Daily News | Toronto Maple Leafs beat Flyers, 5-2, with help from a John Tavares hat trick
TORONTO — Flyers coach John Tortorella is finding out that for his team, it’s much harder to protect a lead than it is to play from behind.
The Leafs gave the Flyers a gift in the first two periods, handing them five power-play opportunities with the potential to score or carry momentum into five-on-five play. But the Flyers couldn’t do either, generating just five shots total on the man advantage and handing control right back over to the Leafs.
But in the third period, center John Tavares put the game out of reach for the Flyers, as he stickhandled around defenseman Travis Sanheim to score on goalie Felix Sandström and then notched a power-play goal less than three minutes later to complete a hat trick.After missing preseason action while working his way back from artificial disk replacement surgery this offseason, Joel Farabee has been relatively quiet from an offensive standpoint to start the season.
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