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Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs Preview & Picks – Panthers To Pick Up Road Win In NHL Playoffs

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05 May 2025
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Leigh Copson 05 May 2025
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  • Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs picks for Monday, May 5
  • NHL Playoff game is taking place at Scotiabank Arena
  • Preview, predictions, stats & form
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    Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs Preview & Picks
  • Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs Preview & Picks
  • Head To Head
  • Florida Panthers Form
  • Toronto Maple Leafs Form

Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs Preview & Picks

Florida are backed to claim an early advantage in this series with a road win.

The Panthers have seemingly saved their best for the postseason, and they have a strong recent record when taking on Toronto.

  • Florida Panthers are 3-0 on the road in the playoffs so far
  • Florida Panthers are 4-1 in their previous 5 meetings with Toronto
  • Toronto Maple Leafs lost their last home game in the playoffs
  • The Under has cashed in each of the previous 3 meetings

Head To Head

  • Toronto Maple Leafs lead the all-time series 52-44-15
  • Florida Panthers won 3-1 when the two teams last met on April 8

Florida Panthers Form

Florida go into this series having made light work of their first-round meeting with Tampa Bay, winning in five games.

The Panthers, who went 47-314 in the regular season, opened that series with back-to-back road games and quickly took command.

The defending champions won both meetings with the Lightning at the Amalie Arena, 6-2 and 2-0.

Florida then fell to a surprise 5-1 defeat when they returned home for Game 3, but their response to that loss was emphatic.

The Panthers rebounded with a 4-2 victory, and then went back out on the road to clinch the series with Tampa, winning 6-3.

Toronto Maple Leafs Form

Toronto enter this series having almost blown a three-game lead before finally seeing off Ottawa in the first round.

The Maple Leafs, who went 52-26-4 in the regular season, came into the playoffs with some demons to exorcise, and they looked like doing that as they raced out to a big lead.

They opened the series with back-to-back home wins, 6-2 regulation and 3-2 in overtime, and then went out on the road to down Ottawa 3-2 in overtime.

That gave Toronto the chance to sweep the Senators, but they instead lost 4-3 in overtime.

The Maple Leafs were then beaten 4-0 at home by Ottawa, only to finally complete the job on the road as they won 4-2.

Verdict

Florida rolled over Tampa in the first round, while Toronto again showed some postseason jitters before finally seeing off Ottawa.

The Panthers have won four of the last five meetings with the Maple Leafs too, including a regular season success at Scotiabank Arena, so we are taking the visitors in Game 1.

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