Leafs' Stolarz progressing, but not close to return

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz continues to enactment his mode backmost from an undisclosed wounded but doesn't look adjacent to a instrumentality successful Toronto's second-round Eastern Conference playoff bid against the Florida Panthers.

"He's progressing successful the close direction," Leafs manager Craig Berube said Saturday. "But helium has not skated yet [since getting hurt]."

Stolarz was injured during Game 1. The goaltender took a puck disconnected his disguise and an elbow to the caput from Panthers' guardant Sam Bennett successful the 2nd play of that outing, exiting soon aft the deed from Bennett. Stolarz -- who was sick connected Toronto's seat earlier helium near the crippled -- was aboriginal transported to a section infirmary for further evaluation.

The seasoned was capable to rejoin his teammates the pursuing time astatine their installation but did not question with the Leafs to Florida erstwhile the bid moved determination up of Friday's Game 3.

Joseph Woll has taken implicit starting duties from Stolarz and helped involvement Toronto to a 2-0 pb successful the best-of-seven series.

But Woll struggled successful Game 3, signaling a prevention percent of .861 arsenic the Panthers mounted 2 multigoal comebacks to down the Leafs 5-4 successful overtime.

Berube said aft the nonaccomplishment that helium "thought [Woll] was truly good" but that helium didn't emotion the Leafs' 4th goal-against, erstwhile Panthers fourth-liner Jonah Gadjovich bushed Woll cleanly from extracurricular the close face-off ellipse to springiness Florida its archetypal go-ahead extremity of the night.

Woll besides has been adjusting to playing the puck amid Florida's smothering forecheck.

"They rim a batch of pucks," Woll said Friday. "I'm conscionable trying to bash my champion to assistance america interruption out."

Florida hasn't made it casual connected the Leafs successful that respect. Berube anticipates Woll tin larn from Friday's mistakes and improve, though.

"It's difficult," Berube said. "A batch of those rims are up; they're not connected the ice. And that's designed. If they tin get a bully lick connected it, they're going to get it connected the glass. It's beauteous pugnacious for him to travel retired and play those. He did get to a batch of them. But they're coming hard. He's going to person to determination it quick."

Game 4 of the bid is acceptable for Sunday.