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Philadelphia Flyers at Toronto Maple Leafs

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Morgan Rielly's overtime goal sends Maple Leafs to a 4th straight win, 3-2 over the Flyers

Morgan Rielly wins it for Maple Leafs in OT

Rielly converted a feed from Auston Matthews for his fifth goal of the season and first in two months.

Matthew Knies and Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored for Toronto, which leads the Atlantic Division and is second in the Eastern Conference, a point behind Washington. Dennis Hildeby finished with 30 saves.

Tyson Foerster and Scott Laughton scored for the Flyers, who closed out a six-game, 10-day trip. Ivan Fedotov made 22 saves.

Takeaways Flyers: Philadelphia entered ranked 30th in the league in goals against (averaging 3.56 goals) and gave up seven, five and five goals in their three previous losses on the road trip.

Maple Leafs: Toronto has posted a 17-7-0 record at home this season, tied with Vegas (17-4-0) for the league lead. The Maple Leafs are 5-4-1 in the second game of a back-to-back set this season.

Key moment A groggy Jake McCabe did not return (upper-body injury) after a fight with Flyers forward Garnet Hathaway late in the first period. The Maple Leafs defenseman objected to Hathaway running into Hildeby, goading him into dropping his gloves. McCabe, losing his balance while absorbing a right to the head, fell awkwardly as the fight ended with Hathaway landing on top of him. McCabe missed five games earlier this season after taking a puck to the head.

Key stat It was a battle of the big men in the crease with 6-foot-7 goaltenders in Hildeby and Fedotov. Both made spectacular saves in a first period in which Philadelphia outshot Toronto 14-13. It was a fourth career NHL start for Hildeby, from Sweden, and 14th for Fedotov, a Finnish-born Russian.

Up next

The Maple Leafs and Flyers meet again Tuesday in Philadelphia.

Regular Season Series

TOR leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 3:24 Tyson Foerster Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Cates (9), Rasmus Ristolainen (9)
Goal 1st Period 4:02 Matthew Knies Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Auston Matthews (15), Chris Tanev (12)
Goal 1st Period 18:52 Oliver Ekman-Larsson Goal (2) Poke, assists: Steven Lorentz (4), Connor Dewar (3)
Goal 2nd Period 11:08 Scott Laughton Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Sean Couturier (12), Rasmus Ristolainen (10)
Goal 4th Period 2:25 Morgan Rielly Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Auston Matthews (16), John Tavares (21)

Statistics

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12 Blocked Shots 17
33 Hits 43
4 Takeaways 2
32 Shots 25
0 Power Play Goals 0
3 Power Play Opportunities 1
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
18 Faceoffs Won 37
32.7 Faceoff Win Percent 67.3
16 Giveaways 17
3 Total Penalties 5
9 Penalty Minutes 13
Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Max Pacioretty, LW Injured Reserve Apr 19
Jani Hakanpaa, D Injured Reserve Feb 1
Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Rasmus Ristolainen, D Out Apr 19
Eetu Makiniemi, G Out Apr 17

Game Information

Scotiabank Arena

Location: Toronto, ON
Attendance: 18,554 | Capacity:

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 51 22 111 9
Carolina 47 30 99 5
New Jersey 42 33 91 7
Columbus 40 33 89 9
NY Rangers 39 36 85 7
NY Islanders 35 35 82 12
Pittsburgh 34 36 80 12
Philadelphia 33 39 76 10

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 52 26 108 4
Tampa Bay 47 27 102 8
Florida 47 31 98 4
Ottawa 45 30 97 7
Montreal 40 31 91 11
Detroit 39 35 86 8
Buffalo 36 39 79 7
Boston 33 39 76 10
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