Toronto - The second phase of the three goals broke a tense game, quieted a noisy crowd at Scotiabank Arena and drove the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1 to the Florida Panthers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Sunday night.

While this is not the typical subtitle name you see in the Florida score sheet, Seth Jones, Anton Lundell and Jonah Gadjovich combined these statistics, which put the Stanley Cup champion Panthers in the third stage with a 3-0 lead. Florida closed the door in the third stage and closed berths in the Eastern Conference Finals for the third straight season was big. Florida will drive the Carolina Hurricane in Round 3 starting Tuesday.

The Maple Leafs found plenty of time and space to operate in the Panthers area on Friday night at Game 6 at Florida Sunrise. With 10 minutes left in the regulation, Toronto only hit 14 shots online, while the season fell online as Boos dropped from the capacity crowd.

Eetu Luostarinen and Sam Reinhart scored in Florida’s third week goals, and the champion took a 5-1 lead to briefly give home team hope after Toronto’s Max Domi scored 2:07 in the final frame. Florida's Brad Marchand added an empty net goal to end the score.

Goalkeeper Joseph Woll wrote about the suspension at sunrise Friday, struggling at home, watching the positions of several Florida goals. Toronto's regular starter Anthony Stolarz has been active since Game 1 and is a seventh substitute for Toronto on the bench, but he is not asked to.

Florida goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky is sharper on the other end of the ice, allowing only Domi's goals to start from the wrist if they are cleanly entering the area. Bobrovsky, who started every playoff game this season for the Panthers, played in Game 7 of the Panthers leading the Stanley Cup last June, defeating the Edmonton Oilers in the final game of the series.

The second phase of the game was postponed before Florida's goal-scoring frenzy, and the game was delayed after referee Chris Rooney was widely regarded as one of the top NHL officials. The long-term referee was hit by an unintentional stick.

The drama takes place 13 seconds in the second phase, when Niko Mikkola of Florida was doing a challenge for the hockey, his stick entered Rooney's face. Rooney was taking to the locker room area for further evaluation and treatment, with some help skating, towels covering most of his face.

The NHL has officials on standby in the playoff game, Garrett Rank took over as one of two referees after Rooney was injured and joined a crew member, which also included referee Jean Hebert and frontline players Devin Berg and Jonny Murray.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.