As great the as the season has gone for the Maple Leafs, a concerning trend in Toronto is rearing its ugly head with the Stanley Cup Playoffs fast approaching.

The game marks the first of three meetings between the Maple Leafs and Panthers in the final five weeks of the season. They'll face each other again in Toronto on April 2 followed by a matchup six days later at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla.

The Maple Leafs had a chance to leapfrog the Panthers into first place in the NHL’s Atlantic Division on Thursday night but blew an early lead and fell to Florida 3-2 at Scotiabank Arena. The loss leaves Toronto four points behind the reigning Stanley Cup champions with 16 games remaining in the regular-season.

Sam Bennett scored two power-play goals as the visiting Florida Panthers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Thursday night.

Cutting into the deficit for the Maple Leafs in the third period, Max Domi, shortly after a power play had expired for Toronto, sniped a shot from the slot to make it 3-2 at 4:26. From there, Sergei Bobrovsky shut the door.

Max Domi isn’t going to the Toronto Marlies any time soon. But if you let social media commenters control the Toronto Maple Leafs, he would have been long gone ages ago.