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Florida Panthers vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Regular season · Thursday, December 3, 2026 · Scotiabank Arena

Florida PanthersFloridaPanthersAway

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Toronto Maple LeafsTorontoMaple LeafsHome

TVAS · TSN4 · SCRIPPS

Game preview

The Florida Panthers visit the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday, December 3, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on TVAS, TSN4 and SCRIPPS.

This is the first of 4 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Panthers

Game 2 of a road trip: NY Islanders, now Toronto.

  1. 232026-11-23: no game
  2. 242026-11-24: no game
  3. 252026-11-25: vs OTT
  4. 262026-11-26: no game
  5. 272026-11-27: at WSH
  6. 282026-11-28: vs TBL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  7. 292026-11-29: no game
  8. 302026-11-30: no game
  9. 12026-12-01: at NYI
  10. 22026-12-02: no game
  11. 32026-12-03: at TOR
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~353 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,427 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Maple Leafs

Another game at home.

  1. 232026-11-23: at NYI
  2. 242026-11-24: no game
  3. 252026-11-25: no game
  4. 262026-11-26: no game
  5. 272026-11-27: at BOS
  6. 282026-11-28: at PIT, second of a back-to-backB2B
  7. 292026-11-29: no game
  8. 302026-11-30: vs PHI
  9. 12026-12-01: no game
  10. 22026-12-02: no game
  11. 32026-12-03: vs FLA
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Florida PanthersPanthersTue, Oct 13 at CBJ
  1. L1Vilmanis#95Luostarinen#27Lundell#15
    9:55 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewEller#20Verhaeghe#23Reinhart#13
    9:43 together at 5v5
  3. L3Tkachuk#19Tkachuk#8Bennett#9
    7:58 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewImama#14Lafferty#18Hathaway#21
    7:54 together at 5v5
  1. D1Ekblad#5Forsling#42
    12:58 together at 5v5
  2. D2Jones#3Mikkola#77
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulikov#7Balinskis#26
    11:24 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Tkachuk LTkachuk LVerhaeghe CReinhart CJones D4:55
  2. 2Eller CBennett CLuostarinen CLundell CEkblad D2:58

Penalty kill

  1. 1Luostarinen CLundell CEkblad DForsling D0:57
  2. 2Eller CHathaway RJones DMikkola D0:37
Toronto Maple LeafsMaple LeafsTue, Oct 13 at UTA
  1. L1Roslovic#96Matthews#34Marchenko#86
    9:37 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewPaul#20McKenna#92Sissons#15
    6:09 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewTavares#91Nylander#88Cowan#53
    5:53 together at 5v5
  1. D1McCabe#22Raddysh#43
    12:12 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewRielly#44Stecher#28
    5:32 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewEkman-Larsson#95Blankenburg#3
    3:19 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Tavares CMatthews CNylander RMarchenko RRaddysh D3:07
  2. 2McKenna LRoslovic CCowan RRielly DBlankenburg D0:23

Penalty kill

  1. 1Sissons CBlueger CMcCabe DStecher D1:31
  2. 2Paul LDuhaime LEkman-Larsson DStecher D0:29

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

FLATOR

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

FLA 72% (7th most settled)TOR 47% (2nd most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26 · under 10 pulls is a small sample

FLA 2:30 left (2nd earliest · 15 pulls)TOR 1:29 left (3rd latest · 9 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

FLA 47.4s (10th shortest)TOR 45.8s (4th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

FLA 27% (10th least often)TOR 26% (7th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series