Overview
- Florida beat Toronto 6-2 on Saturday in Toronto, snapping a four-game slide behind three-point nights from Eetu Luostarinen and Mackie Samoskevich.
- Tomas Nosek scored twice, and goalie Daniil Tarasov made 17 saves as Joseph Woll stopped 19 shots for the Maple Leafs.
- The Panthers dressed a call-up heavy lineup with 14 regulars out, and forward Wilmer Skoog made his NHL debut.
- Local reports put Florida’s missing salary over $75 million, rising to about $85 million when counting backup Sergei Bobrovsky on the bench.
- The win slightly shifted lottery odds as Florida must land a top-10 pick to keep it from Chicago, while Toronto’s first goes to Boston unless it finishes in the top five.