NHL Game Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 5/9/2025

Mitch Marner and Chris Tanev celebrating a goal
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Game 3: Toronto Maple Leafs (2-0) at Florida Panthers (0-2)
Venue: Amerant Bank Arena
Date: Tonight – May 9
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: TruTV, TNT, TVAS
Radio:
Toronto – 1050 TSN
Florida – 560 AM WQAM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Toronto +1.5 ML +190
Florida -1.5 ML -230
O/U 5.5

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Toronto Maple Leafs News & Notes:

The Maple Leafs take a 2-0 series lead to Florida for Game 3. This is the first time since 1963 that the Leafs have taken 2-0 series leads in two different playoff series. Toronto is two wins away from their first Eastern Conference Final since 2002. The Leafs lost both games in Sunrise during the regular season by scores of 5-1 and 3-1.

Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers are down two games to none in a playoff series for the first time since the 2023 Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights. The defending Stanley Cup champions are 1-1 at home this postseason. Florida has been carried by their third line who have a combined plus-23 rating.

Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines

Knies-Matthews-Marner
Pacioreetty-Tavares-Nylander
Lorentz-Laughton-Jarnkrok
McMann-Domi-Holmberg

McCabe-Tanev
Rielly-Carlo
Benoit-Ekman-Larsson

Woll
Murray

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Florida Panthers Projected Lines

Verhaeghe-Barkov-Reinhart
Rodrigues-Bennett-Tkachuk
Luostarinen-Lundell-Marchand
Samoskevich-Sturm-Boqvist

Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Jones
Schmidt-Kulikov

Bobrovsky
Vanecek

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Players To Watch:

Toronto Maple Leafs

William Nylander – Six goals and seven assists
Mitch Marner – Two goals and eight assists
Auston Matthews – Two goals and six assists

Florida Panthers

Anton Lundell – Three goals and five assists
Eetu Luostarinen – Two goals and six assists
Brad Marchand – One goal and six assists

Injury Report:

Toronto Maple Leafs

D Jani Hakanpaa – IR
G Anthony Stolarz – No timetable

Florida Panthers

None

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Game 4: May 11 at Florida

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