The Athletic has live coverage of Game 3 between the Maple Leafs and Panthers in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
TORONTO — Two playoff wins in the second round. A 6-2 start to the postseason.
Trumpeting those stats might sound odd in some NHL markets, but it’s been a good while since any of this has happened in this city. In fact, the Toronto Maple Leafs have only started the postseason with six wins in their first eight playoff games twice in the modern era, in 1987 and 2001.
In a span of 58 years.
In fact, this is the first time the Leafs are up 2-0 in a series that isn’t in the first round since 1987!
There’s still miles to go, obviously. The Florida Panthers remain the defending champs and they have yet to play a game at…