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The Philadelphia Flyers ended their six-game road trip with a visit to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs. While they battled hard all night long, the Flyers ended up falling 3-2 in overtime. Ivan Fedotov put on a solid performance after not playing for a month. He last played back on December 5th against the Florida Panthers. The Flyers will have a chance to get revenge this upcoming Tuesday.
Tyson Foerster gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead at the 3:24 mark of the first period. He went on a 2 on 2 with Noah Cates and put a wrist shot past the right pad of Maple Leafs goaltender Dennis Hildeby. Cates and Rasmus Ristolainen tallied assists.
The Flyers lead only lasted 38 seconds as Matthew Knies tied the game up at one at the 4:02 mark of the first period. Ryan Poehling turned the puck over and the Leafs took advantage. Chris Tanev’s shot was deflected by Austin Matthews and the puck made its way to Knies who put it past Fedotov. Matthews and Tanev collected assists.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson gave the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead at the 18:52 mark of the first period. Fedotov made the initial save on Steven Lorentz but allowed a big rebound. Ekman-Larsson took advantage of the rebound and poked the puck into the net. Lorentz and Connor Dewar were given assists.
Garnet Hathaway and Jake McCabe dropped the gloves at the 19:54 mark of the first period. Both players landed big punches before landing on the ice. Unfortunately, Hathaway accidentally landed on McCabe’s head as he lost his balance after the fight ended. McCabe didn’t return to action for the rest of the game. They both picked up fighting penalties but Hathaway, additionally, picked up a goaltender interference penalty and McCabe picked up a roughing penalty.
The Maple Leafs got the game’s first power play at the 3:00 mark of the second period as Owen Tippett was called for tripping. They didn’t record a single shot on net and the Flyers did a great job of clearing the puck when given the opportunity.
The Flyers got their first power play of the game at the 8:57 mark of the second period as Knies was called for tripping. They spent the majority of it in the offensive zone but couldn’t capitalize. Only one shot was put on net.
Scott Laughton tied the game up at two at the 11:08 mark of the second period. This happened right after the power play had expired. Sean Couturier made a cross-ice pass from the top of the crease to Laughton who put the puck through the legs of Hildeby. Couturier and Ristolainen were given assists.
David Kampf was called for holding at the 16:08 mark of the second period which gave the Flyers their second power play. It was another one where they only recorded one shot on net but were in the offensive zone almost the entire time.
The Flyers got their third power play at the 5:13 mark of the third period as Max Domi was called for elbowing. They had a few good chances in front but yet, again, couldn’t capitalize on the opportunity.
Morgan Rielly won the game for the Maple Leafs at the 2:25 mark of the overtime period. John Tavares chopped the puck up the ice to Matthews who went on a 2 on 1 with Rielly. Matthews passed the puck over to Rielly who then put a wrist shot under the glove of Fedotov. Matthews and Tavares recorded assists
The Flyers went 0 for 3 on the Power play but killed off the Maple Leafs lonely-man advantage.
Fedotov kept the Flyers in the game all night and performed well overall. He saved 22 of 25 shots, giving him a .880 save percentage.
Goal Summary
1st Period:
Foerster (12) Assists: Cates (9), Ristolainen (9)
Knies (15) Assists: Matthews (15), Tanev (12)
Ekman-Larsson (2) Assists: Lorentz (4), Dewar (3)
2nd Period:
Laughton (9) Assists: Couturier (12), Ristolainen (10)
3rd Period:
No goals
Overtime:
Rielly (5) Assists: Matthews (16), Tavares (21)
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They didn’t steal a point, they earned a point. The difference in this game was the leafs goalie, who stole a point. Also, I don’t think any punches landed in that fight. Are you sure you watched this game?