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Toronto end three-game winless streak
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Tavares registered 11th hat trick in NHL, Samsonov made 23 saves

John Tavares scored his 11th hat trick and had an assist as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday to end a four-match winless streak.

It was Tavares’ first hat trick since March 25, 2019, when he netted four goals against the Florida Panthers.

“It’s good, it’s been a little while I think, so it’s always nice to get it and you take them all,” Tavares said. “It was a little bit of a different one there on the third one, but any time you have nights like this, it’s a team effort, so many guys contribute and I’m just getting rewarded for finishing plays off.

“The process in our game was a lot better. I think we were set up much more because of the way we were playing throughout the night, so [we had] our ability to just stay with it and just grab the momentum of the game back.”

Ilya Samsonov made 23 saves for the Maple Leafs (5-4-2) and Auston Matthews scored for the second consecutive game.