TORONTO Third-period leads have not always turned out effectively for the Toronto Maple Leafs this period, however they managed to protect a large a single on Thursday night. Frederik Andersen arrived up with 36 will save, together with 19 while in the last twenty minutes, as the Leafs edged out the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 and jumped at least quickly back again into your last wild-card spot while in the Japanese Conference. Toronto now has seventy four details one particular behind the brand new York Islanders, who conquer the Canucks 4-3 in additional time in Vancouver later that night to reclaim the wild-card spot. "We determine what we needed to do we came out and did it so it's a superb sensation," defenceman Morgan Rielly stated. The gain was the Leafs second straight following a slide of 5 in a very row. Additionally, it kept a fellow competitor within the playoff chase from gaining ground, the Flyers coming into the evening just two factors again. It absolutely was the defense of a third-period direct that was usually notable in victory. The Leafs have dropped an NHL-leading 10 game titles when main immediately after two intervals (now 24-1-9), just hanging on to beat the Detroit Crimson Wings two nights previously soon after racing out to the 3-0 direct. The club kept pushing using a 2-1 direct on Thursday, the trio of Nazem Kadri, Leo Komarov and Connor Brown making numerous early third-period opportunities. Andersen shined way too by using a major end of Claude Giroux over a Philadelphia energy enjoy. "I really do not feel we ended up pa sive," mentionedLeafs playoff force gets increase with win over Flyers