Desperation wins out

The Toronto Maple Leafs are fighting for their playoff lives right now while the Flyers are trying to secure the Atlantic Division title. This disparity showed last night as the Leafs took the game to the Flyers for all but the final six or seven minutes of the third period. The Flyers came out flat and stayed that way all game until the end when they finally realized that they needed to play offense to have a chance at scoring. The loss -- their first in five games -- drops them 2 points behind the Rangers for the division lead with 10 games to play (two of those games are against the Rangers). Up next is a home game Saturday afternoon against the Devils.