Philadelphia Flyers vs. Toronto Maple LeafsMar 2, 2026

Final / SOMonday, Mar 2, 2026· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PHI	1	0	1	0	1	3		PHI	14	4	5	2	25
TOR	1	0	1	0	0	2		TOR	7	11	9	4	31

: PHI 53TOR 58
: PHI 2.44TOR 2.59
PP goals: PHI 1TOR 1
Hits: PHI 19TOR 26
Blocks: PHI 14TOR 16
PIM: PHI 4TOR 6
: PHI 41%TOR 59%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Philadelphia Flyers edge Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 (SO)

Philadelphia Flyers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 in a shootout at TOR. Noah Cates (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Matthews and Knies) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:50 together.

Points
Noah Cates had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:56.Cates
PP1
TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Matthews and Knies) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:50 together.Tavares Rielly Nylander Matthews Knies
New line
New look for PHI: Dvorak–Tippett–Zegras skated 12:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dvorak Tippett Zegras
New line
New look for TOR: Nylander–Matthews–McMann skated 14:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (51.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nylander Matthews McMann
Usage
Nick Seeler (PHI) played 6:01, −11:49 down on his 17:50 season average over 79 games.Seeler
New line
New look for TOR: Tavares–Domi–Knies skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tavares Domi Knies
Usage
William Nylander (TOR) played 25:39, +6:20 up on his 19:19 season average over 64 games.Nylander
Usage
Bobby Brink (PHI) played 20:47, +5:42 up on his 15:05 season average over 67 games.Brink

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← PHI attacks left (bottom on phones)TOR attacks right (top on phones) →

TOR
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · TOR 58 · PHI 53

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

TOR
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TOR pressure
PHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 21% of the game, TOR 35%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

TOR

PHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

TOR skaters (rows) against PHI skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the TOR side.

Matchup matrix

TOR xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PHI	TOR
	43	50
	1.01	1.49
	0.95	1.45
	4	2
	4	4
	19	23
	−0.060	+0.060
	21%	35%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Dvorak – Tippett – Zegras
12:3250% CF
L2Cates – Brink – Michkov
10:3448% CF
L3Couturier – Grebenkin – Barkey
5:3529% CF
L4Deslauriers – Hathaway – Grundstrom
4:4580% CF
D1Ristolainen – Sanheim
18:5348% CF
D2York – Drysdale
14:2921% CF
D3Seeler – Andrae
5:2571% CF

PP1Tippett – Zegras – Brink – Drysdale – Michkov
2:4983% CF
PP2Sanheim – Dvorak – Cates – York – Barkey
1:39100% CF
PK1FCouturier – Dvorak
1:50
PK2FHathaway – Cates
0:29
PK1DRistolainen – Sanheim
1:28
PK2DYork – Andrae
0:22

Current PHI line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Nylander – Matthews – McMann
14:5752% CF
L2Tavares – Domi – Knies
10:0276% CF
L3Joshua – Roy – Maccelli
8:3237% CF
L4Laughton – Lorentz – Cowan
5:5667% CF
D1McCabe – Benoit
13:3341% CF
D2Rielly – Carlo
12:0442% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Myers
10:1371% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Matthews – Knies
3:5089% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Domi – Maccelli – McMann – Cowan
0:550% CF
PK1FLaughton – Lorentz
2:54
PK2FRoy – Matthews
1:04
PK1DMcCabe – Carlo
1:43
PK2DMyers – Benoit
0:43

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:22
TORDakota Joshua (Matias Maccelli)wrist0.06 xG
PHI: Seeler, Couturier, Andrae, Grebenkin, BarkeyTOR: Ekman-Larsson, Joshua, Roy, Myers, Maccelli
PHI 0 – 1 TOR
18:38
PHIChristian DvorakPP (Noah Cates, Denver Barkey)wrist0.28 xG
PHI: Sanheim, Dvorak, Cates, York, BarkeyTOR: Rielly, Laughton, Lorentz, Myers
PHI 1 – 1 TOR

3rd period

14:42
PHINoah Cates (Bobby Brink)wrist0.12 xG
PHI: Ristolainen, Cates, Brink, Drysdale, MichkovTOR: Rielly, Nylander, Carlo, Matthews, McMann
PHI 2 – 1 TOR
17:30
TORWilliam NylanderPP (John Tavares, Matthew Knies)snap0.19 xG
PHI: Couturier, Ristolainen, Dvorak, YorkTOR: Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Matthews, Knies
PHI 2 – 2 TOR

Decided in the shootout: PHI 3 – 2 TOR.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Christian Dvorak C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.65	1	2	0	23:34	—	—	50	39
Owen Tippett R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	21:51	—	—	48	39
Trevor Zegras C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	21:43	—	—	52	41
Bobby Brink R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	2	0	0	20:47	—	—	50	56
Noah Cates L	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.29	0	2	0	19:56	—	—	41	50
Matvei Michkov R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.24	2	0	0	18:30	—	—	45	59
Sean Couturier C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	37	3
Denver Barkey C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.09	0	1	2	9:17	—	—	25	0
Nikita Grebenkin R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:44	—	—	33	3
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	9:42	—	—	54	40
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	0	0	8:31	—	—	42	22
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	0	0	7:34	—	—	86	94
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	29:11	—	—	47	50
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.24	2	2	2	27:14	—	—	53	66
Jamie Drysdale D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.23	0	1	0	24:30	—	—	33	41
Cam York D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	2	0	23:01	—	—	22	12
Emil Andrae D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:12	—	—	71	29
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	6:01	—	—	71	19

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.59	65:00

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	0	0	-1	8	1.02	3	3	0	26:06	—	—	50	43
William Nylander R	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.40	0	0	0	25:39	—	—	50	46
Bobby McMann C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	17:42	—	—	48	43
John Tavares C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	19:15	—	—	73	79
Matthew Knies L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	5	0	0	18:18	—	—	70	64
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	77	65
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	0	3	2	13:36	—	—	40	72
Dakota Joshua C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	3	1	0	11:21	—	—	41	71
Matias Maccelli L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.10	0	0	0	11:13	—	—	40	72
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	11:51	—	—	50	81
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	11:05	—	—	50	81
Easton Cowan R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	8:23	—	—	71	100
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	3	0	24:24	—	—	52	50
Simon Benoit D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	2	1	0	17:51	—	—	52	51
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	2	0	23:54	—	—	42	50
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	4	0	2	17:29	—	—	50	52
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	0	0	0	24:00	—	—	59	77
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:26	—	—	75	97

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	O	25	23	2	.920	2.44	65:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Dakota Joshua (TOR) 1st 15:22 · assists Matias Maccelli · Rush · loose puck · 52.7 mph shot · 5.7 s from entry to goal.

Dakota Joshua · 1st 15:22 · TOR

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.7 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s

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Christian Dvorak · 1st 18:38 · PHI PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 3.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Noah Cates · 3rd 14:42 · PHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.3 mph
Distance: 22 ft

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William Nylander · 3rd 17:30 · TOR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.6 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.