Overview
- Puck drop is 7:30 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Arena with coverage on TNT and HBO Max.
- The Panthers are 22-16-3 and the Maple Leafs are 19-15-7, with Toronto 4-0-2 over its past six.
- Florida is coming off a 2-1 win over Colorado featuring goals from Sam Bennett and Aaron Ekblad and a 27-save first-star outing by Daniil Tarasov, while Toronto fell 4-3 in OT to the Islanders with two goals from Matthews.
- Projected starters are Sergei Bobrovsky for Florida and Joe Woll for Toronto.
- Toronto lists Jake McCabe out up to a week, Brandon Carlo set to return and William Nylander on IR retroactive to Dec. 27, as Florida opens a six-game road trip with both teams needing roughly a .600 pace to stay on track for the postseason.