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Instant reactions: Scott Laughton’s short-handed goal sets up Maple Leafs’ OT win

Story byApr 16, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Flyers center Scott Laughton (21) against the Washington Capitals at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY SportsBill MatzFri, January 9, 2026 at 2:52 AM UTC·5 min readWatch PHLY Flyers PostgameAfter an emotionally charged win over Cutter Gauthier and the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday, the Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs played one hell of a boring hockey game on Thursday night. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThrough 40 minutes, Travis Konecny had tallied the game’s only score, and the two teams had combined for 24 shots on goal. The third period wasn’t overly eventful, and it looked like the Orange & Black could extend their lead or at least salt the game away with a couple of Maple Leaf penalties on the backside of the 10-minute mark of the third, but Scott Laughton netted a short-handed goal against his former team with six minutes left, and that gave us what was a crazy exciting overtime, unfortunately ended by Easton Cowan to hand Philadelphia the OTL. First periodHighlight: Not much happened in the first ~17 minutes, but the Flyers’ fourth line had the best shift of the period with about three minutes left, establishing a forecheck, and winning battles to keep possession alive. Nikita Grebenkin had a particularly strong shift holding the puck behind the net and on the wall, eventually spinning and dishing to a drifting Cam York on the back door.

Instant reactions: Scott Laughton’s short-handed goal sets up Maple Leafs’ OT win

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Key Highlights

  • York made a move in front but Dennis Hildeby made the stop.
  • Philadelphia built off that momentum on the next couple of shifts, eventually drawing a power play when Troy Stetcher slashed Trevor Zegras with 1:25 left in the period.
  • Unfortunately the Flyers’ power play is still the Flyers’ power play.
  • They’ll have 35 seconds of penalty time left to start the second, but this power play couldn’t have looked less like an advantage against Scott Laughton & Co. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhat I want to see next period: At least establish possession in the remaining power play time, and try to get this forecheck going.
  • Maybe a little more ice time for Grebenkin, who appears to have his game against the team that traded him at last season’s deadline.
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