In the Toronto forums the fans are dumping all over the Leafs as a no show last night and they're ready to trade both Marner and Matthews for not doing more in the series.
I don't see it that way at all. First as to the Leafs effort, Florida just upped their game last night, that happens during a series. The flow of 7 potential games involves teams' improving and changing and adjusting their play. It's now up to Toronto to respond, going home. Florida is good at this, that's why they won the cup last year, when, during the conference finals, they came within an overtime of going 2 games down to the Rangers before coming back to take control of the series. We'll now see if Toronto has another gear.
Second, as to Matthews particularly, you can see he's struggling with maybe a wrist injury and has been all year, the lethal shot simply isn't there, that's how you go from nearly 70 goals to about 30 in a season. Also Bobrovsky has picked up his play at the same time that the puck stopped bouncing so favorably for the Leafs.
I do think that game 5 in Toronto is essential for the Leafs. They've now got to answer. The winner of game 5 likely wins this series.