Toronto showed up for a hockey game. Florida hosted a goal-scoring pool party.
Well, if you were expecting a tense, back-and-forth playoff nail-biter… this wasn’t that.
The Florida Panthers absolutely vaporized the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5, cruising to a 9-1 win that felt more like a deleted scene from Sharknado on Ice than an NHL playoff game. The Leafs didn’t just lose — they left their hockey dignity somewhere in the first period.
Florida scored so much that arena staff considered switching the goal horn to silent mode for the neighbors’ sake. It was raining goals in Sunrise — and somewhere, a Toronto fan cried into a $14 stadium beer while muttering, “It’s happening again…”
Toronto? Let’s just say their defensive strategy looked like “vibes only.” Ilya Samsonov got a firsthand tour of his own crease — from the wrong side — and the Leafs’ blue line was more invisible than a ghost with stage fright.
Now the Panthers lead the series 3-2, with the momentum of a runaway Zamboni. Toronto? They’ll need a miracle, a memory wipe, and maybe a few dozen extra sticks to snap over their knees before Game 6.
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