Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conferences. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are wild-card spots based on the best remaining records in each conference.

It all comes down to this for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers. Sunday's game marks the conclusion of a wild roller coaster of a series that included two wins to start for Toronto, then three straight for Florida,

Florida Panthers center Eetu Luostarinen (27) and Toronto Maple Leafs center Calle Jarnkrok (19) go for the puck during the third period in Game 6 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series, Friday, May 16, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) AP

NHL referee Chris Rooney hopes to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs after suffering a black eye in a high stick accident during Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida

This current Maple Leafs roster has been mired by its inability to escape the second round of the playoffs. After another postseason failure in 2025, the front office will at leas

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Toronto won the first two games of their Stanley Cup second-round series against Florida but the Panthers won the next three before the Maple Leafs won Game 6.

Justin Bieber was riding hard for the Toronto Maple Leafs Sunday (May 18), showing up to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with Hailey Bieber at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

The Maple Leafs (52-26-4) finished first in the Atlantic Division with 108 points, six ahead of the Tampa Bay Lightning and eight of the Panthers. Toronto then won only its second postseason series in 21 years by eliminating the Ottawa Senators in six games in the first round.