Maple Leafs haven't ruled Anthony Stolarz out of Game 2 yet - ESPN

TORONTO — Anthony Stolarz was smiling and in the building. The Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender had taken a blow to the head, vomited on the bench and left Scotiabank Arena on a stretcher to be evaluated in a hospital Monday night.

His presence at Toronto's practice facility in the city's west end Tuesday morning was a welcome sign. Whether or not Stolarz will play when the team's best-of-seven playoff series resumes Wednesday night is up in the air.

Coach Craig Berube didn't rule out his starting goalie for Game 2 of the Leafs' second-round matchup against the Florida Panthers after Stolarz was on the receiving end of an elbow from Sam Bennett in the opener.

«He's doing well,» said Berube, whose group earned a 5-4 victory Monday to take a 1-0 lead in a matchup of Atlantic Division rivals. «He's here, doing good.»

That's about all the information the veteran head coach was willing to share. As to whether or not the 31-year-old will be available to play Wednesday? «We'll see,» Berube said. «Don't know that yet.» As to whether or not the veteran suffered a concussion, or not, Berube added, «don't know that either.»

Stolarz, who also took a shot off the mask early in Game 1, was knocked to the ice in the second period by Bennett but stayed in the action for a few minutes. He eventually left after being sick during a TV timeout.

«Tough seeing your starting goaltender go down,» Maple Leafs defenseman Jake McCabe said.

No stranger to entering a playoff series, backup Joseph Woll stopped 17 of 20 shots in relief as Toronto held on after building a 4-1 lead. The 26-year-old won Games 5 and 6 of last spring's first-round loss to the Boston Bruins, but was unable to go in the finale because of a back injury.

Woll, who played long