5 TAKEAWAYS: Maple Leafs 2, Panthers 1

SUNRISE, Fla. -- You can't win 'em all, especially in the playoffs.

Missing out on a chance to secure a franchise-first sweep, the Panthers saw their playoff winning streak snapped at six games with a 2-1 loss to the Maple Leafs at FLA Live Arena on Wednesday.

Still leading the series 3-1, the Panthers will now head to Toronto for Game 5 on Friday.

"We've been living it for four months -- one day a time," Reinhart said. "We had an opportunity to win a game tonight. We were close. They're a good team over there, too. We've got another crack at it in a couple days."

For a quick recap of the game, click HERE.

To read up on five key takeaways for the Cats, continue below.

1. A FAST FIRST

The first period flew by in Game 4.

With just one penalty between the two clubs, the first 20 minutes of action flowed fairly steadily from the moment the game began, even if there wasn't a lot of high-octane action at either end.

Heading into the first intermission, the Panthers led 7-6 in shots on goal. They also controlled 65.71% of all shot attempts with a 23-12 advantage. Doing a good job of keeping things clean around their own crease, they surrendered just two high-danger shot attempts.

"I thought the first period was fast by both teams and it was pretty good," Panthers head coach Paul Maurice said.

Throughout the playoffs, a strong start has been an important key to success for the Panthers. When they hold a lead after the first period, they own a perfect 4-0 record. On the other side of the coin, they've posted a mark of 2-3 when they've trailed heading into the first intermission.

In Round 2, they've scored two first-period goals against Toronto thus far.

"I loved our jump right off the start," Reinhart said.

2. SOME BAD LUCK

This was one of those goals you literally could do nothing about.

On the power play early in the second period, the Maple Leafs benefited from some puck luck when a pass from Michael Bunting hit off of an official and slid straight into the slot, where William Nylander then picked the errant puck up and scored to put Toronto up 1-0 at 3:29.

For Nylander, the score ended a seven-game goal drought.

"It's kind of a bad break on the penalty kill off the ref that gets them a break," Reinhart said. "Things like that happen. We stuck with it and pushed, but couldn't bury one at the end."

Of course, that bad bounce didn't faze Bobrovsky.

In the second period, the two-time Vezina Trophy winner stopped 14 of 15 shots.

"It was a lucky bounce," Bobrovsky said. "It is what it is."

3. BIG GAME BOB

Speaking of Bobrovsky, he put the Panthers in position to win once again.

Surrendering just two goals for the fourth straight game in the series, the 34-year-old veteran stopped 23 of 25 shots in Game 4. Of those saves, his most-impressive stop came at the end of the second period when he denied John Tavares on a breakaway to keep the deficit at 1-0.

In defeat, he turned aside 10 of the 11 high-danger shots he faced.

"It's unbelievable," Reinhart said. "You can't say enough about the guy. … He's been doing that for a lot longer than tonight. That was you need out of your goalie at this time of the year."

On top of his game in Round 2, Bobrovsky has posted a 1.99 goals-against average and .934 save percentage over his four starts. In that same stretch, he's made 37 high-danger saves -- tied for the most among NHL goaltenders in Round 2 -- while allowing just 14 rebound shots.

Per NaturalStatTrick.com, he's given up just eight goals on 13.48 expected in Round 2.

"They are a good team," Bobrovsky said of the Maple Leafs. "The series goes on."

4. REINO STAYS HOT

Reinhart's stick is going to be down to an ember at some point here soon.

Finding the back of the net for the fifth time in his last seven games, the red-hot forward cut Florida's deficit in half on the power play in the third period when he dove into the crease to poke a precariously loose puck across the goal line to make it a 2-1 game at 12:13.

"It's been going pretty good for us," Reinhart said. "Sometimes to lose a game a like that, it's not the way you want it, but we were right there until the end. That's a playoff hockey."

As it has been all series, the line of Reinhart, Anton Lundell and Eetu Luostarinen had another strong showing in Game 4. Over the 9:57 they were deployed together at 5-on-5, the Panthers held advantages in shots attempts (9-6), shots on goal (3-2) and scoring chances (5-1).

With his goal, Reinhart tied Brandon Montour for the team-lead in the playoffs with six.

5. A GAME OF INCHES

The difference between winning and losing was razor thin in Game 4.

In all situations, the Panthers led 57-45 in shot attempts and 28-21 in scoring chances. Shots between the two teams were even at 25 apiece, while the Panthers finished with a slight edge in expected goals (2.48-2.39). Honestly, at no point did it feel like either team really took full control.

If you throw out Nylander's flukey goal, the whole game might've looked different.

But, hey, it's a game of inches, right?

"Each team will look at the things they did well, but then the things we need to do better," Maurice said. "The offensive part of the game is where we'll try to make some corrections."

In such a tight game, Toronto's 21 blocked shots also likely had a big impact.

"There's parts of our game I didn't love," Maurice said. "Shots are 25-25. We might have 20 blocked and blocked about nine of theirs. That's probably the difference in the game."

Looking ahead, the Panthers also want to do a better job of making Joseph Woll uncomfortable.

Making the first playoff start of his career, the 24-year-old rookie, who filled in for injured starter Ilya Samsonov, stopped 24 of 25 shots for the Maple Leafs. That being said, he only faced eight shots from high-danger areas. Moving forward, the Panthers want to see that number go up.

"There's some areas where we can make it more difficult for him," Reinhart said. "We're going to learn about that tomorrow and bring it on the road."