Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves as the Florida Panthers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Thursday to take a 2-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.
Ryan O'Reilly and Alexander Kerfoot replied for Toronto, which blew an early 2-0 lead. Ilya Samsonov stopped 26 shots.
Florida quickly countered, with Forsling finishing off a setup from Matthew Tkachuk — his fourth of the series — for his second and a 3-2 lead. Toronto came out for the third with plenty of urgency, but couldn't solve Bobrovsky, who has started to rediscover his Vezina Trophy-winning form in these playoffs after losing the starting job late in the regular season to third-stringer Alex Lyon.
Toronto dropped the series opener 4-2 at Scotiabank Arena, but got off to a flying start Thursday when Kerfoot popped home the rebound of a Luke Schenn point shot for his second at 2:20 of the first to ignite the rink — and the throng of fans outside the building watching on Maple Leaf Square's big screen.
The Toronto rookie finished the period, but didn't return for the second thanks to an undisclosed injury.
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