Game 7. It's a familiar situation for both the Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs, but one with very different results.
The Panthers have enjoyed success, the host Maple Leafs not so much. The former will look to keep that going while the latter will aim to turn their tortuous fortune around when the two face off on Sunday with the winner advancing to the Eastern Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes.
"They're fun," Toronto coach Craig Berube said of Game 7s. "... Everything's on the line. We gotta come out in Game 7 and do the same things we did (in Game 6). It's not fancy. It's just competing. It's direct. It's simple hockey."
Toronto forced the decisive contest after taking a 2-0 win in Game 6 in Florida. Captain Auston Matthews scored his first goal of the series just over six minutes into the third period before Max Pacioretty added another late.
"Everyone will probably want to talk about the goal and the points, but at the end (Matthews and Mitch Marner) were making plays ... and winning puck battles to seal that win," Pacioretty said.
Recent Game 7 history hasn't been kind to the Maple Leafs, who have lost each of their past six and are 0-5 with the core of Matthews, Marner, William Nylander and Morgan Rielly. They haven't won one since defeating the Ottawa Senators in the first round in 2004.
Toronto's overall Game 7 history isn't quite as star-crossed. The Maple Leafs are 12-15 overall, including a 7-3 mark on home ice.
The Panthers are 3-1 all-time in their four Game 7 appearances, with two of those wins coming on the road. Most notably, they claimed their first Stanley Cup last season with a Game 7 victory at home against the Edmonton Oilers.
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Game 7. It's a familiar situation for both the Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs, but one with very different results.
The Panthers have enjoyed success, the host Maple Leafs not so much. The former will look to keep that going while the latter will aim to turn their tortuous fortune around when the two face off on Sunday with the winner advancing to the Eastern Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes.
"They're fun," Toronto coach Craig Berube said of Game 7s. "... Everything's on the line. We gotta come out in Game 7 and do the same things we did (in Game 6). It's not fancy. It's just competing. It's direct. It's simple hockey."
Toronto forced the decisive contest after taking a 2-0 win in Game 6 in Florida. Captain Auston Matthews scored his first goal of the series just over six minutes into the third period before Max Pacioretty added another late.
"Everyone will probably want to talk about the goal and the points, but at the end (Matthews and Mitch Marner) were making plays ... and winning puck battles to seal that win," Pacioretty said.
Recent Game 7 history hasn't been kind to the Maple Leafs, who have lost each of their past six and are 0-5 with the core of Matthews, Marner, William Nylander and Morgan Rielly. They haven't won one since defeating the Ottawa Senators in the first round in 2004.
Toronto's overall Game 7 history isn't quite as star-crossed. The Maple Leafs are 12-15 overall, including a 7-3 mark on home ice.
The Panthers are 3-1 all-time in their four Game 7 appearances, with two of those wins coming on the road. Most notably, they claimed their first Stanley Cup last season with a Game 7 victory at home against the Edmonton Oilers.
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great game either way, tough loss for Scheifele & the Jets 
Ladies & Gentlemen either way 
team may or may not win the series, or the Leafs 
team either stays home or goes on to the next round or do I go OFER it's a gamble
might need 2 bags for this one 
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