The Leafs blew a 3-1 lead in the third period to lose 5-3.
"You don't get the points, that hurts," said Leaf's head coach, Sheldon Keefe after the game.
Keefe also added his team lost focus in the third period.
What's worse, Leaf's starting goalie, Frederik Andersen, didn't return for the second period, (see today's "Sports News And Notes" blog).
Florida's Mark Pysyk scored the opening goal at 11:30 of the third period.
Mark Pysyk gets a hat-trick last night.
Toronto went ahead 2-1 in the second period with goals by John Tavares and William Nylander.
38 seconds into the third period, Auston Matthews scored.
It seemed as if it was Toronto was going to get the crucial win the team needed.
Unfortunately, the Leaf's defence broke down.
Pysysk scored his second goal of the game at 2:20.
Jonathan Huberdeau tied the game 58 seconds later.
Mike Hoffman put the Panthers ahead 4-3 at 10:13.
Pysyk completed the hat-trick with an empty netter at 19:12.
Florida's Mike Matheson had three assists.
Florida's goalie, Sergei Bobrovsky, stopped 31 shots.
Toronto's Mitch Marner had two assists last night.
Toronto heads to New York to play the Rangers tomorrow night.
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