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Maple Leafs waste 'best defensive game,' suffer key divisional loss to Florida

Not one you want to waste.

The Toronto Maple Leafs coughed up a third-period lead and lost a key divisional clash 5-3 on home ice versus the Florida Panthers on Monday night, falling back outside the postseason picture and ending their impressive run out of the bye week.

Frederik Andersen exited with an upper-body injury during the first intermission, and Michael Hutchinson once again failed to deliver an adequate performance in relief. Hutchinson allowed three goals on 13 shots and found himself saddled with a loss for the third time this season when entering out of the bullpen.