Nylander sets career high as Maple Leafs take down Flyers

TORONTO — William Nylander knew he wasn't pulling his weight.

The Maple Leafs winger – an elite talent prone to frustrate one shift and produce magic the next – decided to watch video of two randomly selected games from earlier this season.

He then dissected a pair of recent performances.

The idea was to see where Nylander had been in the first half of the campaign. And what was needed for a return to form.

"I was kind of pissed," Nylander said. "I wanted to get back to the way I can play."

The fire that was lit continues to burn with the playoffs just over the horizon.

Nylander set a new career-high with his 32nd goal of the season and Jack Campbell made 36 saves to pick up his 30th victory Tuesday in Toronto's 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

The fourth member of the Leafs' so-called "Core Four" that also includes Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and John Tavares, Nylander went eight games without a goal from late January until the middle of February.

"It was all about skating more," Nylander, who has four goals and four assists in his last five contests, said of what he saw on tape. "I put more focus onto that part of my game.

"A little bit off ... not as turned on.”

Timothy Liljegren, Jason Spezza, David Kampf and Ilya Mikheyev, into an empty net, also scored for Toronto (51-20-6). Nylander and Mikheyev each added an assist.

The Leafs are 11-1-1 over their last 13 games, while Campbell put up a save percentage north of .930 in back-to-back starts for the first time since Jan. 1.

"He was excellent," head coach Sheldon Keefe said of his goaltender. "It was great to see."

James van Riemsdyk and Ronnie Attard replied for Philadelphia (23-43-11). Travis Konecny had two assists and Martin Jones stopped 24 shots.

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