Toronto Maple Leafs (5-11-7) at Florida Panthers (10-9-4), 7:30 p.m.
By Sports Network
The Sports Network
The Florida Panthers will try to extend their points streak to nine games tonight, when they face a Toronto Maple Leafs squad that has notched a point in each of its last four games.
Though the Panthers have lost two straight games, both setbacks have come after regulation, and Wednesday's 2-1 shootout loss to the New York Rangers gave Florida a 5-0-3 mark in its last eight games.
Dominic Moore gave the Panthers their lone score with 4:53 left to play in the third period, but Florida came up empty on all three of its attempts in the shootout. Tomas Vokoun made 27 saves in regulation and overtime, but was beaten once in the final session.
"I think we did a really good job on the forecheck," Moore said of the goal. "We just sort of got lucky getting the puck through a screen."
Florida did go 0-for-5 on the power play, though, making the club scoreless in its last 14 chances with the man advantage.
The Panthers, who are 8-2-3 in their last 13 games, will wrap up a three-game homestand tonight at BankAtlantic Center, where they are 3-5-3 this year. They hope to do so with Gregory Campbell back in the lineup, as the center has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury.
Florida will be looking to win a fifth straight game versus Toronto after taking all four meetings with the club last year. Vokoun was in net for three of those games, posting a 2.32 goals-against average. He is 6-1-2 with a 1.98 GAA lifetime versus the Maple Leafs.
Toronto, which has lost two straight in Florida, is 2-0-2 in its last four games thanks to a 4-3 victory over Tampa Bay on Wednesday. Matt Stajan had the game-winning tally in the second period and Niklas Hagman notched a pair of goals to give him four in his last three games.
Nikolai Kulemin also scored for Toronto and rookie Carl Gunnarsson tallied three assists in what was his sixth NHL game. Jonas Gustavsson stopped 28 shots, including all six he faced in the third period.
"The whole third period, I think that was the best play we've shown so far this season when we've had the lead," said Gustavsson, who will face the Panthers for the first time tonight.
Toronto snapped a three-game skid on the road, where it is 3-5-4 this season.




















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