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Recap - Flyers Defeat Toronto 3-2

Philadelphia skated to a 3-2 victory over Toronto on Thursday in NHL action at Wells Fargo Center.

Philadelphia was an underdog by -102 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Philadelphia got goals from Wayne Simmonds, Nolan Patrick, and Sean Couturier in the victory. Patrick opened the scoring at 1:33 of the third period.

Michal Neuvirth turned in a 29-save effort for the Flyers.

Toronto got goals from Frederik Gauthier, and Connor Brown in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Frederik Andersen stopped 34 of 37 shots for the Maple Leafs, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Philadelphia scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Toronto went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Toronto lost the shots on goal battle to Philadelphia by a margin of 37-31.

Next game, Philadelphia takes its act home to face New Jersey looking for another win. For Toronto, they head on the road to face Ottawa.