TORONTO — It has been a while, to be sure.
The defending Stanley Cup champions aren’t a whole lot used to leaving a road city down 2-0. This is normally the moment early in a series when the Florida Panthers have swung momentum their way.
They entered this second-round series with the Toronto Maple Leafs 18-9 in road playoff games since the start of the 2023 postseason, having just gone 3-0 in Tampa in the opening round.
And two years ago, of course, they walked out of Scotiabank Arena after two wins here to open the series, en route to a comfortable five-game series win.
Home away from home has been a real thing for these road warriors.
So this, getting on an airplane headed home down 2-0, yeah, the champs haven’t felt this in a while.
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