2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Maple Leafs Force Game 7 vs. Bruins; Panthers Game 1 Schedule
The Toronto Maple Leafs forced a winner-take-all Game 7 after beating the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night.
The Florida Panthers may not know who they will play in the Eastern Conference semifinals, but at least they know when that series will start.
With Game 7 coming in Boston on Saturday night, the Panthers will start against either the Bruins or Maple Leafs on Monday night in Sunrise.
The start time (between 7 and 8 p.m.) and television information will be released later.
Although that does not sound like a lot of time for the winner of that first-round series to get ready for the next round, well, it has happened before.
Like, last year, before.
The Panthers won Game 7 in Boston last year on a Sunday night, flew to Toronto, and played Game 1 of the East semis on Tuesday.
The Bruins packed for Florida and planned to fly south with a Game 6 win.
The Maple Leafs had other plans.
Now, both are headed to Boston.
Toronto, playing its second straight game without star Auston Matthews, played a fantastic couple of games facing elimination as Boston has lost a 3-1 series lead in the opening round for the past two postseasons.
Last year, the Panthers rallied from 3-1 down to beat the Bruins in 7; the Leafs hope to repeat the feat on Saturday.
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STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
FLORIDA PANTHERS (ATL1) V. BOSTON (A2)/TORONTO (A3)
*Round 1 Series Tied 3-3; Game 7 Saturday @ Boston
BEST-OF-7 SERIES
GAME 1
- When: Monday (Time, TBA)
- Where: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise
- National TV TBA: Warner Sports (TNT/TBS) or Disney (ESPN/ABC)
- Streaming: ESPN+/Hulu or MAX
- Radio: WPOW 96.5-FM2; WBZT 1230-AM (West Palm Beach); WCTH 100.3-FM (Florida Keys); WCZR 101.7-FM (Treasure Coast); SiriusXM
- Panthers Radio Streaming: SiriusXM 932, NHL app
- First Round (Panthers Won 4-1) — Game 1: Panthers 3, Tampa Bay 2; Game 2: Florida 3, Tampa Bay 2 OT; Game 3: Panthers 5, Tampa Bay 3; Game 4: Tampa Bay 6, Panthers 3; Game 5: Panthers 6, Tampa Bay 1.
- + VS. BOSTON
- Last Season — Regular Season: Tied 2-2; Playoffs: Florida won 4-3 (first-round)
- This season (Bruins 4-0) — At Boston: Bruins 3, Panthers 2 OT (Oct.30); Bruins 3, Panthers 2 OT (Ap. 6). At Florida: Bruins 3, Panthers 1 (Nov. 22); Bruins 4, Panthers 3 (March 26).
- All-time Regular Season Series: Boston leads 64-37-7, 6 ties
- All-time Postseason Series: Florida leads 2-0 (1996, 2023)
- + VS. TORONTO
- This Season (Tied 2-2) — At Florida: Panthers 3, Leafs 1 (Oct. 19); Panthers 5, Leafs 2 (Ap. 16). At Toronto: Leafs 2, Panthers 1 (Nov. 28); Leafs 6, Panthers 4 (April 1).
- Last Season — Regular Season: Toronto won 3-1; Playoffs:Florida won 4-1 (EC semifinals)
- All-time Regular Season Series: Toronto leads 50-38-7, 7 ties