Matthews scores 51st goal as Maple Leafs double up Flyers for 4th straight win
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Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 51st goal, Morgan Rielly had a goal and two assists, and the Toronto Maple Leafs won their fourth straight with a 6-3 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night.
Ivan Provorov had two goals and an assist and Kevin Hayes also scored for the Flyers, who have lost five of six. Philadelphia entered tied for last with New Jersey in the Metropolitan Division.
Toronto overcame a slow start.
"Not a very good hockey game by us," Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe said. "Maybe we showed up for an easy game and they didn't give it to us. So we looked bad for a while."
WATCH l Marner sets up Matthews' 51st goal in Leafs' win over Flyers:
The Flyers scratched defenceman Keith Yandle, ending the NHL's Iron Man record for consecutive games played at 989.
Matthews put Toronto ahead 3-2 with 12:19 remaining to pull within four goals of passing Rick Vaive for the club's all-time single-season goals record. Vaive netted 54 in the 1981-82 season.
"Sometimes you have to grind these games out," Matthews said.
Mitchell Marner got Flyers goalie Carter Hart to commit to playing the shot, and then quickly skated around the net and passed in front to Matthews, who fired into the vacated net.
Matthews' tally began a frenetic stretch of five goals in the span of about eight minutes. Engvall's short-handed goal gave the Leafs a two-goal lead with 8:17 remaining before Provorov's second of the night on a long slap shot pulled the Flyers within 4-3 with 7:37 left. Rielly all but iced the game with a goal from a sharp angle with 6:13 to play.
"We bent and we broke a little bit there in the third period," Flyers interim coach Mike Yeo said. "We made more mistakes in the third period than they did. They have a lot of skill and they capitalized."
The Maple Leafs opened a four-game trip by improving to 19-12-3 away from Toronto.
Yandle, 35, started his streak on March 26, 2009, with Phoenix. He passed retired centre Doug Jarvis for the mark of 965 games on Jan. 25 against the Islanders. Yandle was a healthy scratch.
"We're at the point in the season where as an organization it's important we get some young players in," Yeo said before the game. "We have to have an eye on the future and what's coming down the road. We have to give some new guys an opportunity."
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