<span style="font-weight: 400">After an unfortunate and seemingly unexpected loss to the LA Kings, everyone is in a different headspace. Do we just forget this game and remember the previous five while being optimistic. Or do we take all that is to come with a grain of salt? Tonight the Leafs get ready to take on the Philadelphia Flyers.This will be their first game against the Flyers since December 3, 2019.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">What do the Toronto Maple Leafs need to do differently? </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">For starters, their head needs to be in the game, for all 60 minutes right at puck drop.There can’t be anymore of “we started too late,” or “we lost control in the middle of the second”. At this point it is unacceptable. How can they stay motivated? Apart from the fact that they need to remain focused and not become deflated, the Leafs need more from just about everyone else. You cannot continue to ride the coattails of the core four and co.. They will burn out and the future of the team will be up in the air. The rest of the team needs to step up and show their coaches, etc., why they are on this roster. While it is only the beginning of November, there should still be a sense of urgency in everything that the Leafs do. No one wants to fall back into a pattern of bleh. Is no one frustrated? </span>
<h2><strong>Tale of the Tape</strong></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400">Here is a look at some Box and On-Ice stats for the Toronto v. Philadelphia match up.</span>

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<h2><strong>Lineups</strong></h2>
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<th width="220">C</th>
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<td id="LW1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/michael-bunting/3778/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/3778/Bunting-Michael_TOR-2022_.png" alt="Michael Bunting" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">MICHAEL BUNTING</span></a></td>
<td id="C1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/auston-matthews/3030/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2433/Matthews-Auston_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Auston Matthews" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">AUSTON MATTHEWS</span></a></td>
<td id="RW1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/william-nylander/2776/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2375/Nylander-William_TOR-2020_.png" alt="William Nylander" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">WILLIAM NYLANDER</span></a></td>
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<td id="LW2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/alex-kerfoot/3247/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2833/Kerfoot-Alexander_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Alexander Kerfoot" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">ALEXANDER KERFOOT</span></a></td>
<td id="C2"><a class="player-link" title="Game-time Decision" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/john-tavares/1018/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1016/Tavares-John_TOR-2020_.png" alt="John Tavares" width="110px" height="auto" />⚠
<span class="player-name">JOHN TAVARES</span></a></td>
<td id="RW2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/mitchell-marner/2870/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2475/Marner-Mitch_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Mitch Marner" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">MITCH MARNER</span></a></td>
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<td id="LW3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/pierre-engvall/4744/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/4744/Engvall-Pierre_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Pierre Engvall" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">PIERRE ENGVALL</span></a></td>
<td id="C3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/david-kampf/3341/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/4620/Kampf-David_TOR-2022_.png" alt="David Kampf" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">DAVID KAMPF</span></a></td>
<td id="RW3"><a class="player-link" title="Game-time Decision" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/ondrej-kase/3102/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2685/Kase-Ondrej_TOR-2022_.png" alt="Ondrej Kase" width="110px" height="auto" />⚠
<span class="player-name">ONDREJ KASE</span></a></td>
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<td id="LW4"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/nick-ritchie/2944/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2552/Ritchie-Nick_TOR-2022_.png" alt="Nick Ritchie" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">NICK RITCHIE</span></a></td>
<td id="C4"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/jason-spezza/1112/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1109/Spezza-Jason_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Jason Spezza" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">JASON SPEZZA</span></a></td>
<td id="RW4"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/wayne-simmonds/776/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/775/Simmonds-Wayne_TOR-2021_.png" alt="Wayne Simmonds" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">WAYNE SIMMONDS</span></a></td>
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<th colspan="2" scope="col" width="475">DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS</th>
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<td id="LD1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/morgan-rielly/2319/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1935/Rielly-Morgan_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Morgan Rielly" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">MORGAN RIELLY</span></a></td>
<td id="RD1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/t-j-brodie/199/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/199/Brodie-TJ_TOR-2021_.png" alt="T.J. Brodie" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">T.J. BRODIE</span></a></td>
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<td id="LD2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/jake-muzzin/769/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/768/Muzzin-Jake_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Jake Muzzin" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">JAKE MUZZIN</span></a></td>
<td id="RD2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/justin-holl/3271/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2857/Holl-Justin_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Justin Holl" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">JUSTIN HOLL</span></a></td>
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<td id="LD3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/rasmus-sandin/4806/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/4806/Sandin-Rasmus_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Rasmus Sandin" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">RASMUS SANDIN</span></a></td>
