Matthews, Maple Leafs to host the Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers (23-42-11, eighth within the Metropolitan) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (50-20-6, second within the Atlantic)
Toronto; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Auston Matthews leads Toronto right into a matchup towards Philadelphia. He’s fifth within the league with 102 factors, scoring 58 objectives and totaling 44 assists.
The Maple Leafs are 30-11-3 towards Japanese Convention opponents. Toronto leads the league with 13 shorthanded objectives, led by Ilya Mikheyev with 4.
The Flyers are 7-14-4 towards opponents from the Metropolitan. Philadelphia is final within the NHL averaging solely 4.2 assists per recreation. Travis Konecny leads them with 33 whole assists.
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Toronto took down Philadelphia 6-3 within the final assembly between these groups on April 2.
TOP PERFORMERS: Matthews leads the Maple Leafs with 58 objectives and has 102 factors. Mitch Marner has 18 factors over the past 10 video games for Toronto.
Cam Atkinson leads the Flyers with 23 objectives and has 50 factors. Kevin Hayes has two objectives and 6 assists over the past 10 video games for Philadelphia.
LAST 10 GAMES: Maple Leafs: 8-1-1, averaging 5 objectives, 8.5 assists, 4.1 penalties and 11 penalty minutes whereas giving up 3.3 objectives per recreation with an .887 save proportion.
Flyers: 2-8-0, averaging 2.4 objectives, 3.5 assists, 3.3 penalties and 9.6 penalty minutes whereas giving up 4.2 objectives per recreation with an .876 save proportion.
INJURIES: Maple Leafs: Jake Muzzin: out (undisclosed), Auston Matthews: daily (undisclosed), Petr Mrazek: out (groin).
Flyers: Cam York: daily (lower-body), Rasmus Ristolainen: out (higher physique), Patrick Brown: daily (upper-body), Nick Seeler: out (lower-body), Carter Hart: daily (lower-body), Cam Atkinson: daily (lower-body).
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The Related Press created this story utilizing expertise offered by Information Skrive and information from Sportradar.
