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Regular Season Game #18: Philadelphia Flyers @ Toronto Maple Leafs

Posted on July 18, 2013 at 12:57 PM.

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Ilya Bryzgalov Takes A Break As The Leafs Celebrate Their Goal

Leafs Hold Off Flyers Comeback, Win Third Straight

TORONTO -- The Toronto Maple Leafs just keep finding ways to win. The Leafs won their third straight game last night, topping the Philadelphia Flyers by a score of 2-1. Carl Gunnarsson and Joffrey Lupul scored for the Leafs and Scott Hartnell replied for the Flyers in a low scoring affair at the Air Canada Center.

The game got off to a great start for the Maple Leafs as Carl Gunnarsson was able to give the Leafs a one goal lead by netting his fourth goal of the season less than four minutes into the game. The Flyers were unable to clear the zone and when former Leafs defenseman Luke Schenn attempted to make a cross-ice pass, Gunnarsson picked off the pass and fired home a slapshot for the early lead.

Things seemed to calm down a bit for the rest of the period before Joffrey Lupul scored his sixth goal of the season with less than a minute left in the first period. The goal that put the Leafs up by two came on the powerplay. Nazem Kadri faked a slap shot and sent the puck to defenseman Cody Franson, who quickly gave a perfect one-time pass to Lupul, who fired in the puck from the side of the net.

Things would stay the same until halfway through the third period. Scott Hartnell scored for the Flyers, who were trying to mount a comeback. Leafs goaltender James Reimer stood on his head for the last six minutes of the period as eight of the total 24 shots game found their way to the net.

�They really turned up the heat and started putting everything on net� said Leafs coach Randy Carlyle, �James [Reimer] did a great job for us. If one of those pucks go in, you blame Reimsy [Reimer] but if we win, all you guys do is look at the goal scorers. Its about [explicit]ing time you game James some attention.�

Nov 28, 2012	1	2	3	F
PHI (9-9-2)	0	0	1	1
TOR (11-7-1)	2	0	0	2

Three Stars
	Joffrey Lupul, Toronto 1 G, 1A, 2 Shots
	James Reimer, Toronto 1.00 GAA, .958 SV%, 24 SA
	Carl Gunnarsson, Toronto 1 G, 2 Hits, 2 Shots

Team Stats Comparison

Shots on Goal	24	20
Hits	9	12
Faceoffs Won-Lost	10	8
Penalty Minutes	7:00	7:00
Power Plays Converted	0	1
Power Play Opportunities	1	1
Time on Attack	5:46	6:09

Scoring Summary
FIRST PERIOD
	3:39 C. Gunnarsson (4), (J. Lupul, D. Phaneuf)
	19:15 J. Lupul (3),(N. Kadri, C. Franson) - PPG
THIRD PERIOD
	10:45 S. Hartnell (6), (C. Giroux, N. Grossmann)