Auston Matthews scored a second-period natural hat trick, but a late third-period collapse meant the Toronto Maple Leafs needed William Nylander's OT goal to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 tonight.
A sleepy first half of the game for Toronto gave way to a second-period explosion in which Matthews collected his natural hat trick in the span of about eight minutes. The Maple Leafs protected the lead well until a run of bad offensive-zone penalties put them behind the eight ball and resulted in Philadelphia's equalizer. The OT didn't last long, though, as Nylander's goal sent the fans home happy.
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