from Jonas Siegel of TSN,

Stepping outside the visiting dressing room and into the belly of Bridgestone Arena, Phil Kessel gazed up at a television monitor, pausing to watch the league-leading Nashville Predators celebrating another hard-earned one-goal win.

Kessel and the Leafs, meanwhile, were left in a feeling of familiar despair, reeling from their 10th consecutive loss Tuesday and 18th in 21 games (3-17-1). There's no stopping this 18-wheeler.

"Right now we can't win a game," said Kessel, especially quiet in the 4-3 defeat. "I don't know what to say."

He and the Leafs continue to find ways to lose in every soul-sapping manner, now sixth from last overall after yet another defeat. They held an unlikely third period lead in Music City, only to fumble it away against the best team currently playing in the NHL.

Right now the Leafs look like a team that's in shock from another collapse, unable and sometimes unwilling to find the necessary gumption to turn the tides of a stretch that's getting uglier by the day.

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