Campbell, Maple Leafs blank Flyers, 3-0

PHILADELPHIA – The Toronto Maple Leafs dropped by Philadelphia on Wednesday night and skipped out of town with a 3-0 win over the Flyers.

Jack Campbell made 36 saves in the shutout win for the Leafs.

“Right from the get-go you could tell we had a serious purpose out there and just executed the whole night,” Campbell said. “To beat a good team like Philly in their own building, you have to win the net front. They have a lot of great players in front of the net, and they weren’t able to get any tips out there. … I just felt like everybody was in a zone, top to bottom. Everybody did their job and did it for 60 minutes.”

The Maple Leafs improved to 8-5-1.

“That was a really good response from us,” Toronto’s Auston Matthews said. “Everybody on down the lineup was just really, really solid all throughout. Jack was unbelievable for us just like he’s been all year, so big kudos to him, but I just thought our effort right from the puck drop was just really solid all throughout the whole game.”

William Nylander hit twice, including a power play goal n the third period for a 2-0 lead to the Maple Leafs.

The Flyers dropped to 6-3-2 with the loss.

“I wouldn’t say we got a whole lot of quality chances, but I think it was the same thing for the other team,” Philadelphia’s Sean Couturier said. “It was a tight game, but they get a lucky bounce there on the first one and then our penalty kill doesn’t get the job done and we’re chasing the game. It was tight out there, not really much both ways, but we have to find a way to win those games.”

Philadelphia went scoreless on four power play chances.

Ondrej Kase scored in the third period for the 3-0 final.

“He’s really competed hard, he’s had a number of chances to score,” Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe said. “He was questionable to play tonight even but felt good enough through the morning skate, and for a guy like him with the injury history he’s had, the fact he wanted to play, was cleared medically and goes out and plays as hard as he does and gets rewarded, I think it’s great. He certainly deserves it.”