His final act as a celebrated star at Scotiabank Arena may ultimately be remembered for a dance of a much darker variety after he inexplicably spun off a defender in his own zone and tossed a no-look backhand pass up the middle of the ice to open the floodgates for the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night.

The Toronto Maple Leafs suffered what could be argued as the worst playoff loss of the Core Four era, in terms of both play and circumstance. They laid an egg for a 6-1 loss on home ice with the series tied 2-2 and now have to return to Sunrise with the extremely daunting task of beating the Panthers two games in a row.

Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube had high praise for star forward William Nylander amid his dominant performance against the Panthers.

Toronto Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube and captain Auston Matthews shared their thoughts following Wednesday's disappointing 6-1 blowout loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 5.

Game 5 at Scotiabank Arena between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers was supposed to be an all-out war. Both teams wanted to take the 3–2 series lead, putting the other on the brink of elimination.

The night got underway with the Maple Leafs outlasting the Panthers, 4-3, behind two-point performances from Max Pacioretty, Max Domi and Morgan Rielly. Pacioretty continued his spectacular level of play with a goal and an assist to pace the Maple Leafs, who take 2-0 series lead to South Florida.

PK Subban praised William Nylander during the ESPN broadcast of Game 1 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers. Nylander scored two goals and had one assist in the first period.

There’s no reason for preamble. During what could surely be considered the most important game of this era, the Toronto Maple Leafs submitted a listless performance in a 6-1 loss to the Florida Panthers.

Sergei Bobrovsky came within 1:06 of securing back-to-back shutouts to lead the Panthers to a 6-1 Game 5 victory over the Maple Leafs in Toronto.

William Nylander opened the Eastern Conference Second Round with a statement performance, scoring the first two goals of the game and assisting another one in the first period of the Toronto Maple Leafs ’ 5-4 win over the Florida Panthers .

One of the most persistent criticisms of the Toronto Maple Leafs is that their best players disappear when the pressure ramps up in the playoffs. Whether it’s fair or not, the narrative has followed Auston Matthews,