The Maple Leafs held an optional practice at Ford Performance Centre on Tuesday. The Florida Panthers held a media availability at their hotel.

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Panthers centre Sam Bennett will not face supplemental discipline for his forearm to the head of Leafs goalie Anthony Stolarz.

"Looking back at the video, really the contact that was made was, in my opinion, it's really just a bump," Bennett told reporters at the team hotel. "There was no forceful action. I mean, I'm trying to score. The last thing in my mind is about elbowing him in the head. When it happened, I didn't even realize that I had made contact. There wasn't a ton of force in it."

Stolarz initially stayed in the game after taking the contact in the second period. A few minutes later he vomited at the bench during a TV timeout and headed for the dressing room. The 31-year-old left the building on a stretcher and was taken to a hospital for further evaluation.

Bennett messaged Stolarz after the game. The pair were teammates last season when the Panthers won the Stanley Cup.

"Stolie's a great friend of mine," Bennett said. "When I hear that he went to the hospital of course I feel bad."

Craig Berube was unhappy with the play, which also went unpenalized during the game.

"Elbow to the head," the Leafs coach fumed in the immediate aftermath of Monday's 5-4 win. "Clear as day."

Berube and several Leafs players expressed hope that the league would take action.

On Tuesday, Berube cut off a question about the league's decision not to discipline Bennett.

"I've moved on from it," he said. "I don't want to talk about it. It's over."

Panthers coach Paul Maurice also sounded eager to move on after seeing other controversial hits by Bennett replayed as part of the post-game coverage. Bennett knocked Leafs winger Matthew Knies out of the second round series between the teams two years ago with a takedown, which resulted in a concussion.

"There was a hit two and a half years ago that you guys have shown 4,000 times," Maurice told reporters. "There was a parking ticket seven years ago that I think actually made the video. He's got the puck, he's on a power play, he goes to the net. He's not through the paint. He's got the puck, he's going to the net ... Like, call the fire department, put your hair out and let's move on, please."

Berube has stressed the need for his team to be disciplined and remain composed since the start of the playoffs. He made it clear that the Leafs will not be seeking retribution in Game 2.

"I talk to my players about focusing on the game and playing the game hard and playing it the right way," Berube said. "There's an opportunity to take the body on somebody, I don't care who it is, you go through them ... You're going to go out and think........

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