The game last Saturday night in Philadelphia was an up-and-down 4-3 Toronto win that took 21 attempts in the shootout to decide; the Leafs started hot and then were really uninspiring in the final 45 minutes against a tired Flyers team, but the ugly win got this current winning streak started. Both teams won their Tuesday and Thursday games following that matchup — the Leafs with 3-1 and 2-1 (OT) wins against the Kings and Knights, and the Flyers with 4-1 and 3-2 (OT) wins against the Habs and Hurricanes, respectively.
While the Flyers likely aren’t contenders this year, they’re not total pretenders, either.