Florida rolled into Scotiabank Arena and crushed Toronto 6–1 in Game 7 on Sunday, ending the Leafs’ season with another embarrassing home-ice playoff defeat. Eetu Luostarinen and Brad Marchand each had a goal and two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky made 19 saves. The Panthers will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final.

“We have a ton of belief in the system that we play and the depth of our group and our experience in these moments,” Marchand said. “These are not high-pressure games.”

Florida outshot Toronto 18–5 in the second period and finished the night with a 75–38 edge in shot attempts through 40 minutes. The Leafs were booed off the ice. Jerseys hit the glass. The vibe was all too familiar.

Toronto is now 0–8 in its last eight winner-take-all games and has lost six straight Game 7s in the Auston Matthews-Mitch Marner era.

“Just weren’t on the same page,” Matthews said. “It’s very, very frustrating.”

“We all need to be better,” Marner added. “Can’t have passengers in a Game 7. So, it just stinks.”

Seth Jones opened the scoring at 3:15 of the second period, jumping into the rush and beating Joseph Woll blocker side. Anton Lundell made it 2–0 four minutes later, cleaning up a rebound in front. Jonah Gadjovich added the third, one-timing a cross-crease feed to silence the building.

The Leafs had no pushback. Berube yelled at his team during a timeout. Marner shouted at the bench. Nothing changed.

“We just didn’t handle the pressure tonight that they came with,” Berube said. “It wasn’t good enough. They were the better team. More desperate. More aggressive. We didn’t have it.”

Max Domi gave Toronto a brief sign of life with a goal early in the third, but Luostarinen responded less than a minute later. Sam Reinhart made it 5–1, and Marchand closed it out with an empty-netter.

Bobrovsky was barely tested, though he did make a few big saves in the first, including breakaway stops on Scott Laughton and Steven Lorentz.

“It doesn’t matter how well you execute,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said. “If it’s how comfortable you are in hard situations, then you have a chance. That gave us a chance to win tonight.”

Toronto now heads into an offseason full of questions. Marner enters the final year of his deal. John Tavares does too. President Brendan Shanahan is unsigned beyond this season.

“Feel their disappointment,” Tavares said, speaking about the fans. “Never want to see the jerseys on the ice, but we know we just didn’t play well enough.”