SUNRISE, Fla. — Heading into Tuesday’s game between the and , it was hard not to look ahead and see it as a playoff preview. For weeks, the standings didn’t move much, and it felt like the Leafs and Panthers were locked into a first-round matchup. “Both teams know that they’re playing for something bigger that’s coming,” Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said before the game. Advertisement But in a dramatic late-season turn, the Leafs saw their long-presumed first-round opponent doing everything the... Read this story
