A nervous fan watches the Maple Leafs in Game 3 from Maple Leaf Square.Maple Leafs vs. Panthers Game 4 live blog: Joseph Woll starts as Toronto tries to avoid sweep in Florida

We’ve got you covered with live news and analysis from the Toronto Maple Leafs game tonight as they take on the Florida Panthers in Game 4.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are one loss away from beginning their off-season. They’ll try to stave off elimination in Game 4 against the Florida Panthers tonight.

Down three-games-to-none in this second-round NHL playoff series, the Leafs’ only hope to advance to the Eastern Conference finals is to do something only four teams in NHL history have done before — complete a reverse sweep.

Chris Pronger helped the Philadelphia Flyers accomplish the feat in 2010 and told the Star’s Mark Zwolinski that it starts with belief in the dressing room and focusing on one win at a time. To get that first win, they’ll turn to rookie goaltender Joseph Woll with starter Ilya Samsonov out due to an upper-body injury he sustained in a Game 3 collision.

Beyond Woll, coach Sheldon Keefe will roll out some different lines and defence pairs for the do-or-die game as Toronto hopes its stars will finally break out in this series.

Follow along with our live coverage from FLA Live Arena as Game 4 begins at 7 p.m. ET.

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