Tonight’s matchup against the Philadelphia Flyers has a couple of angles to it. Sheldon Keefe against his former coach and mentor John Tortorella, and the Leafs against a worst shot share team than even Arizona or Anaheim.
The Flyers are riding the worst shot share and second worst expected goals share in the league (at 5v5) to a positive goals ratio and a hot start to the season. They are also one of the most turtle shell teams when leading, all of which can be traced back to Torts and his prevent defense.
Either this is going to fall right into the Leafs hands where we’ll see them being given space to build some confidence and hopefully win the game, or it’ll be another in a growing list of disappointing and boring losses.