Sergei Bobrovsky made 35 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.
The best-of-seven series now shifts to Sunrise, Fla., for Games 3 and 4 on Sunday and Wednesday with the Leafs facing a steep climb.
Up 2-1 following a spirited, chippy first period, disaster struck for Toronto early in the second.
Barkov tied
