Flyers win fifth straight | Pro Hockey News

PHILADELPHIA – The Toronto Maple Leafs are back to their old ways these days. A new head coach was not the answer.

On Tuesday night, the Flyers posted five straight goals in the last 10 minutes of the third period and defeat3ed the Leafs, 6-1.

Claude Giroux #28 of the Philadelphia Flyers shot slips between the legs of Frederik Andersen #31 of the Toronto Maple Leafs

“Everyone has a lot of faith in each other,” Flyers forward Kevin Hayes said. “It’s probably the tightest team I’ve ever played with. Our leaders lead from the front, and it’s easy to follow. It’s a lot of fun to be on the ice, it’s a lot of fun to go to battle every night, and even if the other team scores, we’re not really panicked. And it shows.”

Carter Hart made 27 saves to get the win.

Travis Dermott had the lone goal for Toronto.

“We tie it up, give up a goal, feel like we’re still kind of in it,” Toronto forward Auston Matthews said. “You got a chance to pull the goalie, still got a couple minutes left. But we let in that empty-net goal and we can’t just fold like that. It’s unacceptable to do that to our starting goalie, the guy that’s stolen games for us. He has been a brick wall for us all year. That’s just unacceptable on our part. We can’t just fold.”

Claude Giroux scored to start the outburst to give the Flyers a 2-1 lead. The Leafs pulled their goalie and Travis Konecny scored into an empty net for a 3-1 lead.

“Everyone is going right now,” Konecny said. “Everyone has found their legs. Even if one line is down for a bit, the next one picks them up and we just cycle through and keep on going.”

Justin Braun #61 of the Philadelphia Flyers blocks a shot while in front of his own net.

Shayne Gostisbehere, Josi Farabee and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Flyers.

“Obviously, we are getting goaltending,” Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault said. “That is a huge part of today’s game, and we are getting it. Both our guys (Carter Hart and Brian Elliott) are permitting us to find our legs in a certain way and our hands to make the right plays. At the end of the day, we are defending well and the looks that we are getting offensively are quality looks.”

Scott Laughton opened the scoring in the game in the middle frame.

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Frederik Andersen made 23 saves in the loss.

James van Riemsdyk #25 of the Philadelphia Flyers screens Goalie Frederik Andersen #31 of the Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe addressed his team after the loss.

“Normally, I would not go in after a loss or a game like this, but I felt that it was important to address that situation,” Keefe said. “We want to be a team of high character and that cares for one another. I thought we just left our goaltender completely out to dry there and stopped playing. That’s not a good sign for our group. Hopefully, it’s sort of the shake-up that we need.”