William Nylander got the Maple Leafs off to a flying start in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The star winger scored twice in the first period before adding an assist as Toronto built a big lead early before holding on late to down the Florida Panthers 5-4 and take Game 1 on Monday night.

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz exited midway through the second period of Game 1 of his team's second-round series against the Panthers on Monday night after taking an elbow to the head from Florida forward Sam Bennett at Scotiabank Arena.

William Nylander scored twice in the first period before adding an assist as Toronto built a big lead before holding on to beat the Florida Panthers 5-4 in the opener of the second-round series.