Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves, Matthew Tkachuk had three assists and the Florida Panthers survived a squandered two-goal lead to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Tuesday night in opening game of their second-round playoff series.
Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist and Carter Verhaeghe and Nick Cousins also scored for Florida. Aleksander Barkov had two assists.
Matthew Knies had his first NHL goal and Michael Bunting also scored for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov stopped 24 shots. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Thursday. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Florida Panthers embrace center Nick Cousins (21) who scored his first goal of the playoffs in the first period as the Toronto Maple Leafs play the Florida Panthers in game one in the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
May 2, 2023. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images) The Panthers had roared back from a 3-1 deficit to stun the record-setting Boston Bruins with three straight victories and take that first-round series in seven games.