<td id="RD3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/timothy-liljegren/3215/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2805/Liljegren-Timothy_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Timothy Liljegren" width="110px" height="auto" /></a></td>
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<span style="font-weight: 400">For the Leafs, John Tavares and Ondrej Kase will both be game time decisions. Justin Holl slots back in after being a healthy scratch for a couple of games. Timothy Liljegren gets to keep his spot in the line up, which means we will see Dermott sitting out.</span>
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<td id="LW1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/claude-giroux/1129/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1126/GirouxClaude.png" alt="Claude Giroux" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">CLAUDE GIROUX</span></a></td>
<td id="C1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/sean-couturier/2165/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1777/CouturierSean.png" alt="Sean Couturier" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">SEAN COUTURIER</span></a></td>
<td id="RW1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/travis-konecny/2891/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2498/Konecny-Travis_1.png" alt="Travis Konecny" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">TRAVIS KONECNY</span></a></td>
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<td id="LW2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/joel-farabee/4799/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/4799/Farabee-Joel_PHI-2021_.png" alt="Joel Farabee" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">JOEL FARABEE</span></a></td>
<td id="C2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/derick-brassard/378/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/377/Brassard-Derick_PHI-2022_-2.png" alt="Derick Brassard" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">DERICK BRASSARD</span></a></td>
<td id="RW2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/cam-atkinson/1999/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1613/Atkinson-Cam_PHI-2022_.png" alt="Cam Atkinson" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">CAM ATKINSON</span></a></td>
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<td id="LW3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/oskar-lindblom/3252/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2838/Lindblom-Oskar_2018_.png" alt="Oskar Lindblom" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">OSKAR LINDBLOM</span></a></td>
<td id="C3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/scott-laughton/2404/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2018/Laughton-Scott.png" alt="Scott Laughton" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">SCOTT LAUGHTON</span></a></td>
<td id="RW3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/james-van-riemsdyk/1160/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1156/van-Riemsdyk-James.png" alt="James van Riemsdyk" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK</span></a></td>
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<td id="LW4"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/patrick-brown/2777/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2360/PHI.png" alt="Patrick Brown" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">PATRICK BROWN</span></a></td>
<td id="C4"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/nate-thompson/1398/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1394/Thompson-Nate_PHI-2022_.png" alt="Nate Thompson" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">NATE THOMPSON</span></a></td>
<td id="RW4"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/zack-macewen/4489/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/4489/MacEwen-Zack_PHI-2022_.png" alt="Zack MacEwen" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">ZACK MACEWEN</span></a></td>
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<th colspan="2" scope="col" width="475">DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS</th>
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<td id="LD1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/ivan-provorov/2873/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2478/Provorov-Ivan_1.png" alt="Ivan Provorov" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">IVAN PROVOROV</span></a></td>
<td id="RD1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/justin-braun/1261/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1257/Braun-Justin_PHI_.png" alt="Justin Braun" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">JUSTIN BRAUN</span></a></td>
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<td id="LD2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/travis-sanheim/3241/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2827/Sanheim-Travis.png" alt="Travis Sanheim" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">TRAVIS SANHEIM</span></a></td>
<td id="RD2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/rasmus-ristolainen/2527/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2140/Ristolainen-Rasmus_PHI-2022.png" alt="Rasmus Ristolainen" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">RASMUS RISTOLAINEN</span></a></td>
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<td id="LD3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/keith-yandle/1211/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1207/Yandle-Keith_PHI-2022_.png" alt="Keith Yandle" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">KEITH YANDLE</span></a></td>
<td id="RD3"><a class="player-link" title="Game-time Decision" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/ryan-ellis/889/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/887/Ellis-Ryan_PHI-2022_.png" alt="Ryan Ellis" width="110px" height="auto" />⚠
<span class="player-name">RYAN ELLIS</span></a></td>
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<span style="font-weight: 400">For the Flyers, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/JHallNBCS/status/1458467690016874502?s=20"><span style="font-weight: 400">Ellis will sit out</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> for his eighth straight with a lower body injury. In his place we see Nick Seeler jumping in the third pairing with Keith Yandle. </span>
<h2><strong>Starting goalies</strong></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400">With a 6-3-1 record for the Leafs Jack Campbell will get the start tonight. His goals against average is sitting at 2.09 and save percentage at 0.929. Carter Hart, who is sitting at a 3-2-2 record, looks for another career win against the Toronto Maple Leafs. With a goals against average of 2.41 and a 0.926 save percentage Toronto will have to do a bit of work to get the result they want. With Jack Campbell and his solid numbers behind them it shouldn't be too difficult, but we will have to wait and see.</span>

<em><span style="font-weight: 400">Puck drop for tonight’s game will be at 7:30 pm EST. Tune in to Sportsnet to watch!</span></em>
<p style="text-align: right"><em><span style="font-weight: 400">Stats mentioned are from <a href="http://dailyfaceoff.com">dailyfaceoff.com</a></span></em></p>

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