Day: April 3, 2022

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (44-19-5 – 93 Points) at
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (21-36-11 – 53 Points)
SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2022
1 2 3 FINAL
TORONTO 0 2 4 6
PHILADELPHIA 0 2 1 3

SCORING NOTES

• Wayne Simmonds scored for Toronto at 10:23 of the second period. Simmonds posted his fifth goal
  of the season.
• Timothy Liljegren scored for the Maple Leafs at 11:32 of the second period. Liljegren posted his
  third goal of the season. Liljegren has scored in back-to-back games.
• Auston Matthews scored for Toronto at 7:41 of the third period. Matthews posted his 51st goal of the
  season. Matthews is currently on a seven-game point streak where he has recorded 11 points (6G,
  5A) and has posted 20 points (14G, 6A) through his last 12 games played.
• Pierre Engvall scored shorthanded for the Maple Leafs at 11:43 of the third period. Engvall recorded
  his 12th goal of the season. Engvall has recorded a point in consecutive games (1G, 1A).
• Morgan Rielly scored for Toronto at 13:47 of the third period. Rielly posted his ninth goal of the
  season. Rielly also recorded the secondary assist on Matthews’ goal and the primary assist on
  Engvall’s goal. Rielly has posted 49 assists this season. Rielly is currently on a four-game point
  streak where he has recorded nine points (3G, 6A).
• John Tavares scored at 15:49 of the third period. Tavares recorded his 24th goal of the season.
  Tavares is currently on a five-game point streak where he has posted seven points (4G, 3A).
• TJ Brodie recorded the primary assist on Simmonds’ goal. Brodie posted his 18th assist of the
  season.
• Mark Giordano registered the primary assist on Liljegren’s goal. Giordano recorded his 19th assist of
  the season. Giordano has posted three points through his last two games (1G, 2A).
• Michael Bunting registered the secondary assist on Liljegren’s goal and the primary assist Rielly’s
  goal. Bunting has recorded 33 assists this season.
• Mitch Marner posted the primary assist on Matthews’ goal and the secondary assist on Rielly’s goal.
  Marner has registered 53 assists this season. Marner is currently on a nine-game point streak where
  he posted 19 points (5G, 14A).
• William Nylander recorded the primary assist on Tavares’ goal. Nylander posted his 38th assist of
  the season. Nylander has registered five points (2G, 3A) through his last three games.
  GOALTENDER NOTES
• Jack Campbell stopped 29 of 32 shots in tonight’s win.
  SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• The Maple Leafs were 0-for-1 on the power play and 2-for-2 on the penalty kill tonight.
• Pierre Engvall recorded his second shorthanded goal of the season and the third of his NHL career.
  With his goal, Toronto improved to a league-leading 12 shorthanded goals this season.
  OF NOTE…
• Auston Matthews recorded the 250th goal of his NHL career during tonight’s game. Matthews
  reached this feat in 397 games played. Per NHL Stats, only seven players in NHL history have
  reached the milestone in fewer contests: Wayne Gretzky (302 GP), Mike Bossy (315 GP), Mario
  Lemieux (324 GP), Brett Hull (328 GP), Alex Ovechkin (366 GP), Teemu Selanne (388 GP) and Jari
  Kurri (389 GP).
• Mitch Marner recorded his fifth straight multi-point game and has posted 11 points (1G, 10A) during
  the streak. This marks Marner’s second time this season where he has recorded a five-game multipoint streak. Per NHL Stats, only three Maple Leafs skaters have posted two multi-point streaks of
  five-plus games in one campaign: Doug Gilmour (7 GP & 6 GP in 1992-93), Rick Vaive (7 GP & 5 GP
  in 1983-84) and Bill Derlago (6 GP & 5 GP in 1981-82).
• Nick Abruzzese made his NHL debut during tonight’s game.
• Morgan Rielly, Michael Bunting and Auston Matthews were on the ice for a team-high 21 Toronto
  shot attempts-for at 5-on-5.
• William Nylander finished the game with a team-high 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 57.14
  percent (16 for, 12 against).
  SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets)
  1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
  TORONTO 6 (5) 12 (10) 10 (9) 28 (24)
  PHILADELPHIA 11 (10) 13 (13) 8 (8) 32 (31)
  SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets)
  1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
  TORONTO 15 (14) 21 (16) 15 (14) 51 (44)
  PHILADELPHIA 20 (18) 17 (17) 18 (18) 55 (53)
  ON THE ROAD AGAIN
• The Maple Leafs are 19-12-3 on the road this season.
• Toronto’s all-time record is 66-93-22-7 in 188 games against the Philadelphia Flyers and 29-55-8-3 in
  95 games played in Philadelphia.
• Toronto is 25-10-2 against the Eastern Conference this season and 14-4-2 against the Metropolitan
