Maple Leafs top Flyers 5-2 to snap home win streak

The Philadelphia Flyers lost 5-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena, ending a five-game home winning streak and exposing continued offensive struggles. Toronto built a multi-goal lead in the middle period and withstood a late Flyers push to secure the victory.

Philadelphia took an early lead at 1:09 of the first period when Christian Dvorak finished a sequence set up by Travis Konecny and Nikita Grebenkin, beating former Flyers goaltender Anthony Stolarz. Toronto responded in the second period as William Matthews and teammates turned the game, with Jake McCabe scoring on a screened point shot and Nicolas Robertson finishing a rush to put the visitors ahead. Easton Cowan opened the third period with a quick goal for Toronto, and the Leafs added an empty-netter late to seal the outcome. Tyson Foerster scored a power-play goal in the closing minutes for Philadelphia.

The Flyers managed only 14 shots through the first two periods and produced a season-high 19 shots in the third, but their lack of finishing and shot volume early proved decisive. Coach Rick Tocchet said the team had been "passing instead of shooting the puck" and urged a simpler, more...