The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers opened their second-round series against the Maple Leafs in Toronto with a 5-4 loss Monday night, but they nearly flipped a lackluster start into dramatic late comeback,

Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conferences. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are wild-card spots based on the best remaining records in each conference.