The Toronto Maple Leafs'and Florida Panthers'meet in Game 3 of a best-of-7 Eastern Conference semifinals series Sunday. The Panthers lead the series 2-0. Puck drop from FLA Live Arena is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET (TBS). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Maple Leafs vs. Panthers odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
The Panthers have been on fire in this series, putting the Maple Leafs in an 0-2 series hole before the series shifts to Sunrise for the next 2 games.
Florida opened the series with a 4-2 road win in Game 1, and it was 0-for-1 on the power play in that one. Of course, Toronto went 0-for-4 on the man advantage. The Panthers were more physical, though, posting 47 hits to just 36 for the Leafs.
In Game 2, the Leafs posted a decisive 37-17 margin in faceoffs won, and it brought the physicality with 48 hits to 42 for the Panthers. The Leafs even had a power-play goal, going 1-for-3, while the Panthers are 0-for-2 on the man advantage in the series. Still, Toronto just couldn’t get out of its own way on offense, didn’t screen the tendy enough, and couldn’t create high-danger scoring chances.