TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs survived their pre-holiday trap game by a whisker, taking care of the Philadelphia Flyers with a 4-3 win on Thursday.
The Maple Leafs built a three-goal lead with less than nine minutes remaining before surviving two late Flyers' goals in their annual holiday-season matinee in front of a kids-laden crowd of 18,908 at Scotiabank Arena.
"We were those kids not too long ago," said forward Michael Bunting, who scored early in the third period. "We looked up to the Leafs and cheered for them growing up in the city.