Craig Berube confirms bad news for goalie Anthony Stolarz

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz will not travel with his team to Florida for Game 3 of the second round playoff series against the Florida Panthers.

Leafs head coach Craig Berube told reporters today that Stolarz won't be traveling with the team for at least Game 3. There's potential that he could be available for Game 4, but Berube wouldn't commit.

“I doubt it,” Berube said. “Not right away.”

When asked if there's a possibility if Stolarz could return at any point this series, Berbue was again non-committal.

“Well, anything’s possible. I mean, I don’t have an answer for ya for that right now.”

Read below for yesterday's report on Stolarz, published by Hockey Feed staff writer Chris Gosselin.

Game 2 takes place later tonight between Toronto and Florida in their second round series of the postseason and the Maple Leafs will be without goalie Anthony Stolarz.

Once in the Leafs’ dressing room, it was quickly noticed that there was no stall for Stolarz, who left Game 1 on Monday after getting hit in the head by Panthers center Sam Bennett’s forearm as he was skating past the crease. Stolarz stayed on the ice a while, but stayed in the game, only to head to the bench minutes later when he was seen vomiting. He was then transported by ambulance to a hospital for evaluation.

Earlier this morning, Matt Murray was seen attending practice in Toronto and found his stall in the dresssing room afterwards.

It has been confirmed that Stolarz is still recovering, there is unfortunately no timelime for his return. And so, for tonight’s Game 2, Joseph Woll will be the starter and will be backed up by Murray.

On Monday night when Woll replaced Stolarz in between the pipes, Dennis Hildeby got dressed and stepped in as the third emergency goalie for the remainder of the contest. Now Murray could be considered as a backup if Woll is the one in net tonight. Hildeby started six games for the Maple Leafs, posting a 3-3-0 record with an .878 save percentage this season while Murray played just two games with Toronto.

No changes are expected tonight for the Leafs in Game 2 vs. Florida, with the forward lines and defense remaining the same.

Game 2 is on at 7ET tonight in Toronto.