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.

The Maple Leafs season could end Friday night in Sunrise and, with it, more hopes will be crushed, more jerseys will symbolically be thrown, more heads will be called for. Last year is about to become this year. And that didn’t seem possible just four days ago.

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.

Paul Maurice didn’t hold back when speaking about the Florida Panthers’ important win over Auston Matthews’ Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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 .

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll ... getting suspended 20 games for violating the NHL/NHL Players’ Association policy on performance-enhancing drugs. Ekblad returned for Game 3 of ...

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.

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,