There are no guarantees in the NHL playoffs, but we can be sure of one thing: the Toronto Maple Leafs have at least one home game left.
And if you want to find yourself inside Scotiabank Arena, don’t expect things to be cheap.
On Wednesday night, the Leafs are hosting the Florida Panthers in a pivotal Game 5 matchup, with the winner set to take a 3-2 lead in their second round series. With Toronto winning the first two games before the Panthers stormed back with two wins of their own in Florida, things have gotten pretty spicy between the Atlantic Division rivals.
While it’s hard to gauge an exact value of the ticket price given how much they can fluctuate by, they’re about $50 to 60 more expensive than they were for Game 5 of the team’s first-round series against the Ottawa Senators on the day of the game.
Via Ticketmaster, there’s only a smattering of face value seats left, with the cheapest pair at $490.50 per ticket in the upper bowl. Via the Ticketmaster resale market, where the vast majority of available seats are left, the cheapest pair is coming in at $439.83 for a partially obstructed seat in section 313, or $451.88 for an unobstructed one in section 323.
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On StubHub, the cheapest price is slightly better, with a pair of tickets being listed for $432 in section 312.
The prices appear to match the stakes of the situation.
It’s the first home game in 21 years that Toronto has had a shot at their seventh win of a single postseason, when they hosted the Philadelphia Flyers way back in 2004 at the then-Air Canada Centre.
If you don’t find yourself inside the arena, there are plenty of other places to catch the game, including the watch party at Maple Leaf Square if you’re lucky enough to land free tickets. If you’re watching at home, puck drop is set for 7 p.m, and the game will be broadcast on both CBC and Sportsnet.
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