Rielly, Leafs Score 4 in 3rd to Down Flyers – Sports Talk Philly

By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor  For two periods, the Flyers held their own against the Toronto Maple Leafs, even rallying back after a couple of fluky goals. In “win a period, win a game” mode, the Flyers bended and broke in what was a four-goal period for the Leafs. Auston Matthews scored his 51st goal of the season and Morgan Rielly had three points as the Leafs finished off a 6-3 decision on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Center.  The Flyers opened the game with a 5-0 lead in shots and finished things off with an 11-6 lead through 20 minutes. There were no goals, but several good scoring chances at both ends. It took 3:56 of the second for the Flyers to open things up on the scoreboard. A nice passing play resulted in a cross-crease set-up from Ivan Provorov to Kevin Hayes, who buried the backdoor chance for his eighth goal of the season to make it 1-0. The Leafs answered back with a pair of goals separated by 1:09. First, Wayne Simmonds got a breakaway and beat Carter Hart with a weak shot that crawled across the goal line. Then, Timothy Liljegren fired a shot…
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