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CTV News
4 days ago
- Health
- CTV News
Max Domi opens up about his life with diabetes on and off the ice
Max Domi opens up about his Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis at age 12, shares advice for kids, talks tech advances, and his book.
Associated Press
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Panthers rout the Maple Leafs 6-1 in Game 7 to advance to the Eastern Conference final
TORONTO (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 19 saves, Florida scored three times in a 6:24 span in the second period and the Panthers routed the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1 in Game 7 on Sunday night to advance to the Eastern Conference final. The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers will play the Carolina Hurricanes in the conference final, opening on the road Tuesday night. Seth Jones, Anton Lundell and Jonah Gadjovich scored in the second-period burst and Eetu Luostarinen, Sam Reinhart and Brad Marchand — into an empty net — added goals in the third. Marchand, Luostarinen and Aleksander Barkov each had two assists. Maxi Domi scored for Toronto. Joseph Woll stopped 28 shots. Jones opened the scoring at 3:15 of the second, beating Woll to the far post with a shot from the right side. Lundell struck at 7:18, putting in a rebound. Gadjovich followed at 9:39 off another rebound. Domi cut it to 3-1 at 2:07 of the third, beating Bobrovsky between the legs. Luostarinen countered 47 seconds later for Florida, and Reinhart scored at 9:24. Referee Chris Rooney left 13 seconds into the second period after Florida's Niko Mikkola was jousting for the puck and his stick went into Rooney's face. Garrett Rank took Rooney's spot. ___ AP NHL playoffs: and
CBS News
19-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Panthers dominate Maple Leafs in Game 7, return to Eastern Conference Final
With a thunderous opening period and a relentless finish, the Florida Panthers overwhelmed the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1 on Sunday night, punching their ticket to the Eastern Conference Final for the third consecutive season. Florida will face the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night in Raleigh - a rematch of last year's series that vaulted the Panthers into the Stanley Cup Final. Defenseman Seth Jones hammered home a point shot to give Florida a 1-0 lead. The Panthers never looked back. Anton Lundell followed to double the lead and Jonah Gadjovich buried a rebound less than three minutes later to make it 3-0. Toronto never found oxygen after that. The Leafs finally got on the board in the third period when Max Domi scored to make it 3-1 and briefly give the home crowd life. But the spark didn't last long. Florida quickly snuffed out any comeback hopes. Eetu Luostarinen restored the three-goal lead just minutes later, and Sam Reinhart put the exclamation point on the night with a power-play goal to make it 5-1. With less than 4 minutes to go, Panthers' Brad Marchand scored an empty-netter to make it 6-1. Florida now turns its attention to a showdown with Carolina, a team it swept last spring in a dramatic four-game series.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Maple Leafs force Game 7 after gutsy road win against Panthers in Florida
We interrupt this teardown of the Maple Leafs to bring you an important bulletin: Against the odds, they've put it together to force a Game 7 Sunday at Scotiabank Arena against the Florida Panthers. Friday's 2-0 win at Amerant Bank Arena is Sunrise came with most of the hockey world counting them out after three straight losses in which they were outscored 9-1 since an overtime loss in Game 3. Yet winning to stave off elimination has become something of a specialty for the Leafs the past three springs, now with a record of 4-2. Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner lifted grand pianos off their backs, combining for what became the winning goal at 6:20 of the third. Marner stole a puck off a Florida breakout at its line and fed Matthews for a five-hole goal on Sergei Bobrovsky. It was Matthews' first of this series, first in two series against the Panthers, third in these 12 post-season games, while Marner was looking to atone for a major defensive gaffe in Game 5. The Leafs survived two early minor penalties, another following the Matthews goal, but after he was foiled by Bobrovsky on an early stretch pad save, Matthew Knies was shaken up in a reverse hip check by defenceman Niko Mikkola. In pain on the bench, Knies was spelled off a few shifts on the first line left wing by Bobby McMann and Max Pacioretty that scrambled a couple of lines, though Knies stayed in the contest. Max Domi, who also needed a bounce-back game, started the play on the second goal at 14:17, creating a 2-on-1 where McMann set up the warhorse Pacioretty for a backhand tip. With Bobrovsky pulled, Joseph Woll made the last of his 22 saves for the shutout while teammates blocked 31 shots. Matthews went to the room early in the second period after Aleksander Barkov caught with a stick blade near the eye off a face-off. Matthews returned for the first of two Toronto power plays in the second