Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube addressed the incident involving Panthers ahead Sam Bennett and Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz throughout Recreation 1 of their Spherical 2 sequence on Monday.

The Maple Leafs misplaced their beginning goaltender, Stolarz, in the course of the second interval moments after he took an elbow to the top from Bennett, although no penalty was referred to as on the play.

After the sport, Berube expressed that the incident was an apparent penalty that ought to have been referred to as.

“Yeah. I imply, I do not know what you imply. I feel, on the time, I feel, , we dealt with it the way in which we should always deal with it. I am undecided why there’s not a name on it, however, , I get it, they miss calls, but it surely’s clearly it is clearly a penalty,” Berube mentioned post-game.

He additionally talked about that Anthony Stolarz was present process analysis following the incident. In the meantime, NHL insider Chris Johnston reported that Stolarz was taken to the hospital in an ambulance throughout the third interval.

Based on studies, the NHL Participant Security is predicted to evaluation Sam Bennett’s excessive elbow on Stolarz, although it stays unsure whether or not they are going to deem it deserving of disciplinary motion.

Maple Leafs downed Panthers in Recreation 1 of Spherical 2

On Monday, the Toronto Maple Leafs took a 1-0 lead after defeating the Florida Panthers 5-4 in Recreation 1 of their Spherical 2 sequence at Scotiabank Area.

William Nylander opened the scoring for the Leafs after placing them forward 1-0 simply 33 seconds into the primary interval. Nylander doubled his tally to extend the result in 2-0 at 12:51. Seth Jones minimize the Leafs’ result in 2-1 after scoring on the ability play at 16:57.

Morgan Rielly restored the house crew’s result in 3-1 earlier than heading into the second interval. Chris Tanev was the lone scorer within the second, whose aim put the Leafs on a commanding 4-1 lead.

The Panthers bounced again within the third interval, with two fast targets from Eetu Loustarinen and Uvis Balinskis making it a 4-3 sport. Matthew Knies then made it 5-3 at 14:00. Sam Bennett scored the ultimate aim for the Panthers at 18:05 for the ultimate scoreline of 5-4.

Recreation 2 takes place on Wednesday, with the puck dropping at 7 p.m. ET.