The Panthers' offense in their blowout 6-1 win over the Maple Leafs in Game 5 came from the unusual suspects.

The goals did not come from Sam Reinhart or Aleksander Barkov or Matthew Tkachuk. Instead, five of the six goals came from players who scored a combined 31 times all season.

"Those are the fun stories for our room when (AJ.) Greer gets one, (Jonah) Gadjovich has one," Florida coach Paul Maurice said. "Those guys, they work hard, and they don't get on the magazines, right? They're not the front of it. It's special on the bench when those guys score."

Florida's first two goals came from defensemen. Aaron Ekblad, who scored three goals in the regular season, put away a goal after a flurry of activity in front of the net. Dmitry Kulikov, who scored four times during the season, had the second goal, deflecting a shot off Scott Laughton.

The defensemen continued contributing, as Niko Mikkola (who had six regular-season goals) scored the game's fourth goal.

"You can see how many guys have scored in our lineup, and it gives a lot of confidence to the group," defender Gustav Forsling said. "It's fun to see the D corps score a lot of goals. ... I might have to get one (Friday)."

The forwards got in on the action in the second period. Jesper Boqvist, playing in place of the injured Evan Rodrigues on the top line, scored his first career playoff goal to make it 3-0.

"It was a good opportunity for me and obviously, enjoyed every second of it," Boqvist said. "Obviously, it helped playing with two of the best players in the world."

Fourth-line forward A.J. Greer got his first career playoff goal in the third period, extending the lead to 5-0. He attributed the Panthers' depth scoring to the team's ability to create "chaos."

"The way we play creates a lot of chaos, creates a lot of turnovers," Greer said. "That game plan kind of brings an opportunity for every line to be successful, offensively. You don't have to chase it. You really just have to do your job, and once the opportunity comes, you've got to finish it off."

Seventeen players have scored for the Panthers in the postseason, which Maurice attributes to the team's culture. He said even the players who do not get on the ice every game still feel like crucial parts of the team.

"The fact that you can spread it around, that they're all carrying into a game a belief -- a reasonable belief -- that they can score because they have -- in the last 10 games they've scored a goal. They feel it. They feel good about where they're at. You can't do much for a guy when he doesn't have that positive feeling."

But Maurice also said that having 17 players score means there are still a few who need to tally their first playoff goal.

"I'm thinking that we've got 26 guys here," Maurice said. "So that makes nine guys that are getting chirped pretty hard every day."