Maple Leafs regroup, Anthony Stolarz likely out for must-win - ESPN

Boos rained down at the final horn in Toronto's Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday night as the Maple Leafs moved closer to extending their 57-year Stanley Cup drought with a 6-1 blowout loss to the Panthers.

Fans even threw their jerseys on the ice as Toronto saw its 2-0 series lead turn into a 3-2 deficit. But coach Craig Berube wants his players to get out of their heads for now.

«That last game was overthinking and not playing hockey,» he said. «Right now, [players] need to stick together tonight as a team and take a breath. Stop thinking about the game. Relax. We'll get thinking about the game when it matters.»

To get back to Toronto for a Game 7, the Leafs will have to win in Florida, but they likely won't have starting goaltender Anthony Stolarz. He has been sidelined since Game 1 of the series with an undisclosed injury. He resumed skating over the weekend and was on the ice for a 30-minute workout on Thursday, but Berube doubted Stolarz would join the Leafs in Florida for Game 6.

That leaves his replacement Joseph Woll, who gave up five goals on 25 shots Wednesday.

Players met after the game to break down what went wrong, and Berube had a team meeting planned for Thursday after the Leafs landed back in Fort Lauderdale.

«A loss is a loss,» Berube said. «If we [had] lost 2-1 [on Wednesday] and it was a close game, would it really matter today? We got beat. I've been in this situation before. We're all going to be down and dejected, but we can't be. We have to regroup.»

That includes the Leafs' top skaters. Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander have failed to score against Florida.

In Game 5, the Panthers repeatedly stymied Toronto's rush attempts and pounded them with a smothering forecheck that left the