Maple Leafs’ season ends after one-sided loss to Panthers in Game 7

Toronto was once booed at house for the second one sport in a row and misplaced 6-1 to the protecting Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers in Game 7 of the second-round sequence on Sunday.

The 6-1 consequence was once the very same ranking as Game 5 in Toronto.

In Game 7, Florida badly outplayed the Leafs for lengthy stretches and jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second one duration.

The Panthers had 75 shot makes an attempt within the first two classes, essentially the most by means of any group in a regular-season or playoff sport this season.

Max Domi minimize the deficit to 3-1 early within the 3rd, however Eetu Luostarinen scored not up to a minute later to revive the Panthers’ three-goal edge, erasing ideas of any momentum shift.

Toronto has made the post-season 9 years in a row, however has no longer made it out of the second one around all the way through that run.

The Leafs have not reached the Eastern Conference Final since 2002.

The center of attention in Toronto will shift to the roster, which has featured a equivalent core for a just right chew of this playoff drought. Star forwards Mitch Marner and John Tavares are pending unrestricted unfastened brokers.

Florida, in the meantime, will struggle the Carolina Hurricanes on this 12 months’s East Final.