Panthers rout Maple Leafs 6-1 in Game 7 to advance to 3rd straight Eastern Conference Final

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(Frank Gunn/ The Canadian Press Via AP)

TORONTO – Sergei Bobrovsky made 19 saves, Florida scored 3 times successful a 6:24 span successful the 2nd play and the Panthers routed the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1 successful Game 7 connected Sunday nighttime to beforehand to their 3rd consecutive Eastern Conference Final.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers volition play the Carolina Hurricanes successful the league final, opening connected the roadworthy Tuesday night.

Seth Jones, Anton Lundell and Jonah Gadjovich scored successful the second-period burst and Eetu Luostarinen, Sam Reinhart and Brad Marchand — into an bare nett — added goals successful the third. Marchand, Luostarinen and Aleksander Barkov each had 2 assists.

Maxi Domi scored for Toronto. Joseph Woll stopped 27 shots.

Jones opened the scoring astatine 3:15 of the second, beating Woll to the acold post with a changeable from the close side. Lundell struck astatine 7:18, putting successful a rebound. Gadjovich followed astatine 9:39 off different rebound.

Domi chopped it to 3-1 astatine 2:07 of the third, beating Bobrovsky betwixt the legs. Luostarinen countered 47 seconds later for Florida, and Reinhart scored astatine 9:24.

Referee Chris Rooney near 13 seconds into the 2nd period after Florida’s Niko Mikkola was jousting for the puck and his instrumentality went into Rooney’s face. Garrett Rank took Rooney’s spot.

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