In overtime, Matthews came down the right wing on a breakaway, but Panthers defenseman Mike Matheson made a diving poke check to knock the puck away. Matthews then tripped over Matheson's stick.
"Mike made a great play. He got the puck first," Luongo said. "I know their bench was a little bit upset there, but we got the puck first, then got out of the way. Obviously, he tripped over the stick.
"He's got that speed that sometimes when he gets beat, he's so fast he's able to come back and make a play like that which was a key play of the game, obviously."
Bjugstad backhanded a shot from the side of the net that caromed off the skate of Toronto defenseman Connor Carrick to give Florida a 1-0 lead at 15:16 of the second period.
"I was just chopping at it, trying to get it in front of the net to [Henrik] Haapala, trying to feed him," Bjugstad said. "It went off a skate or a stick and was in the back of the net. I was laughing. … It was a lucky goal, but we'll take it."