In the first period, Toronto rocketed out to a 1-0 lead just 23 seconds into the contest. Mitch Marner took a snap shot from the right point which went off the crossbar. Matthew Knies put in the puck past Sergei Bobrovsky with a forehand shot from the low slot for his fifth goal of the postseason.
The Leafs expanded their lead to 2-0 at the 5:57 mark of the opening frame. William Nylander sent a diagonal pass from the red line. Max Pacioretty connected a cross-ice pass from the left wing. John Tavares went around the cage from the right goal line and placed in a wraparound backhand shot for his fourth playoff goal.
Florida cut it to 2-1 at 7:38 of the first. Evan Rodrigues pushed it from the left wing and Sam Reinhart touched it in the left circle. Aleksander Barkov scored his third goal of the playoffs on a wrist shot from the low left circle that went off the stick of Morgan Rielly.
The Maple Leafs made it 3-1 with the man advantage at 2:52 of the second period. William Nylander angled a pass from the left wing. Marner fired a shot from the top of the zone and Tavares redirected it in from the inner left circle for his second tally of the contest and fifth playoff goal.
The Cats closed it to 3-2 at 4:13 of the period. Aaron Ekblad centered the puck from the right wing and Rodrigues shot it from the right-circle dot which was saved. Reinhart poked in the rebound from the blue paint for his third goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Panthers tied it up 3-3 at the 5:17 mark of the second period. Sam Bennett slid a backhand pass from the right side of the crease and Carter Verhaeghe tapped it in from the top of the crease for his third postseason goal.
Florida took their first lead of the game 4-3 with 4:53 to go in the second. Nate Schmidt advanced an outlet pass from his own end wall. Tomas Nosek carried the puck through the neutral zone and snapped a shot from above the high slot off Jonah Gadjovich by Joseph Woll for his first playoff tally.
Toronto evened it up 4-4 with 9:04 remaining in the third period. Knies stole the puck above the left circle and Auston Matthews whipped a pass from the low left circle to the right wing. Rielly released a snap shot that bounced off Seth Jones and into the Panthers net for his fourth goal of the postseason.
The Panthers won the game in overtime 5-4 with 4:33 left. Verhaeghe shot the puck wide from the high slot. Dmitry Kulikov passed back from the right wing. Brad Marchand brought it from the right point to the top left circle and scored his second goal of the series on a wrist shot.
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