Eetu Luostarinen scored about a minute into the third period, and the Florida Panthers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Tuesday night and helping the reigning Stanley Cup champions snap a five-game losing streak.

Eetu Luostarinen scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period and the Florida Panthers stopped a five-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs in Sunrise, Fla.

The Florida Panthers’ losing streak is over. Eetu Luostarinen scored the go-ahead goal 1:04 into the third period and the Panthers never looked back in a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday at Amerant Bank Arena in a game that could serve as a preview for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

With less than two weeks until the start of the NHL playoffs, five teams in each conference had clinched a playoff spot as of Monday morning. The Toronto Maple Leafs, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers,

The Stanley Cup playoffs comprise four rounds with winners determined by best-of-seven game series. Teams with the higher regular-season point total have home-ice advantage. Each series is contested in a 2-2-1-1-1 format with the home-ice advantage holder hosting Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 and its opponent hosting Games 3, 4 and 6.

Ahead of the NHL Playoffs, find out which teams are in, which are still battling their way there, and who oddsmakers have hoisting the most coveted prize in professional hockey with this preview. The current Eastern Conference Playoff Standings are: Y (clinched division);