Pride of PEI Darryl Boyce pots winner for Leafs

King James Reimer sensational, Phaneuf solid

The Toronto Maple Leafs dug deep and came up with another wicked team effort tonight, overcoming Kris Versteeg's 2 goals and defeating the Flyers in Philly 3-2 in regulation time. Summerside, PEI native Darryl Boyce scored the go-ahead goal with 4:30 left in the third period. Leafs Captain Dion Phaneuf had a goal and an assist and Nikolai Kulemin also scored for the Leafs, while rookie goalie Reimer handled 28 shots to earn the crucial victory.

Here's the Scoring Summary:

1st Period

05:49 PHI Kris Versteeg (16) Slap Shot - Assists: M. Richards (34) & C. Pronger (21)

06:10 TOR Nikolai Kulemin (24) Slap Shot - Assists: C. MacArthur (31)


2nd Period

07:07 PHI Kris Versteeg (17) Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Richards (35) & M. Carle (27)

19:49 TOR Dion Phaneuf (4) Wrist Shot - Assists: N. Kulemin (23) & M. Grabovski (24)


3rd Period

15:30 TOR Darryl Boyce (4) Wrap-Around - Assists: C. Armstrong (14) & D. Phaneuf (16)



NHL Eastern Conference Playoff Race

Toronto Maple Leafs now just 3 points back of 8th, 4 points out of 7th

EASTERN DIV GP W L OT PTS

7. CAROLINA SE SE SE 65 31 25 9 71

8. NY RANGERS ATL 66 33 29 4 70

9. BUFFALO NE 63 30 25 8 68

10. TORONTO NE 65 29 27 9 67

11. ATLANTA SE 65 26 28 11 63


The train kept a rollin', all night long.