‘Spanked’ by Toronto, Tony DeAngelo benched during loss
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Flyers ‘spanked’ by talented Leafs, DeAngelo benched during loss originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Maple Leafs brought the Flyers back to earth with a thud.
John Tortorella’s club lost to a better and more talented team Sunday night at the Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers fell hard, 6-2, at the hands of the Maple Leafs, a defeat that snapped their season-best winning streak at four games.
Travis Konecny and Nicolas Deslauriers scored for the Flyers. Each goal whittled the Flyers’ deficit to one, but Toronto’s ability to finish was as advertised.
The Flyers also went a costly 0 for 4 on the power play and yielded a backbreaking shorthanded goal.
“We self-destruct the s— out of ourselves,” Tortorella said. “You just can’t overcome some of the things we give them for free. And I’m not taking anything away from Toronto. They played a good game. But just too many things for free.”
This was a considerable measuring stick for the Flyers (15-18-7), who had recently gained some steam, albeit against lesser competition.
The Flyers haven’t won five or more games in a row since the 2019-20 season, the last time the club made the playoffs.
On Sunday night, Mitchell Marner burned the Flyers, who gave him too much time and space. The 25-year-old star dished primary assists on the Maple Leafs’ first and third goals. He finished with three helpers.
Calle Jarnkrok (one goal, two assists), John Tavares (one goal, two assists) and Conor Timmins (one goal, one assist) also had multi-point performances for Toronto.
“Our structure defensively, time and space, sticks, they made a lot of plays through us,” Tortorella said. “We weren’t sharp. We weren’t. We haven’t gotten spanked like that in a while — and we deserved it. Not only through self-destruction, but our positioning, just everything about our game defensively, we just weren’t on it.”
The Flyers went 0-3-0 against the Maple Leafs (25-9-7) this season.
• During the 6-2 win Thursday over the Coyotes,
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