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Maple Leafs squander 2-goal lead in middle frame as Panthers extend series lead

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Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves as the visiting Florida Panthers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Thursday to take a 2-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.

Anton Lundell, with a goal and an assist, Aleksander Barkov and Gustav Forsling scored for Florida. Ryan O'Reilly and Alexander Kerfoot replied for Toronto, which blew an early 2-0 lead.

Ilya Samsonov stopped 26 shots. Up 2-1 following a spirited, chippy first period, disaster struck for Toronto early in the second.

Barkov tied things just 19 seconds in on a shot from well out Samsonov should have stopped for his second goal of the post-season.

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