FLYERS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2 (SO): POSTGAME NOTES: “William Nylander registered the primary assist on Travis Dermott’s second period goal and later scored Toronto’s second goal of the night at 3:58 of the third period. Nylander has five points (2-3-5) over his past five games. He has registered at least one point in 11 of Toronto’s 18 games this season.”

Sean Couturier scores shootout winner

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (9-5-2 – 20 Points) vs.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (9-5-4 – 22 Points)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019

 123OTSOFINAL
PHILADELPHIA200013
TORONTO011002

GAME SUMMARY         |           EVENT SUMMARY        |           FACEOFF SUMMARY


ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Travis Dermott put the Maple Leafs on the board at 10:10 of the second period. Dermott’s goal is his first point of the 2019-20 season in five games played. He had four goals and 13 assists during the 2018-19 season.
  • William Nylander registered the primary assist on Dermott’s second period goal and later scored Toronto’s second goal of the night at 3:58 of the third period. Nylander has five points (2-3-5) over his last five games. He has registered at least one point in 11 of Toronto’s 18 games played this season. Tonight’s game is his second multi-point performance of the season and second multi-point performance over his last three games.
  • Auston Matthews collected the secondary assist on Dermott’s second period goal and later had the primary assist on Nylander’s third period goal. Matthews has points (2-3-5) in three consecutive games. He has recorded seven of his eight assists on home ice in 2019-20. Tonight’s game is Matthews’ first multi-assist performance of the season and his seventh multi-point performance of the season.
  • Justin Holl picked up the secondary assist on Nylander’s third period goal. Holl has two assists over his last three games. He is tied for second among Maple Leafs defencemen in even-strength assists (5).
  • Frederik Andersen stopped 30 shots in regulation and overtime.

IN THE SHOOTOUT

  • John Tavares: Stopped (2019-20: 0/2)
  • Auston Matthews: Stopped(2019-20: 0/3)
  • William Nylander: Goal (2019-20: 1/2)
  • Frederik Andersen:  1/3 (2019-20: 11/14)

SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets)

 1st2nd3rdOTTOTAL
PHILADELPHIA8 (6)10 (8)13 (12)1 (0)31 (26)
TORONTO10 (10)11 (6)11 (11)8 (0)40 (27)
      

SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets)

 1st2nd3rdOTTOTAL
PHILADELPHIA14 (11)20 (15)23 (23)4 (0)61 (49)
TORONTO15 (15)22 (15)22 (22)10 (0)69 (52)

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Record at Home6-2-4 (12 Games)
All-Time Record vs. Philadelphia64-92-22-7 (184 Games)
All-Time Record vs. Philadelphia at Home37-38-14-4 (92 Games)
Record vs. Eastern Conference5-4-4 (13 Games)
Record vs. Metropolitan Division2-1-3 (6 Games)
Attendance19,279

MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS

Shots6 (Barrie)
Shot Attempts(Tavares)
Faceoff Wins12 (Tavares)
Faceoff Win Percentage86% (Nylander – 6 won, 1 lost)
Hits(Five players tied)
Blocked Shots(Holl)
Takeaways(Holl, Moore, Muzzin)
TOI24:53 (Rielly)
Power Play TOI2:46 (Matthews)
Shorthanded TOI3:31 (Ceci)
Shifts30 (Kapanen)
5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage64.7% (Kapanen – 22 for, 12 against)
  

RECORD WHEN…

Opponent scores first6-4-3
Trail after 13-3-1
Trail after 20-2-1
Do not score a power play goal5-3-2
Allow 1 power play goal3-3-3
Outshoot opponent4-1-1
Overtime3-4
Saturday3-1-2

OF NOTE…

  • The Maple Leafs went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 0-for-3 on the power play tonight.
  • Andreas Johnsson skated in his 100th career NHL game.
  • Morgan Rielly was on the ice for a team-high 25 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5 tonight. He finished the game with a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 62.5 percent (25 for, 15 against).
  • Nick Shore and Dmytro Timashov were the lone Maple Leafs to not start a 5-on-5 shift in the offensive zone.
  • John Tavares won 70 percent (7 won, 3 lost) of his offensive zone faceoffs.

UPCOMING GAMES:

  • Sunday, November 10, 7:00 p.m. at Chicago Blackhawks (Sportsnet, FAN 590)
  • Wednesday, November 13, 7:00 p.m. at New York Islanders (Sportsnet, FAN 590)
  • Friday, November 15, 7:00 p.m. vs. Boston Bruins (TSN4, TSN 1050)
  • Saturday, November 16, 7:00 p.m. at Pittsburgh Penguins (Sportsnet, TSN 1050)
  • Tuesday, November 19, 10:00 p.m. at Vegas Golden Knights (TSN4, TSN 1050)

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