“We’re rolling as a team,” Campbell said. The Leafs, who set franchise records for wins (50) and points (106) in Sunday’s 4-2 home victory over the New York Islanders, open a three-game road trip Thursday against the Tampa Bay Lightning, who sit eight points back of Toronto for second in the division with a game in hand. “Us, more than anyone, feels the pride of being from Toronto and knowing what’s at stake to try to bring success in the playoffs to this city.”Ĭampbell had to be sharp on a Philadelphia power play early in the third before Kampf made it 4-1 with his 11th at 10:11 on a deflection that also hit a Flyers skate in front and trickled past Jones.Īttard scored a consolation goal for the visitors – his second of the season – on a bullet past Campbell’s left ear with 2:34 left in regulation before Mikheyev sealed it with an empty-netter, his 18th goal of the campaign. “We’re here to provide leadership and also good play on the ice,” Spezza said. The combined age of the three players in on the sequence – all Toronto natives – is 109 years old. Spezza took a feed from Wayne Simmonds and then played a quick give-and-go with Mark Giordano to bury his 11th. Toronto, which improved to 6-1-0 in seven outings without Matthews this season, pushed its lead to 3-1 with 24.8 seconds left in the period on a gorgeous passing play between three veterans.
Whether it’s the good ones or the bad ones, you’ve got look at it and learn from it.” “Whatever he’s been doing, hopefully he just keeps her going because it’s fun to watch back there,” Campbell added of Nylander. “Whenever he has the puck, he’s a threat.” “He’s just so smooth out there,” Leafs winger Colin Blackwell said. Nylander then set his personal high-water mark for goals at 13:39 when he took a cross-ice pass from Marner on a power play and fired his 32nd into the top corner. The Leafs opened the scoring at 1:35 of the second period when Alexander Kerfoot chased down a loose puck in the Philadelphia zone before finding Liljegren to score his fifth of the campaign.Ĭampbell made big stops on Konecny and Travis Sanheim a few minutes later, but couldn’t keep van Riemsdyk – who played six seasons in Toronto from 2012-2018 – at bay as he popped home his 21st at 8:07 off a scramble. with Auston’s absence, you need guys to step up.” “He’s moving his feet,” said Keefe, whose team is all but assured the No. Keefe, who’s had to give Nylander a boot to the backside more than once during his tenure, said the forward has impressed in recent weeks. Matthews, who leads the NHL with 58 goals and is looking to become the first player since 2011-12 to reach 60 in a season, sat out a second straight game for Toronto with an undisclosed injury.
Travis Konecny had two assists and Martin Jones stopped 24 shots. James van Riemsdyk and Ronnie Attard replied for Philadelphia (23-43-11). “He was excellent,” head coach Sheldon Keefe said of his goaltender. 930 in back-to-back starts for the first time since Jan. The Leafs are 11-1-1 over their last 13 games, while Campbell put up a save percentage north of. Nylander and Mikheyev each added an assist.
Timothy Liljegren, Jason Spezza, David Kampf and Ilya Mikheyev, into an empty net, also scored for Toronto (51-20-6).
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