TORONTO : Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 shots to back the Florida Panthers to a dominant 6-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference second-round series Wednesday night at Scotiabank Arena.

Aaron Ekblad and Jesper Boqvist each had a goal and an assist, while Sam Reinhart and Nate Schmidt chipped in with two assists apiece.

Nick Robertson scored the lone goal for Toronto. Goalie Joseph Woll surrendered five goals on 25 shots before being pulled 6:23 into the third period. Matt Murray, appearing in his first playoff game since August 5, 2020, came on in relief and made six saves.

Florida has now taken a 3-2 series lead after winning three straight. Game 6 will be played Friday at Amerant Bank Arena in Florida (time TBD; airing on MAX, truTV, TNT, and TVAS).

Bobrovsky came up big early, denying William Nylander on a breakaway at 8:34 of the first period in the game’s first major scoring chance.

Less than a minute later, the Panthers opened the scoring. After Auston Matthews turned the puck over behind his own net, Aleksander Barkov jumped on the opportunity. His initial shot led to a scramble before Reinhart set up Ekblad, who beat Woll blocker side at 9:49 to make it 1-0.

Dmitry Kulikov made it 2-0 at 6:08 of the second, his point shot deflecting off Toronto forward Scott Laughton and leaving Woll with no chance.

Boqvist added a third goal at 10:07 following a neutral zone turnover by Mitch Marner. Gustav Forsling intercepted the errant pass and fed Reinhart, who set up Boqvist alone behind the defense for an easy tap-in.

Niko Mikkola extended the lead to 4-0 at 14:01, firing a wrist shot from the top of the left circle that beat Woll glove side.

At 6:23 of the third, A.J. Greer buried a rebound to make it 5-0 and end Woll’s night.

Sam Bennett scored on the power play just over three minutes later, wiring a pinpoint shot into the top corner at 9:10 to make it 6-0.

Robertson, returning to the lineup after being scratched since Game 3 of the first round, finally got Toronto on the board with a spinning backhand shot at 18:54. It was the Leafs’ first goal since Morgan Rielly’s tally late in Game 3—ending a scoring drought that lasted 143 minutes and 25 seconds.