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Craig Berube's first playoff run as coach ends in disappointment. The Toronto Maple Leafs lost to the Florida Panthers in Game 7. The Panthers won 6-1 at Toronto. The Leafs blew a 2-0 series lead. Defenseman Morgan Rielly expressed frustration.
The Toronto Maple Leafs coach is giving an update to star winger Matthew Knies. Knies got hurt in Game 6 of the Leafs-Panthers series.
The 36-year-old forward buried the insurance marker in a 2-0 win over the Florida Panthers in Game 6, capping off a focused team effort that started with Auston Matthews’ go-ahead goal and ended with Joseph Woll’s first career playoff shutout.
Under the guidance of the 59-year-old, the Maple Leafs have won seven postseason games this spring, the most since they made it to the Eastern Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes in 2002.
The Maple Leafs suffered a devastating loss in Game 5 to the Panthers, and Craig Berube was quick to not let his players off the hook.
The Toronto Maple Leafs core players Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Mitch Marner and Morgan Rielly will try to win a Game 7 for the first time when they host the Florida Panthers in their second-round deciding matchup on Sunday.
The Toronto Maple Leafs fell 2-0 to the Florida Panthers in a dramatic Game 4 that ended in chaos following a controversial, reckless hit by Max Domi on Aleksander Barkov. Still, head coach Craig Berube saw things differently.
Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube summed up the stakes that are facing his team in Sunday night's deciding Game 7 vs. the Panthers.