Leafs Drop Another to Flyers

For the third game in a row, the Philadelphia Flyers easily disposed of the Toronto Maple Leafs by a hefty score. Tonight’s game was no different as the Flyers quickly got off to a good start building up a 3-0 lead by the halfway mark of the first period. Though the Leafs did score a goal on the power play, they did little to generate any good offensive chances. The Flyers dominated the play right off the start and prevented the Leafs from gaining any momentum.

Ed Belfour was pulled after letting in three quick goals, all of which were somewhat questionable. The third goal came off a rebound that Belfour let out from a dump in from centre ice. This loss cannot be blamed entirely on Belfour; however, as the first two goals came from the result of poor defensive zone play.

The Leafs will take on the Philadelphia Flyers again tomorrow at Air Canada Centre. Hopefully the Leafs will address the problems that they have been having of late and come out with a strong performance to counteract tonight poor result.

The next two weeks will be very important for the Leafs as they are playing a lot of conference rivals and must make sure they put a few wins together to maintain their current position.