The Florida Panthers pulled off their second consecutive major upset to reach the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 1996.
Cousins was the hero in Game 5, but the Panthers had plenty of others to get past Toronto. The biggest was Bobrovsky, who didn't get a playoff start until Game 4 in the first round. He helped hold the high-scoring Maple Leafs to two goals in every game. He was especially strong in Game 5, when he made 50 saves.
The Panthers, like the Hurricanes, get scoring throughout the lineup. They scored 14 goals against the Maple Leafs despite none from Tkachuk. Verhaeghe had three goals in the series and has five total in the postseason. Cousins is the team's fourth different overtime scorer. Sam Bennett has been a physical force in the playoffs with 49 hits.Toronto reached the second round for the first time since 2004 but its win total was only five, far short of the 16 needed to win the Stanley Cup.
Most of the players that Dubas acquired at the deadline are pending unrestricted free agents, including Ryan O’Reilly, Noel Acciari and Luke Schenn. So are longer-term Leafs players Michael Bunting (who received a
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