The Leafs' performance in Game 2 earned praise from the one player who knows best what it's like to play against them.

The Toronto Maple Leafs took down the Florida Panthers 4-3 to take a 2-0 series lead. The Dallas Stars escaped with a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets later on the road. Here's a look at the schedule ahead.

Willy Styles is the nickname given to Toronto forward William Nylander by Joe Thornton when the two quarantined with a handful of other Maple Leafs teammates in a Toronto-area home in 2020 during the COVID pandemic. It suggested that Nylander marches to the beat of his own drum, something the eccentric Thornton would know all about.