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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Florida Panthers Wrap - Florida Wins 3-1

The Panthers earned a 3-1 victory over the Maple Leafs on Friday at BB&T Center.

Florida was an underdog by +113 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Florida got goals from Mike Hoffman, Michael Matheson, and Frank Vatrano in the victory. Hoffman opened the scoring at 9:02 of the first period.

Roberto Luongo stopped 20 of 21 Toronto shots in the victory.

Toronto got a goal from Ron Hainsey in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Garret Sparks stopped 26 of 28 shots for the Maple Leafs, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Florida went 0-for-3, while the Maple Leafs were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.

Toronto lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 29-21.

Next game, Florida takes its act on the road to face Nashville looking for another win. For Toronto, they head home to face Arizona.