period, the first when the Panthers were caught with too many men, only to catch Aaron Ekblad with his own high stick. Lack of playoff production has been the curse of Matthews and Marner the past few years and 2025 was no exception. From seven points in the last five regular season games and six in the first series versus Ottawa, Matthews has managed just five since. Marner had a similarly hot finish to the regular season and three points in the opener against Ottawa, but held to six points the past eight contests. As for Toronto's well-documented self-destruct mode in previous Game 7s, winless in five tries since 2018, you won't hear a discouraging word heading into Sunday considering they were facing tee times this weekend. Now it's a winner-take-all Sunday, a date with the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference final where the Leafs haven't been since 2002 — if they can use home ice in their favour. Game 5 at SBA was a train wreck, a lifeless 6-1 loss in which Toronto looked to be the intimidated team. In the wake of that defeat, the Leafs absorbed the wrath of fans and media for 48 hours, starting with a few team sweaters tossed on the ice. The 'Core Four' deservedly took the brunt of it, Matthews, Marner, William Nylander and John Tavares collectively outscored 9-1 by the defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers atter an overtime loss in Game 3 could've given them a 3-0 series' lead. And yet just as the Leafs were reminded in their previous series against the Ottawa Senators, the fourth game is the most difficult to attain. The Panthers had the mojo, or so it seemed. Toronto is trying to come back from a 3-2 series' deficit for the first time since '02 in the second round versus Ottawa. Friday's win staves off talk of what personnel changes the Leafs could expect this summer if they don't reach the third round or beyond. LEAFS NOTES: Lineup tweaked for Game 6 but Matthews and Marner remain together RICK VAIVE: Mitch Marner's time with Toronto Maple Leafs likely at an end The Leafs went back to the lineup they used through most of the playoffs, reinstating bottom six forwards Calle Jarnkrok and Pontus Holmberg after they sat for David Kampf and Nick Robertson in Game 5. Florida is trying to eliminate the Leafs for the second time in the second round the past three years after knocking them out in 2023 in five games. It would also be the third occurrence that one-time Leaf coach Paul Maurice has beaten his former team, going back to Toronto's last appearance in the conference final in 2002 when Maurice was with Carolina. lhornby@
New York Times
15-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
The Maple Leafs aren't done yet. What does Craig Berube do now?
'Let's f—ing go. Let's go.' Max Domi appeared to mutter those words to Matthew Tkachuk off a centre-ice faceoff in the second period of Game 5. The Panthers had just upped their lead to 3-0, effectively burying the Toronto Maple Leafs. Tkachuk refused to engage with Domi. Twelve seconds later, Domi slashed Tkachuk and was called for his 11th penalty in 11 games this postseason, the most — by far — of any Leaf, and the most, in fact, of any NHL player this spring. Advertisement Out-coached in this series so far, Leafs head coach Craig Berube has plenty of decisions to make to try to save his team's season. Among them is whether to play Domi at all in Game 6 on Friday night. Domi took three more minors after the Tkachuk slash in Game 5: One for holding and a double minor for roughing. He was also handed a 10-minute misconduct to close out the evening. All this only a day after Berube pulled Domi aside for a brief chat after practice, a chat that presumably would have (or should have) stressed the need for discipline in the face of Florida agitation. Berube has stood by Domi all year, even through multiple goal droughts that lasted more than 20 games during the regular season and the worst (even with Ducks' centre Ryan Strome) penalty differential of any forward in the league (minus-16). Domi won Game 2 for the Leafs in the first round with the overtime winner and was helpful with a goal and an assist in Game 2 of this round against the Panthers. But overall, he's hurt his team more than he's helped with lacklustre defensive play, limited offensive pop and those damaging discipline issues. Domi has taken at least one minor in six of 11 games this spring. He has essentially been the team's fourth-line centre versus Florida. So what, if anything, will Berube do about it? The Leafs coach didn't scratch Domi at all during that tumultuous regular season. Is now really the time to do it? Scratching Domi to send a message wouldn't serve much purpose at this point. The reason to do so would come down to the Leafs coaching staff believing that Domi will, once again, hurt the team more than he helps with the season at stake by crossing a line. Berube wouldn't rule out the possibility of sitting Domi after Game 5. At issue is whether the Leafs are better off doing so. Namely, do they have anyone worthy enough to take Domi's spot in the middle of one of those bottom-six lines? Advertisement The easiest option is Pontus Holmberg. Pull him out of the press box and slide