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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

Game Information

Scotiabank Arena

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

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 26 10 56 4
New Jersey 24 15 51 3
Carolina 24 14 50 2
Pittsburgh 17 17 41 7
Columbus 17 17 40 6
Philadelphia 17 18 39 5
NY Rangers 18 20 37 1
NY Islanders 15 18 37 7

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 26 13 54 2
Florida 24 15 50 2
Boston 20 17 45 5
Tampa Bay 20 15 42 2
Montreal 19 18 41 3
Ottawa 19 17 40 2
Detroit 17 18 38 4
Buffalo 15 21 35 5
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