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Maple Leafs squeeze out dramatic overtime win over Panthers

Tuesday’s game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers had the intensity of a playoff contest.

Panthers' goalie Sergei Bobrovsky made impressive stops throughout the night, goals were overturned and a total of 14 penalties were called throughout the night.

The Leafs would eventually squeeze out the win in overtime with William Nylander's second goal of the game, ending a wild and dramatic battle between the Atlantic Division rivals. Leafs backup Ilya Samsonov came in for starter Matt Murray midway through the game and shutout the Panthers on 11 shots to earn the comeback win.