SUNRISE, Fla. _ So often coach Jeff Blashill has talked recently about the need for the Red Wings to not get down after allowing a goal.
But they keep doing it, allowing goals in bunches as they did Saturday in a 5-4 loss to Florida.
Panthers forwards Mike Hoffman and Dominic Toninato scored nine seconds apart early in the second period, erasing a 3-2 Wings lead and helping send Detroit to its fifth consecutive loss.
Hoffman buried a rebound at 6 minutes, 39 seconds in close, after goaltender Jimmy Howard made the initial stop on Brian Boyle. Then, just nine seconds later, Valtteri Filppula lost control of the puck near the net and Toninato scored his fourth goal on a backhander.
So much for the Wings' lead.
Anton Stralman scored his fourth goal _ with the teams skating four a side _ at 13:24 of the third period, giving the Panthers a 5-3 lead.
Luke Glendening cut it to 5-4 at 15:49 _ his fifth goal _ with Howard pulled for an extra attacker.
Darren Helm and Dylan Larkin scored 38 seconds apart midway in the first period, giving the Wings a 2-1 lead. Frans Nielsen added his first goal of the season, a shorthanded goal 46 seconds into the second period, making it 3-1, and giving the Wings some real hope.
But Florida's Brett Connolly cut the Wings' lead to 3-2 on the same power play, snapping a rebound past Howard for his 15th goal at 1:58.
Hoffman (13th goal, at 6:39) and Toninato (4th goal, 6:48) then put the Panthers ahead for good.
The Wings, already without Anthony Mantha (upper body) and Danny DeKeyser (back), lost Filppula to an apparent upper-body injury in the second period.
