Maple Leafs goalie Anthony Stolarz leaves Game 1 against the Panthers with an apparent head injury

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz left Game 1 of the team’s second round series against Florida on Monday night with an apparent head injury.

Stolarz took an elbow to the back of the head from Panthers forward Sam Bennett shortly before his departure. He also took a puck to the mask, knocking it off his head, earlier.

“Elbow to the head, clear as day,” coach Craig Berube said afterward when asked bout Bennett making contact with Stolarz, who he added was being evaluated. “I'm not sure why there's not a call on it. I get it. They miss calls. But it's clearly a penalty.”

Florida coach Paul Maurice said officials were nearby and did not believe it to be a penalty.

“Hopeful for Anthony and his health," Maurice said. “Love that guy and hope he gets better real fast.”

Television replays appeared to show Stolarz vomiting into a bucket by the team bench before leaving midway through the second period. The team said he was under evaluation.

Backup Joseph Woll entered for his first NHL game action since April 17, with Toronto leading 4-1. Woll allowed three goals on 20 shots, but the Leafs held on to beat the defending Stanley Cup champions 5-4.

“Hopefully the league will handle it and protect our players," said Matthew Knies, who scored the winning goal.

Stolarz, who has a Cup ring from backing up Sergei Bobrovsky last year, played all six games in the Leafs' first-round series win over Ottawa, posting a 2.21 goals-against average and .901 save percentage. The 31-year-old won 12 of 14 starts going back to the regular season before getting injured.

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Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz loses his mask after taking a slap shot off the mask during the first period of Game 1 in an NHL hockey second-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers in Toronto, Monday, May 5, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz (41) loses his mask after a shot knocked it off during the first period of Game 1 in an NHL hockey second-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers in Toronto, Monday, May 5, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

CORRECTS TO LIES ON THE ICE AFTER BEING RUN INTO NOT LOOKS ON AFTER MAKING A SAVE - Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz lies on the ice after being run into during the second period of Game 1 in an NHL hockey second-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers in Toronto, Monday, May 5, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum ’s first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded and leaving at least two people dead.

The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 and its epicenter was near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero near the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, according to Mexico ’s national seismological agency. There were more than 500 aftershocks.

The state’s civil defense agency reported various landslides around Acapulco and on other highways in the state.

Guerrero Gov. Evelyn Salgado said that a 50-year-old woman living in a small community near the epicenter died when her home collapsed. Authorities also said that a hospital in Chilpancingo, Guerrero's capital, suffered major structural damage and various patients were evacuated.

Residents and tourists in Mexico City and Acapulco rushed into the streets when the shaking began. Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada said that one person died after suffering an apparent medical emergency followed by a fall while evacuating a building.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.7 miles (35 kilometers), 2.5 miles north-northwest of Rancho Viejo, Guerrero, which is in the mountains about 57 miles northeast of Acapulco.

Sheinbaum resumed her press briefing a short time after the quake.

José Raymundo Díaz Taboada, a doctor and human rights defender who lives on one of the peaks ringing Acapulco, said he heard a strong rumble noise and all the neighborhood dogs began barking.

“In that moment the seismic alert went off on my cellphone," he said, "and then the shaking began to feel strong with a lot of noise.”

He said the shaking was lighter than in some previous quakes and he had prepared a backpack of essentials to be ready to leave as the aftershocks continued.

He said he had been unable to reach some friends who live along the Costa Chica southeast of Acapulco because communications were cut.

A view of Mexico City, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that originated in the Acapulco area. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A view of Mexico City, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that originated in the Acapulco area. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A couple walks their dogs after leaving their home due to an earthquake that was felt in Mexico City, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, amid a magnitude 6.5 quake that originated in the Acapulco area. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)