Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube is in no hurry to break up the Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner pairing.

Evan Rodrigues sustained the injury about five minutes into the third period when he took a high net near the boards from Maple Leafs defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson away from the puck.

It's not hyperbole to call Wednesday's game as must-win as this Leafs core has faced over the last nine years.

In a series we all thought was going to be nasty, it’s safe to say the Florida Panthers’ second-round matchup against the Toronto Maple Leafs has lived up to the hate-filled hype.

Matthews is a tougher case. The forward skipped the Maple Leafs morning skate Sunday ahead of Game 4 and seems to be dealing with a physical issue, perhaps relating to the upper-body injury that has plagued him much of the season. His 33 goals during the regular season were the fewest of his NHL career.

The Leafs' performance in Game 2 earned praise from the one player who knows best what it's like to play against them.

Maple Leafs forward Max Domi was fined $5,000 -- the maximum amount allowed by the league's CBA -- for boarding Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov in Game 4.

Those familiar with Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Easton Cowan know he has a long list of accolades attached to his name. Just last year, he won the OHL Most Outstanding Player (Red Tilson Award) and the OHL Playoffs MVP (Wayne Gretzky 99 Award).