Philadelphia Flyers vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 15/03/2019 – Game Recap

Philadelphia FLyers (34-27-8 76pts) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (42-23-5 89pts)

 

Game Recap:

Leafs get down by three and storm back to win it courtesy of Auston Matthews and Jake Muzzin. William Nylander looked to be the best player on the ice tonight dishing out a few assists and controlling the play all game. James Van Riemsdyk scored a hat trick and almost tied the game in the dying seconds.

 

Lineups:

Toronto:

Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – William Nylander

Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

Martin Marincin – Justin Holl

 

Frederik Andersen

Garrett Sparks

 

Scratched: none

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Jake Gardiner (Back) and Travis Dermott (Shoulder), Kasperi Kapanen (Concussion)

Suspension: None

 

Philadelphia:

Oskar Lindblom – Sean Couturier– Claude Giroux

James Van Riemsdyk – Nolan Patrick –Travis Konecny

Michael Raffl – Scott Laughton – Ryan Hartman

Phil Varone – Corbin Knight – Justin Bailey

 

Ivan Provorov –Travis Sanheim

Shayne Gostisbehere – Philippe Myers

Robert Hagg – Radko Gudas

 

Brian Elliot

Carter Hart

 

Scratched: None

Injuries: Michal Neuvirth

Suspension: None

GameDay:

Friday night fun. #LeafsgoBrách☘️ #LeafsForever

⏰ 7:00 PM
📺 @TSN_Sports 4
📻 @TSN1050Radio
📍 @ScotiabankArena pic.twitter.com/gPRLpMjubx

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) March 15, 2019

First Period:

Philadelphia Penalty – 10:11 – Philippe Myers, 2 minutes for Interference

Philadelphia Goal – 12:22 – Jakub Voracek (19) assisted by Nolan Patrick (16)

Philadelphia Penalty – 17:22 – Travis Sanheim, 2 minutes for Slashing

Toronto PP Goal – 17:45 – Patrick Marleau (15) assisted by William Nylander (15) and Jake Muzzin (27)

 

End of 1st – PHI – 1       TOR – 1

Shots              9                17

Faceoffs         10/24         14/24

Hits               4                  3

PP                 0/0                 1/2

A goal at each end and we're tied 1-1 following the first.#LeafsgoBrách☘️ #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/GWvTgyJU6N

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) March 15, 2019

Ready to start the second.

St. Pats and Flyers are tied 1-1 on @TSN_Sports 4 and @TSN1050Radio.#LeafsgoBrách☘️ #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/JemwMxIywd

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) March 16, 2019

Second Period:

Philadelphia Goal – 1:15 – James Van Riemsdyk (22) assisted by Radko Gudas (14) and Nolan Patric (17)

Philadelphia Penalty – 1:44 – Radko Gudas, 2 minutes for Holding

Philadelphia Goal – 8:26 – James Van Riemsdyk (23) assisted by Claude Giroux (54) and Sean Couturier (38)

Toronto Goal – 9:27 – Zach Hyman (17) assisted by Mitch Marner (61) and Ron Hainsey (16)

Philadelphia Penalty – 10:42 – Travis Sanheim, 2 minutes for Slashing

Toronto Penalty – 10:42 – Andreas Johnsson, 2 minutes for Slashing

Philadelphia Goal – 12:29- Radko Gudas (3) assisted by Robert Hagg (14) and Sean Couturier (39)

Philadelphia Goal -13:27 – Shayne Gostisbehere (7) assisted by Claude Giroux (55) and Travis Konecny (23)

Toronto Goal – 16:08 – Jake Muzzin (7) assisted by Ron Hainsey (17) and Nazem Kadri (23)

Toronto Goal – 18:11 – Jake Muzzin (8) assisted by Connor Brown (19) and Nikita Zaitsev (9)

Toronto Penalty – 18:49 – William Nylander, 2 minutes for High Sticking

 

End of 2nd – PHI- 5        TOR- 4

Shots               18                 34

Faceoffs          20/40           28/48

Hits                 8                    7

PP                   0/2                 1/3

Back within one heading to the final frame.#LeafsgoBrách☘️ #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/T5w4mG9JXw

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) March 16, 2019

The final frame is under way.

Tune into the third on @TSN_Sports 4 or @TSN1050Radio. #LeafsForever⁠ ⁠#LeafsgoBrách☘️ pic.twitter.com/2iVsCb4gPY

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) March 16, 2019

Third Period:

Toronto Goal – 2:55 – Martin Marincin (1) assisted by Nazem Kadri (24) and Justin Holl (1)

Philadelphia Penalty – 3:49 – Jakub Voracek, 2 minutes for Tripping

Toronto Goal – 15:00 – Auston Matthews (33) assisted by William Nylander (16)

Toronto Goal – 17:21 – Auston Matthews (34) assisted by Andreas Johnsson (20) and Nikita Zaitsev (10)

Philadelphia Goal – 18:46 – James Van Riemsdyk (24) assisted by Claude Giroux (56) and Shayne Gostisbehere (27

End of 3rd – PHI – 6        TOR – 7

Shots              29                  51

Faceoffs        31/71              41/71

Hits               13                     11

PP                 0/2                    1/4

St. Pats score seven in a high-flying victory over Philadelphia.#LeafsForever #LeafsgoBrách☘️ #FuelledByG @GatoradeCanada pic.twitter.com/aWCU7GwvZd

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) March 16, 2019

Next Up:

Toronto Maple Leafs (43-23-5 91pts) v. Ottawa Senators (24-41-6 54pts)

Philadelphia (34-29-8 76pts) @ Pittsburgh (39-23-9 87pts)