The NHL will drop the puck on the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Monday night, when the Toronto Maple Leafs host the defending-champion Florida Panthers. The Maple Leafs are seeking to break the longest championship drought in the NHL, while the Panthers dispatched their in-state rival Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round. A team from Florida has made the Stanley Cup Final in each of the past five seasons.
Elsewhere in the East, the Carolina Hurricanes head north to take on the Metropolitan Division-winning Washington Capitals.