him into Domi's place between Nick Robertson and Bobby McMann (assuming both wingers keep their spots in Game 6). Holmberg won't take the needless penalties that Domi has and he's a much safer option defensively, which matters more on the road in Florida. He also won't deliver even a whiff of the potential offence that Domi can bring. Another option if the Leafs coach were to scratch Domi: Move Scott Laughton back into the middle and then bring one of Holmberg or Calle Järnkrok back in to play alongside David Kämpf and Steven Lorentz. Lorentz – Kämpf – Järnkrok McMann – Laughton – Robertson There's no good option here really. And that's why playing Domi and hoping that he can keep his cool and maybe help score a goal will probably be the route that appeals most to the Leafs and their coach. Scratching Domi, to make clear what will and won't be tolerated, needed to happen earlier. What of McMann? He has zero goals and one assist in 11 games this spring. But again, it's the lack of a more appealing alternative that probably keeps him in. Berube probably has to hope, once more, that McMann, Domi and Robertson can break loose for something offensively in Game 6. The trick will be doing it on the road where the Panthers can press the Leafs' weak spots — i.e., that line. That's what Florida's head coach, Paul Maurice, did in Games 3 and 4. And it's with that in mind that the Leafs coach has to reconsider — again! — shaking things up in the top six. Berube opted for more of the same on his top two lines in Game 5 and it backfired, particularly with a top line that was run over by their counterpart almost immediately. Maurice is bound to chase the same matchups that gave his team success earlier in the series: Aleksander Barkov versus John Tavares and Anton Lundell versus Auston Matthews. Advertisement Knowing that, do the Leafs pivot? They should consider it. If the Panthers are going to pin Barkov and Sam Reinhart, two Selke Trophy finalists this season, up against Tavares' line, Berube might want to send Mitch Marner there in place of William Nylander. The hope would be: A) That Marner brings a steadier defensive presence to the line, thereby limiting the offence of Barkov and Reinhart. B) That Marner, who has four five-on-five shots all series (one less than Holmberg), finds more of a shooting mentality playing away from Matthews. C) That Nylander, freed of the Barkov matchup (and maybe Gustav Forsling on the back end as well), can create opportunities for himself and Matthews. To keep the same top six would mean to assume that Tavares, Nylander and Max Pacioretty can overcome Barkov's crew in a way they couldn't in Games 3 and 4, and that Matthews and Marner finally click when it matters. Again and again, the idea of the Matthews-Marner combo has been more tantalizing than the actual postseason results. It was only during the 2019-20 season under Sheldon Keefe that the two stars began playing together and while they weren't always a combo in every postseason, when they were, it didn't really amount to much — as far as Marner to Matthews goals were concerned. Here are the number of assists for Marner on Matthews' five-on-five goals in the past six postseasons, including this one. Matthews hasn't scored a ton of five-on-five goals in that time, but that's kinda the point. Will swapping Marner for Nylander do the trick when the Leafs need it most? Berube is admittedly not a fan of the Matthews-Nylander pairing and scoffed at the idea that line combinations had anything to do with what transpired, or didn't, in Game 5. He made changes midway through the game, he said, and nothing happened. Advertisement However, at that point, the game was already over. It was too late. Berube isn't wrong though that it will take a far more determined effort for his stars and everyone else, with little to none of the overthinking that plagued the team in Game 5, regardless of who plays with whom. 'We've got to do a better job of creating more high-danger shots than we did last game,' Berube said on Thursday morning. 'Now I'm not saying don't shoot the puck, but shoot the puck and then get into the inside for a next shot and a rebound and things like that. 'We have to do a better job of making life more miserable on their goalie.' One player has done that: Matthews. He leads the Leafs with 10 high-danger shot attempts at five on five in this series, double the next closest Leaf (Nylander). The problem, of course, is that he hasn't converted in this series or the one before it: Matthews is 1-for-18 shooting the puck from high-danger zones in the playoffs. Those 18 shots are in the NHL's 99th percentile this postseason, unmatched essentially. Now more than ever, the Leafs need the goals to follow. They could also use everything that Tavares has left. The Leafs' second-leading goal scorer during the regular season has only one five-on-five point, a goal, in the series and only four high-danger shot attempts. Berube planned to address the team as soon as they landed in Florida on Thursday afternoon. His message: 'You have to skate and you've got to compete. Take thinking out of it. Go play. Be aggressive.' — Stats and research courtesy of Natural Stat Trick, NHL EDGE, and Hockey Reference
