“Gutsy,” Matthews said in his immediate postgame interview with Sportsnet’s Kyle Bukauskas. “Just a gutsy, gutsy win all around. I thought we just battled hard all three periods. It took till midway through the third to break through.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a pulse. Auston Matthews has a pulse. There will be a Game 7 in Toronto after the visiting Maple Leafs beat the Florida Panthers, 2-0, in Game 6.

Auston Matthews got his first goal of the series to break a scoreless tie in the third period, Joseph Woll stopped 22 shots, and the Toronto Maple Leafs kept their season alive by beating the Florida Panthers 2-0 in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference