Throughout the playoffs, Marner and Marchand have scored 12 and eight total points, respectively, although Marner has appeared in one more game than his older foe as the Leafs played a six-game first-round series against the Panthers' five-game one.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have already lost Anthony Stolarz for an undetermined amount of time after he was elbowed in the head by Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett.

Brad Marchand saved the Panthers season from the brink with his overtime goal in Game 3 against the Maple Leafs, giving Florida a 5-4 win.

It was a far less dramatic game in Winnipeg as the Jets handily defeated the Dallas Stars, 4-0, to tie their second-round series at one game apiece. Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers recorded a goal and an assist, while goaltender Connor Hellebuyck stopped all 22 shots that he faced for his first shutout this postseason.

Panthers forward Brad Marchand is a free agent at the end of this postseason, and he could head to a division rival.

Panthers forward Brad Marchand once again crushed the hopes of the Maple Leafs with a goal in overtime to win Game 3.

The four-word post wasn't the first time Bissonnette has taken aim at Marchand and the Panthers. At the start of the month, ahead of the start of the Maple Leafs-Panthers series, Bissonnette warned Florida. “Now it's on to Goliath, the Florida Panthers, and we have unfinished business with you,” Bissonnette said.

Brad Marchand's complimentary remarks about the Toronto Maple Leafs following the Florida Panthers' Game 2 loss have stirred speculation among fans. Some interpret his words as a strategic attempt to lull the Leafs into complacency,