Source: Frederik Andersen issued a challenge late on Thursday night.

We’ll find out soon enough whether his Maple Leafs teammates listened to their goaltender.

An angry but matter-of-fact Andersen came out verbally swinging after the Leafs lost by a goal for the fourth consecutive game, falling 3-2 in overtime to the Philadelphia Flyers.

The loss at Wells Fargo Center came after the Leafs built a 2-0 lead in the second period, only to fritter it away in the third.

“We have to figure out who wants to commit to playing for the team,” Andersen said. “We’ve got to look at the attitude. We played well enough for two periods, but we’ve got to find a way to keep the foot on the gas the whole game. We can’t be satisfied with two periods.”

Goals by Nolan Patrick and Wayne Simmonds — the Simmonds goal was shorthanded — early in the third period tied the game after Connor Brown and Frederik Gauthier scored 28 seconds apart in the second period.

“I think a lot of guys on the bench too, (would be) pretty frustrated to not be on the power play and seeing that kind of effort (on the Simmonds goal, which came on an odd-man rush),” Andersen said.

“I think we have to look each other in the eyes and determine where we want to go from here.

“I don’t think we’re tired. I think it’s lack of effort at certain points and it can’t happen. We have to figure this out if we want to play any meaningful hockey later.”

On a night the Flyers honoured Eric Lindros with the retirement of his iconic No. 88, the Leafs, who next play in Ottawa on Saturday night, lost for the seventh time in nine games.

The winning goal at 18 seconds came off the stick of Sean Couturier, who snapped the puck past Andersen after a pass from Travis Konecny. Neither Jake Gardiner nor William Nylander looked sharp on the play.

With under three minutes remaining, Flyers goalie Michal Neuvirth made a terrific save on Patrick Marleau.

The pre-game ceremony for Lindros pushed the start of the game back an hour, and the Leafs stayed in the dressing room, though the Toronto coaching staff watched from the bench. The Flyers players and coaching were present for the banner raising, watching and applauding as Lindros spoke at centre ice.

The feeling that the Leafs would go to the second intermission tied 0-0 for the second time in as many games was growing until Brown scored on a breakaway as his shot got through Neuvirth at 12:57 for a 1-0 Leafs lead, the chance coming after Shayne Gostisbehere overskated the puck.

It came as Brown was playing his first shift with Auston Matthews and Zach Hyman after coach Mike Babcock did some line juggling.

The move dropped Nylander to the fourth line with Frederik Gauthier and Matt Martin.

“I just didn’t like what was happening,” Babcock said. “I thought that (Matthews) line was getting dominated.

“I thought (Brown) was ultra-competitive and I thought he was helping us. I thought the Goat had a good game for us too. What we tried to do was get the players who were playing the hardest in the right spots to help us and that is what we did.”

Babcock said Morgan Rielly, who fell awkwardly near the end of the second period but returned, will be checked out on Friday and his health determined afterward.

Of the fourth loss in a row, Babcock said: “There is no reason to let things get in your head. We’re going through a spell where we are not as good as we can be. We should all walk out of here feeling terrible but we will get through that. We are in a great spot in the league, we like our team, let’s play the best we can.”

Don’t blame you at all, Freddie. You stood on your head for 60 minutes and a couple of shit plays from your D, cost you securing the win. It must be so frustrating at times when your team is such a two-fold club. Some nights unreal, some nights just OK, and you need to bail them out.

Jake Gardiner fucked up that last play, as he should have realized Willy was getting back on the one guy, and not to jump at him, allowing for the pass to go across. He’s terrible sometimes, only sometimes which is the most frustrating part of it all.

Let’s see how the Buds bounce back against Ottawa Saturday night, we know Freddie will be ready to play. 

What if he ‘Johnny Berns’ and let’s in the first shot….?

Here’s a couple highlights of the game:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeHYnXzhPW0/?taken-by=mapleleafs

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeHX85PBZrx/?taken-by=mapleleafs