Matthew Tkachuk played in his ninth game since rejoining the Florida Panthers after missing two months. Paul Maurice said Tkachuk’s game Sunday “was his best.’’ Tkachuk sent a sharp cross-ice pass from the halfwall to Carter Verhaeghe in front of the net on a first period power play chance that gave the

Chantal Tkachuk reflects on raising her NHL player sons Matthew and Brady Tkachuk, and her daughter, field hockey player Taryn Tkachuk, with husband Keith Tkachuk.

After Max Domi laid out Aleksander Barkov with a dirty hit from behind as time expired, players from both teams got into it on the ice. Meanwhile, on the bench, Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk was already plotting his moves for Game 5, and he didn't hesitate to tell the Maple Leafs bench what was in store.

With Game 4 in the books and the series tied at 2-2, the bad blood between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers could be close to reaching boiling point. As tempers flared at the final buzzer of Florida’s 2-0 win on Sunday, cameras spotted Matthew Tkachuk shouting across the ice at William Nylander.