In Toronto, Frederik Andersen made 36 saves for the Maple Leafs as they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-2.
William Nylander had a goal in win over Flyers – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
The win pushed the Leafs to a record of 30-22-14.
“I think we did well (in the third period),” Andersen said. “They were going to come and throw everything at us but we got a huge power-play goal.”
Wayne Simmonds gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead early in the first period.
William Nylander tied it up a t 1-1 about seven minutes later.
“I just saw that it was open up top so I just tried to get it there,” Nylander said. “If I would have missed, it would have been a good chance for the other team, so I was lucky it went in.”
The Leafs then built a 3-1 lead on goals from Mitchell Marner and Tyler Bozak.
Shayne Gostisbehere cut the lead to 3-2 with just over two minutes left in regulation but that was all the Flyers could muster.
Nazem Kadri ended the suspense with an empty netter with a minute left in the game.
“It’s great. Obviously he made a lot of big saves for us, but we have to stop relying on him so much. We have to be better in our own zone sometimes, but he’s there for us, for sure, and that’s nice to know,” Marner said of Andersen’s efforts in the Leafs’ net.
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Michal Neuvirth took the loss on saves.
“We didn’t do a good job of executing and getting the puck up the ice,” Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol said. “They’re a good pressure team without the puck and we didn’t manage the puck well enough on the go. That cost us some momentum in the second period. There [were] good chances both directions in the second period but they had the better of them.”
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