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<p>Playing like<br />
they’d had a 6’1”, 200 pound weight lifted off their shoulders, the Leafs took<br />
their streak to two in a 3-2 win against the Flyers at the ACC Thursday night.</p>
<p><span>Not for lack of<br />
trying, the Flyers out-shot the Leafs by more than 3:1, but still couldn&#8217;t make it happen and were sent packing.</span></p>
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<h2>The Rundown</h2>
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<p>Two power plays, one for each side, went by scoreless in the first and fans watching may have thought they’d tuned into a soccer game<br />
by mistake, but the all-passing, no shooting match turned around when Kessel<br />
scored the first goal, assisted by Bozak, at 17:35 into the game to end the first period 1-0 for the Leafs.</p>
<p><span>In his first game back after 12 off for a hand injury, Phaneuf was visibly limping as he left the ice after the first 20 minutes of play, but came back to finish the contest with no apparent problems.   </span></p>
<p>The Clarkson trade may have been on everyone&#8217;s mind, but Bernier was able to maintain a laser-like focus as the game heated up after the first break. With help from van Riemsdyk and Rielly, Bozak scored at 5:33 into the second, and the Flyers reacted like someone insulted their mother. Keeping it in the Leafs&#8217; zone, Philly out-shot the Leafs 15-2 in the second, but were denied by Bernier every time.</p>
<p>Phaneuf opened the third with the third goal of the game, scoring at 1:22 into the period assisted by Kessel and Gardiner. With nine more minutes of scoreless play, it looked like it would be a shutout for the Leafs when the big excitement of the night came at 10:39 into the thrid. Holland appeared to fall into goalie Mason inside the crease and Voracek took it personally, cross-checking the Leafs&#8217; forward in the back. This started a brawl behind the Flyers&#8217; net and resulted in a four-minute penalty for Holland for slashing and roughing and two minutes for Voracek also for roughing.</p>
<p>Giroux scored the Flyers&#8217; first goal, assisted by Del Zotto and Streit with just under nine minutes left in the game bringing the score to 3-1. At 14:27 Brayden Schenn took advantage of Hollands&#8217; penalty and scored a power play goal assisted by Streit and Giroux to finish off the game at 3-2 for the Leafs.</p>
<h2>Blue Warrior</h2>
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<p>Not a huge fan of Reimer&#8217;s performance this season, I was glad to see a Leaf&#8217;s goalie give it everything he&#8217;s got. Blocking all but two of the Flyers&#8217; 49 shots, this was definitely Bernier&#8217;s game.</p>
<h2>See You Saturday</h2>
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<p>It&#8217;s Hockey Night in Canada this Saturday as the Leafs face the Habs in Montreal. Game time is 7 p.m.</p>
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</center><p>Playing like
they’d had a 6’1”, 200 pound weight lifted off their shoulders, the Leafs took
their streak to two in a 3-2 win against the Flyers at the ACC Thursday night.<br></p><p><span>Not for lack of
trying, the Flyers out-shot the Leafs by more than 3:1, but still couldn't make it happen and were sent packing.</span></p><h2>The Rundown</h2><p></p><p>Two power plays, one for each side, went by scoreless in the first and fans watching may have thought they’d tuned into a soccer game
by mistake, but the all-passing, no shooting match turned around when Kessel
scored the first goal, assisted by Bozak, at 17:35 into the game to end the first period 1-0 for the Leafs.</p><p><span>In his first game back after 12 off for a hand injury, Phaneuf was visibly limping as he left the ice after the first 20 minutes of play, but came back to finish the contest with no apparent problems.   </span></p><p>The Clarkson trade may have been on everyone's mind, but Bernier was able to maintain a laser-like focus as the game heated up after the first break. With help from van Riemsdyk and Rielly, Bozak scored at 5:33 into the second, and the Flyers reacted like someone insulted their mother. Keeping it in the Leafs' zone, Philly out-shot the Leafs 15-2 in the second, but were denied by Bernier every time.</p><p>Phaneuf opened the third with the third goal of the game, scoring at 1:22 into the period assisted by Kessel and Gardiner. With nine more minutes of scoreless play, it looked like it would be a shutout for the Leafs when the big excitement of the night came at 10:39 into the thrid. Holland appeared to fall into goalie Mason inside the crease and Voracek took it personally, cross-checking the Leafs' forward in the back. This started a brawl behind the Flyers' net and resulted in a four-minute penalty for Holland for slashing and roughing and two minutes for Voracek also for roughing.</p><p>Giroux scored the Flyers' first goal, assisted by Del Zotto and Streit with just under nine minutes left in the game bringing the score to 3-1. At 14:27 Brayden Schenn took advantage of Hollands' penalty and scored a power play goal assisted by Streit and Giroux to finish off the game at 3-2 for the Leafs.</p><h2>Blue Warrior</h2><p></p><center><div class="getty embed image" style="display: inline-block; color: rgb(167, 167, 167); font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;">
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</div></center><p>Not a huge fan of Reimer's performance this season, I was glad to see a Leaf's goalie give it everything he's got. Blocking all but two of the Flyers' 49 shots, this was definitely Bernier's game.</p><h2>See You Saturday</h2><p></p><p>It's Hockey Night in Canada this Saturday as the Leafs face the Habs in Montreal. Game time is 7 p.m.</p><p><span></span></p>

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