  Conference this season.
  RECORD WHEN…
• Toronto is 15-13-3 when the opponent scores the first goal of the game.
• The Maple Leafs are 13-7-0 when tied after one period and 8-3-2 when tied after two periods.
• Toronto is 17-6-1 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Maple Leafs are 11-7-2 in Saturday games.
  MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS
  Shots 6 (Rielly)
  Shot Attempts 7 (Marner, Matthews)
  Face-off Wins 10 (Tavares)
  Face-off Win Percentage 100% (Engvall, Nylander – 1 won, 0 lost)
  Hits 5 (Simmonds)
  Blocked Shots 3 (Liljegren)
  Takeaways 1 (Holl, Kerfoot, Marner, Nylander, Tavares)
  TOI 23:21 (Rielly)
  Power Play TOI 2:00 (Marner, Matthews, Nylander)
  Shorthanded TOI 2:14 (Rielly)
  Shifts 28 (Rielly)
  5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage 57.14% (Nylander– 16 for, 12 against)
  UPCOMING GAMES:
  April 4 Leafs at Tampa Bay Amalie Arena 7:30 pm ET
  April 5 Leafs at Florida FLA Live Arena 7:00 pm ET
  April 7 Leafs at Dallas American Airlines Center 8:30 pm ET
  April 9 Leafs vs. Montreal Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET
  April 12 Leafs vs. Buffalo Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET
  April 14 Leafs vs. Capitals Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET
  Stats reflect official NHL stats at the time of distribution. Please consult official NHL game sheets (links
  above) to confirm no statistical changes were made.
  For Maple Leafs notes, transcripts, audio clips and media guides, please visit MapleLeafs.com/pressbox.
  POSTGAME QUOTES:
  HEAD COACH SHELDON KEEFE
  On tonight’s game:
  “We got some really good opportunities in the third period and made good on them. Did some good things
  leading to the Matthews goal. We didn’t win many shifts today but that was one that we did a good job of.
  Had the puck, had them really running and it leads to an empty net so those kind of things we capitalized
  on really well. That Rielly goal was similar, but yeah not a very good hockey game by us.”
  On Campbell’s first game back since injury:
  “He just looked like Jack. I loved the way he played tonight. That first period especially, the first 10
  minutes or so was a disaster by us in front of him. That save he made early in the game, those kind of
  things, that’s Jack at his best so really good to see him and great to have him back.”
  AUSTON MATTHEWS
  On tonight’s effort:
  “I just think we were a little bit flat coming out. We couldn’t really establish much in their zone, I think just
  a lot of quick in and outs. I thought halfway through the second we got a little more life going and
  obviously in the third I think we just took over. It definitely wasn’t a pretty one, especially those first two
  periods but I think just sticking with it and sometimes you’ve just got to grind these games out when the
  offence isn’t clicking on all cylinders so I thought we got it together in the third and put a couple goals in
  and gave ourselves some insurance. I definitely think those first two periods we’d like to clean up.”
  On Campbell’s first game back since injury:
  “I thought he looked great. He looked really comfortable in there, looked really confident, he looked like
  Soup. It’s been a bit of a rough road the last couple weeks or months with coming back from his injury but
  he’s put in a lot of work into it obviously and everyone knows how hard he works and how much he cares
  and wants to compete for us every night. I thought he looked really good tonight and that’s just a really
  positive thing moving forward for us as a team and him individually.”
  WAYNE SIMMONDS
  On his goal and tonight’s win:
  “It was nice to obviously chip in and help out in the cause. Obviously the most important thing was we got
  the two points so it was good.”
  On his breakaway goal:
  “Yeah it was a really good feed from TJ. I actually had one right before but I’m happy I didn’t catch it
  because I think we would have had too many men on the ice but we were given another shot and
  honestly Blackwell told me it was the ugliest breakaway move he’s ever seen and I don’t think he’s
  wrong.”
  JACK CAMPBELL
  On tonight’s win:
  “Great win by the guys, they’ve been playing great and watching them the past month and just wanted to
  get back in there and get back to stopping pucks and having fun. The boys played amazing in front of me
  and get a big two points.”
  On coming back from injury:
  “I definitely felt like myself, just having fun and competing and playing my game. There are some details
  that I want to clean up but I really liked the game from the boys in front of me and I liked my game and
  just going to keep building from it.