Tyler Bertuzzi scored the first of three first-period goals for Toronto that helped chase goalie Samuel Ersson, and the Maple Leafs scored three more in the third in a 6-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night. The Maple Leafs returned from a four-day break to win their second straight road game - thanks to six players with goals - and put some distance between them and a Flyers team also jostling for a better playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The Maple Leafs are up to 84 points while the Flyers remained stuck at 76. With 15 games left for the Flyers this season, a team that was considered in the preseason destined for the lottery is instead in the midst of an improbable playoff push
Tyler Bertuzzi scored the first of three first-period goals for Toronto that helped chase goalie Samuel Ersson, and the Maple Leafs scored three more in the third in a 6-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night. The Maple Leafs returned from a four-day break to win their second straight road game - thanks to six players with goals - and put some distance between them and a Flyers team also jostling for a better playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
The Maple Leafs are up to 84 points while the Flyers remained stuck at 76. With 15 games left for the Flyers this season, a team that was considered in the preseason destined for the lottery is instead in the midst of an improbable playoff pus
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