Maple Leafs vs Panthers Picks and Prediction – 5/9/2025

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be on the road for the first time in round two Friday night with game three of their second round matchup in Florida against the Florida Panthers. Toronto won 52 games this season and come into game three Friday night on a three-game win streak having won both games in this series thus far. Offensively Toronto has averaged 3.26 goals and 28 shots per game this season and the Maple Leafs scored thirteen goals during their three-game winning streak. Defensively Toronto has been solid enough holding opponents to 2.79 goals on just over 29 shots per game this season. Stay up to date with our NHL Picks.

William Nylander leads the Toronto offense in the postseason with 13 points and six goals through eight games played. Mitch Marner is second on the roster with eight points and boasts a team leading 8 assists this season. Auston Matthews has come up big for Toronto in the postseason with eight points and six assists in eight games played.

The Florida Panthers return home Friday in a hole currently down by two games in this series. Offensively Florida has averaged three goals on 31.6 shots per game this season and have scored 7 total goals in this series despite the two losses. Defensively Florida was stout this season holding opponents to 2.72 goals and 26.2 per game but have given up an average of 4.5 goals per game in each loss in this series.

Anton Lundell leads Florida in the postseason with eight points through seven games played. Eetu Luostarinen is also tied for the team lead in the playoffs with eight points and leads Florida with six assists through seven games played. Brad Marchand has seven points and Aleksander Barkov is tied for third on the roster with six points in the playoffs. Sam Bennett also has 6 points and leads Florida with four goals scored through seven games played.

There has been 16 goals scored in this series through 2 games and the scoring will continue on Friday. Look for both teams to continue to hunt offense in game 3. Both teams average north of 3 goals per game and each give up more then 2.7 per game this season. the scoring will continue in a big way Friday as game 3 goes over the total. Final Score Prediction, Florida Panthers win 5-3.