt Murray in the role of backup.
Toronto players blocked 21 shots in Game 4 and Florida blocked nine.
Nylander's goal, on a power play, involved some good fortune. Michael Bunting's pass along the boards bounced off an official to Nylander, whose backhander hit the post and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky's mask before going in.
Mitchell Marner, who had an assist on the first goal, gave Toronto a 2-0 lead in the third period on a 46-foot wrist shot through traffic.
Sam Reinhart scored on the power play for Florida in the third.
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Forwards
Calle Jarnkrok - Auston Matthews - Mitchell Marner
Alexander Kerfoot - John Tavares - William Nylander
Michael Bunting - Ryan O'Reilly - Noel Acciari
David Kampf - Sam Lafferty
Defencemen
TJ Brodie - Justin Holl
Jake McCabe - Timothy Liljegren
Morgan Rielly - Luke Schenn
Mark Giordano
Goalies
Joseph Woll
Matt Murray
Scratched: Erik Gustafsson, Conor Timmins, Wayne Simmonds, Zach Aston-Reese
Injured: Jake Muzzin (neck), Victor Mete (upper body), Nicholas Robertson (shoulder), Ilya Samsonov (upper body), Matthew Knies (concussion)
Panthers projected lineup
Forwards
Carter Verhaeghe - Aleksander Barkov - Anthony Duclair
Nick Cousins - Sam Bennett - Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen - Anton Lundell - Sam Reinhart
Colin White - Eric Staal - Zac Dalpe
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
Injured: Ryan Lomberg (upper body), Patric Hornqvist (concussion)
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