Knies breaks tie in 3rd, Maple Leafs edge Flyers for 5th straight win 

PHILADELPHIA -- Matthew Knies scored the tie-breaking goal in the third period for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who extended their winning streak to five games in a 3-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday.

Auston Matthews won a face-off in the Philadelphia zone back to defenseman Philippe Myers. He slid the puck to Morgan Rielly, and his shot from above the left face-off circle went off Knies and past Ivan Fedotov at 13:21.

"I kind of almost locked eyes with [Rielly] and I saw that he was kind of looking for a stick to tip it to," Knies said. "Just trying to free up my hands. Fortunate that tip went in."

Matthews and John Tavares each had a goal and an assist for Toronto (27-13-2), which beat Philadelphia 3-2 in overtime at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Sunday. Joseph Woll made 30 saves.

Matthews had his 200th multipoint game in his 589th game, the fastest by a United States-born player in NHL history.

The Maple Leafs captain has seven points (two goals, five assists) in three games back in the lineup after missing six because of an upper-body injury.

"I feel good," Matthews said. "I think every night I felt better, and just want to keep that momentum going. I think my linemates [Knies and Mitch Marner] are making it easy on me, the chemistry seems to be drawing really well. It always helps when the puck goes in the back of the net, so it kind of gives you a little bit of confidence. I just want to take it one game at a time and just continue to build off our game and what we're doing right now, and just keep being responsible at both ends of the ice."

Travis Konecny scored two goals for Philadelphia (17-19-5), which is 3-7-1 in its past 11. Fedotov made 14 saves.

"I think we were playing the right way, really aggressive on them in the neutral zone against their top guys," Flyers forward Noah Cates said. "I think we take some confidence but it really hurts not at least getting a point tonight."

Konecny put the Flyers ahead 1-0 at 8:19 of the first period with a one-timer from the right face-off circle off a pass from Sean Couturier below the goal line.

Tavares tied it 1-1 at 1:19 of the second period on a power-play goal from the left face-off circle.

"I think it was a great response by our power play," Tavares said. "Kind of led the way in the sluggishness in the first [period] and got a big goal in the second and our game built from there."

Konecny put the Flyers ahead 2-1 at 7:14. Cates stole the puck from Maple Leafs defenseman Conor Timmins and found Konecny alone in front.

Matthews tied the game with a power-play goal from the slot at 7:55.

"Saw a little space there in front and just quick, bang-bang play, tried to get it off as quick as possible," Matthews said. "Didn't get the most wood on it, but enough to beat him."

It was Matthews' other skills that turned the game in the third period, led by his face-off win to set up Knies' goal. He went 11-for-21 in the circle and blocked two shots in 20:51 of ice time, 2:44 on the penalty kill.

"He's special player," Tavares said. "Obviously a great leader and producing. Great in the face-off circle, PK, winning battles, great defensively. As complete as a player as you're going to find. Obviously it's been great having him back here, and he's kind of jumped in real nicely starting on Saturday. Just seems really in rhythm, his instincts and just the compete level that he has, his willingness to stay on pucks and push the pace with his feet. Little details like that just go a long way and sets the tone for the group."

Knies' goal gave him five during a three-game goal streak after he went nine without a goal.

"He's a house so he's a tough guy to move," Tavares said. "So physically mature for his age and he's just got real soft hands."

The Flyers pulled Fedotov with 2:03 remaining in the third period and had four shots on goal, plus Owen Tippett's attempt with a nearly open net that went through the crease.

"Had some good looks," Konecny said. "We work at the setups and gave ourselves a couple chances. Sometimes they go in and sometimes they don't."

NOTES: Matthews is the fourth-fastest active player to reach 200 multipoint games, behind Sidney Crosby (465 games), Connor McDavid (466) and Alex Ovechkin (570). ... Tavares' goal was his 20th of the season. It's his 15th 20-goal season, tied with Evgeni Malkin for fourth-most among active players, behind Ovechkin (19), Patrick Kane (16) and Crosby (16). ... Marner had two assists for his 20th multipoint game of the season, tying him for the NHL lead with Leon Draisaitl. ... Flyers forwards Matvei Michkov and Scott Laughton missed time during the third period after colliding on the first shift of the period. Laughton returned after missing about five minutes of game time, Michkov returned after missing about 15 minutes.