R2, G2: Panthers @ Maple Leafs - May 4th, 7:00pm - SN, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

Florida Panthers 42-32-8, 92 points	@   FLA Leads 1-0	Toronto Maple Leafs 50-21-11, 111 points
	Projected Lineups
Verhaeghe-Barkov-Duclair Cousins-Bennett-Tkachuk Luostarinen-Lundell-Reinhart White-Staal-Dalpe Forsling-Ekblad Staal-Montour Mahura-Gudas Bobrovsky		Knies-Matthews-Nylander Jarnkrok-Tavares-Marner Bunting-O'Reilly-Acciari ZAR-Kampf-Kerfoot Rielly-Schenn McCabe-Brodie Giordano-Liljegren Samsonov
	Scratches
Givani Smith Casey Fitzgerald Michael Benning Evan Fitzpatrick		Wayne Simmonds Sam Lafferty Justin Holl Erik Gustafsson Conor Timmins Matt Murray
	Injuries
•Ryan Lomberg - Upper Body - Injured Reserve •Patric Hornqvist - Concussion - Injured Reserve		•Bobby McMann - Knee - Injured Reserve •Victor Mete - Lower Body - Injured Reserve •Nick Robertson - Shoulder - Injured Reserve •Jake Muzzin - Neck - Injured Reserve
	Game notes

FLA
•Sergei Bobrovsky will start for the Panthers

TOR
•Ilya Samsonov will start for the Maple Leafs
•Toronto only had an optional practice on Wednesday so no confirmation on any line-up changes. Keefe did put Matthews and Marner back together during game 1 so there's a possibility that carries into game 2

	Streams
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[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

GO LEAFS GOOOOOOOOOOOO
cannot afford to drop this one

[Kaberle15]

Great job CtB

This is a statement game for the Leafs, they need to play hard and quick, pedal to the metal all night.

Go Leafs Go!!!

[4EVRLEAFAN]

They played well but for a couple of mistakes, tighten them up keep an eye on Tkuchuk and we will prevail. GO LEAFS!!!

[Rob]

GO LEAFS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jeremiad]

Go Leafs Go!!!!!!

[Bill_Berg_is_less_sad]

Go Leafs go!

[CarltonTheBear]

Hockey gods, I don't ask for much, but please please please let the Leafs win this game by a specific score of 5-1.

[Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington]

Go Leafs go!

[Bill_Berg_is_less_sad]

Hockey gods, I don't ask for much, but please please please let the Leafs win this game by a specific score of 5-1.

And let all 6 goals be PP goals.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Hockey gods, I don't ask for much, but please please please let the Leafs win this game by a specific score of 5-1.

Last week I questioned the Hockey Gods'  very existence, and they still let us win Round 1.

They are very, very nice Hockey Gods and I deeply regret my skepticism.

(Y'all hear that up there?)

[herman]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1654136681564364802
This will make for a speedy 4th line for their 7 min of ice time that should never be out there against FLA L1.

I see the logic in reuniting Matthews-Marner to try to shut down Tkachuk, but the numbers showed Marner had a very tough game, contrary to the narrative online post-game about the other RW who sucked so hard he led the team in shots and chance generation.

[Downtown]

GO LEAFS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rob]

Hockey gods, I don't ask for much, but please please please let the Leafs win this game by a specific score of 5-1.

Last week I questioned the Hockey Gods'  very existence, and they still let us win Round 1.

They are very, very nice Hockey Gods and I deeply regret my skepticism.

(Y'all hear that up there?)

We have gone from supplicants, to demanding winning by a certain score, and refusing to watch hockey on certain days. 

Leaf fans are a weird bunch. 

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Hockey gods, I don't ask for much, but please please please let the Leafs win this game by a specific score of 5-1.

Last week I questioned the Hockey Gods'  very existence, and they still let us win Round 1.

They are very, very nice Hockey Gods and I deeply regret my skepticism.

(Y'all hear that up there?)

We have gone from supplicants, to demanding winning by a certain score, and refusing to watch hockey on certain days. 

Leaf fans are a weird bunch. 

The Pension Plan may be a thing of the past, but we all are still Puppets.