The Flyers and Leafs played hockey Saturday night. Or attempted to. But an extremely slow, choppy, and at times chippy contest resulted in a 5-2 win for Toronto, and the first subpar effort of the season from Philadelphia goaltender Dan Vladar.
The basics
First period: 1:09 – Christian Dvorak (Nikita Grebenkin, Travis Konecny), 6:16 – Auston Matthews (Morgan Rielly, Nick Robertson)
Second period: 8:14 – Jake McCabe (Chris Tanev, Matias Maccelli), 17:34 – Nick Robertson (Matthew Knies, John Tavares)
Third period: 0:33 – Easton Cowan (John Tavares), 16:08 – Tyson Foerster (Trevor Zegras, Matvei Michkov) (PPG), 19:41 – Calle Jarnkrok (Dakota Joshua) (ENG)
SOG: 33 (PHI) – 27 (TOR)
Some takeaways
Vladar not very good
Dan Vladar got the nod on Saturday night, and had a rather quiet start, not making his first save until five minutes into the first on a Max Domi shot.