News about William Nylander

Not since Boston and Los Angeles in 2020 has the sports world's attention and curiosity been so concentrated on one area of America as Florida in 2023. The Boston Red Sox were reigning World Series champions, the New England Patriots were Super Bowl champions, and the Boston Bruins had reached the Stanley Cup Finals by the summer of 2019. The following year was devoted to Los Angeles, where the Dodgers snapped a 32-year championship drought ended and the Lakers claimed their first NBA title in the bubble.

Many hockey fans were not expecting a second all-Sun Belt Stanley Cup Final in NHL history. Boston was the best regular season squad in the league's history going into the playoffs. They were knocked out by the worst team that made it in. Canada wished that they would win their first Stanley Cup since 1993. Rather, the Jets were quickly dismissed and the Maple Leafs and Oilers' star power was snuffed out.

One of the referees had an accidental assistance. A rookie goalie getting off to a rocky start in his first playoff appearance got off to a smattering success. And there was no fear of panic. Toronto is going home for another game, not to start the offseason. Joseph Woll stopped 24 shots in his first playoff appearance, Mitch Marner and William Nylander had the goals, and the Maple Leafs staved off elimination by defeating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Wednesday night.

Before returning to the third period for the third time, the 24-year-old defenseman had to briefly leave Thursday night's game to seek medical attention in the locker room. In the second period, he was seen bleeding heavily with about 5:47 remaining, with Toronto wing William Nylander shooting just to the left of the goal and mistakenly hitting Mahura in the chest.

Consider the Toronto Maple Leafs as the most complete NHL elite to be completely confounded by the eighth-seeded Florida Panthers. The Panthers defeated the Leafs 3-2 in Toronto on Thursday, giving them a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals following their first-round upset of the top-seeded Boston Bruins. Sheldon Keefe, the Leafs' head coach, was particularly worried about the Panthers' second-period results, in which the Panthers scored two unanswered goals. 'Disappointing' Keefe said, 'Baffling.' We didn't make those mistakes one time in the last series [first round against Tampa].'

The NHL has revealed a list of the first 32 names to be chosen for the 2023 All-Star Game, which will be hosted in South Florida. One player from each squad has been chosen to compete in this year's festivities, which have traditionally featured a skills competition and games between divisions. During the next 12 days, the NHL also revealed that three new players (two skaters and a goalie) would be voted by a fan vote.