Matthews nets hat trick, Nylander scores OT winner as Maple Leafs top Flyers

registered a natural hat trick in the second period to give him an NHL-leading 45 goals on the season as theregistered the first hat trick of his career in a 4-1 victory over St. Louis, Matthews completed his three-goal outburst in a 7:49 span to put him on a 71-goal pace through 51 games.replied for Philadelphia , which had won four in a row after losing five straight in regulation heading into the all-star break.

Down 1-0 after a sluggish first period, the Leafs got even at 11:06 of the second when Matthews took a stretch pass from Marner before firing past Ersson's glove.And the sniper then completed the 12th hat trick of his career with 65 seconds left in the period when he ripped another shot that Ersson could only wave at before it flew into Philadelphia's net.

Ersson denied Matthews, who scored four times in his NHL debut back in 2016, of his 46th in the third on a Toronto power play.Hathaway scored his fifth on a rebound with 5:46 left in regulation to cut Philadelphia's deficit to one before Konecny scored his 26th on a power-play scramble 61 seconds later to tie it 3-3.

"Really honoured and happy," the veteran centre said Thursday morning."It's going to be business as usual. We've got a good thing going on right now. Just gotta keep it rolling."McMann had a number of text messages post-game Tuesday following his hat trick, but cherished a phone conversation with his dad.

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