Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Florida PanthersFeb 26, 2026

FinalThursday, Feb 26, 2026· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	0	0	1	1		TOR	7	11	12	30
FLA	3	0	2	5		FLA	16	10	11	37

: TOR 51FLA 66
: TOR 2.27FLA 5.33
PP goals: TOR 1FLA 1
Hits: TOR 21FLA 19
Blocks: TOR 12FLA 10
PIM: TOR 8FLA 8
: TOR 44%FLA 56%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Florida Panthers rout Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1

Florida Panthers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 at home. Brad Marchand (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for TOR: Joshua–Roy–McMann skated 9:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (34.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brad Marchand had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:10.Marchand
Points
Evan Rodrigues had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 9 shots in 16:52.Rodrigues
Points
Anton Lundell had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:18.Lundell
New line
New look for TOR: Joshua–Roy–McMann skated 9:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (34.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Joshua Roy McMann
Goalie
Joseph Woll (TOR) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +4 against a season average of 31.3; the loss.Woll
New line
New look for FLA: Marchand–Luostarinen–Lundell skated 9:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchand Luostarinen Lundell
New line
New look for TOR: Laughton–Lorentz–Robertson skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Laughton Lorentz Robertson
Usage
Brad Marchand (FLA) played 14:10, −3:38 down on his 17:48 season average over 51 games.Marchand

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← TOR attacks left (bottom on phones)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · FLA 66 · TOR 51

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA pressure
TOR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 24% of the game, FLA 48%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

FLA

TOR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

FLA skaters (rows) against TOR skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the FLA side.

Matchup matrix

FLA xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	TOR	FLA
	49	64
	1.95	3.28
	1.90	3.17
	12	16
	1	4
	16	19
	−0.018	+0.018
	24%	48%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Tavares – Nylander – Maccelli
10:1144% CF
L2Joshua – Roy – McMann
9:5835% CF
L3Laughton – Lorentz – Robertson
8:4735% CF
L4Domi – Matthews – Knies
8:3160% CF
D1McCabe – Stecher
13:2150% CF
D2Rielly – Carlo
10:3845% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Benoit
9:0220% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Matthews – Knies
4:4667% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Domi – Robertson – Maccelli – McMann
1:03100% CF
PK1FLaughton – Lorentz
3:05
PK2FRoy – Matthews
0:47
PK1DMcCabe – Carlo
2:09
PK2DStecher – Benoit
1:49

Current TOR line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Bennett – Tkachuk – Samoskevich
11:3179% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Rodrigues
9:0368% CF
L3Marchand – Luostarinen – Lundell
9:0158% CF
L4Greer – Schwindt – Vilmanis
6:3918% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
13:3055% CF
D2Mikkola – Balinskis
13:1762% CF
D3Petry – Sebrango
12:4758% CF

PP1Marchand – Reinhart – Bennett – Tkachuk – Balinskis
3:25100% CF
PP2Verhaeghe – Ekblad – Forsling – Rodrigues – Lundell
1:40100% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Lundell
2:26
PK2FReinhart – Rodrigues
1:51
PK1DPetry – Mikkola
1:46
PK2DForsling – Balinskis
1:05

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:18
FLABrad Marchand (Anton Lundell)wrist0.34 xG
TOR: Ekman-Larsson, McCabe, Domi, Matthews, KniesFLA: Marchand, Mikkola, Luostarinen, Lundell, Balinskis
TOR 0 – 1 FLA
5:13
FLACarter VerhaeghePP (Evan Rodrigues, Anton Lundell)wrist0.22 xG
TOR: Laughton, Lorentz, Stecher, BenoitFLA: Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Forsling, Rodrigues, Lundell
TOR 0 – 2 FLA
16:40
FLAEvan RodriguesSHwrist0.18 xG
TOR: Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Matthews, KniesFLA: Reinhart, Forsling, Rodrigues, Balinskis
TOR 0 – 3 FLA

3rd period

0:47
TORJohn TavaresPP (Auston Matthews, Oliver Ekman-Larsson)wrist0.17 xG
TOR: Tavares, Ekman-Larsson, Nylander, Matthews, KniesFLA: Reinhart, Forsling, Rodrigues, Mikkola
TOR 1 – 3 FLA
16:51
FLABrad MarchandENsnap0.22 xG
TOR: Tavares, Ekman-Larsson, Domi, Nylander, Matthews, KniesFLA: Marchand, Ekblad, Forsling, Luostarinen, Lundell
TOR 1 – 4 FLA
18:08
FLAMatthew TkachukEN (Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart)wrist0.52 xG
TOR: Tavares, Ekman-Larsson, Nylander, Matthews, Maccelli, KniesFLA: Reinhart, Bennett, Forsling, Mikkola, Tkachuk
TOR 1 – 5 FLA

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
John Tavares C	L1	1	0	1	-3	3	0.38	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	42	41
William Nylander R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.20	0	1	0	18:11	—	—	42	44
Matias Maccelli L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	0	0	2	15:09	—	—	42	34
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	3	2	15:01	—	—	39	41
Bobby McMann C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	0	0	14:05	—	—	41	34
Dakota Joshua C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:01	—	—	35	17
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	14:25	—	—	33	35
Steven Lorentz C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	1	0	13:45	—	—	39	42
Nick Robertson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	12:01	—	—	35	38
Auston Matthews C	L4	0	1	1	-4	2	0.15	1	1	0	18:34	—	—	57	35
Matthew Knies L	L4	0	0	0	-4	4	0.40	1	0	0	17:17	—	—	57	45
Max Domi C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	58	33
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	21:14	—	—	46	38
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	2	0	2	20:44	—	—	53	25
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	19:11	—	—	53	48
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:53	—	—	44	37
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	1	1	-3	1	0.03	0	3	0	20:56	—	—	44	38
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	1	2	14:18	—	—	21	40

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joseph Woll(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	3.74	59:07

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Bennett C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	18:41	—	—	80	89
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.95	1	0	0	18:26	—	—	78	84
Mackie Samoskevich R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	2	0	2	14:12	—	—	70	67
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.41	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	64	73
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	1	1	2	+1	9	0.86	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	58	69
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.33	0	1	0	14:03	—	—	68	80
Anton Lundell C	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.04	2	1	0	16:18	—	—	52	57
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.20	1	2	0	16:04	—	—	53	58
Brad Marchand L	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	1.52	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	58	68
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	0	0	12:05	—	—	29	27
Sandis Vilmanis L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:13	—	—	26	28
Cole Schwindt R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:23	—	—	18	23
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.07	1	2	0	22:56	—	—	60	59
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	6	19:06	—	—	53	51
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:06	—	—	54	69
Uvis Balinskis D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	20:13	—	—	64	74
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	1	0	17:48	—	—	54	66
Donovan Sebrango D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	55	61

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.27	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Brad Marchand (FLA) 1st 3:18 · assists Anton Lundell · Forecheck turnover · 47.1 mph shot.

Brad Marchand · 1st 3:18 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 47.1 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Carter Verhaeghe · 1st 5:13 · FLA PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 42.2 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Type: rebound

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Evan Rodrigues · 1st 16:40 · FLA SH

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.0 mph
Distance: 89 ft

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John Tavares · 3rd 0:47 · TOR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Brad Marchand · 3rd 16:51 · FLA EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.0 mph
Distance: 49 ft

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Matthew Tkachuk · 3rd 18:08 · FLA EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.0 mph
Distance: 76 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.