Dan Vladar had his first subpar game of the season and the Flyers suffered a 5-2 loss Saturday night to the Maple Leafs at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

The 28-year-old netminder was pulled after allowing Toronto’s fourth goal 33 seconds into the third period.

The Flyers jumped out to an early lead as Christian Dvorak scored a goal on his line’s first shift of the game.

But the Maple Leafs turned it on from there.

The Flyers (6-4-1) had their three-game winning streak snapped. They haven’t won four consecutive games since Feb. 6-12 of the 2023-24 season.

Rick Tocchet’s club dropped to 6-2-0 at home.

The Flyers came in allowing the NHL’s second-fewest goals per game at 2.40. Toronto, though, can really challenge teams with its offensive firepower.

“You see some of the shots they shot, they were good goals,” Tocchet said. “We didn’t connect; they did.”

After taking part in morning skate, Sean Couturier did not play. But the good news for the Flyers is it looks like the captain avoided a serious injury after he took a puck up high Thursday night in a 4-1 win over the Predators.

“Obviously he’s a big piece of our team, there’s no replacing him,” Dvorak said. “But it’s next man up. The league doesn’t care who’s injured or not; we’ve just got to answer for him, be there for him and everyone else has got to step up.”

The Flyers face the Maple Leafs (6-5-1) two more times this season.

• In a scary moment during the third period, Toronto defenseman Chris Tanev had to be stretchered off the ice.

Matvei Michkov was whistled for interference on Tanev, who fell to the ice and stayed down as he was tended to by medical personnel.

“Just an unfortunate play,” Travis Sanheim said. “You hope that he’s OK. You feel bad for [Michkov], too. He’s obviously upset about the hit.”

Tanev was making his return to the lineup Saturday night after missing time with a concussion.

The Maple Leafs announced today that defenceman Chris Tanev was evaluated overnight in Philadelphia for precautionary purposes, has been discharged this morning, and will return home to Toronto.

— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) November 2, 2025

• For the first time this season, Vladar yielded more than two goals in a game.

It came in his seventh start. He entered 4-2-0 with a 1.67 goals-against average and .939 save percentage.

“He has been our best player all year,” Dvorak said. “Our goalies have been fantastic. It wasn’t his fault tonight. We’ve got to be better in front of him.”

Auston Matthews tied the game at 1-1 in the first period. The 2021-22 Hart Trophy winner blasted one home as Tyson Foerster was down on the ice in pain from a blocked shot.

“It was unfortunate Tyson got hit there, so there was that opening,” Tocchet said.

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Jake McCabe and Nicholas Robertson cushioned the Maple Leafs’ lead to 3-1 in the second period. On Robertson’s goal, the Flyers gave him too much room in transition.

“We let the guy tee it up,” Tocchet said.

Vladar surrendered the four goals on 19 shots. Aleksei Kolosov stopped all seven shots he faced in relief. Toronto’s final goal was an empty-netter.

The Flyers’ penalty kill finished 3 for 3, but the power play went 1 for 6.

Foerster drew the Flyers to within 4-2 on the man advantage with 3:52 minutes left in the third period.

Anthony Stolarz, the former Flyers goaltender, made 31 saves on 33 shots for the Maple Leafs.

“Offensively, we’re struggling, we’re passing up opportunities to shoot the puck and we don’t have people going to the net,” Tocchet said. “That’s probably the biggest struggle for me this year is trying to get these guys to understand that.

“We’ve got to correct it and it’s on me to get these guys to start to do that.”

• Nikita Grebenkin was facing the team that gave him his NHL debut last season.

The 22-year-old Russian winger was drafted by Toronto in 2022. He didn’t take long to do some damage on his former club as he set up Dvorak’s goal just 1:09 minutes into the game with an excellent pass.

Grebenkin had played three straight games before sitting the last two. As he returned to the lineup, he saw a good opportunity on a line with Dvorak and Travis Konecny.

“We’ve thrown a lot at him, the system stuff, but I don’t want him to think so much X’s and O’s that he’s thinking,” Tocchet said after morning skate. “I think when he’s thinking too much, if you watch, he’ll get lost and then he’ll stop skating. But that’s just natural, as a young guy, language barrier and stuff like that, so it’s going to take some time.

“That’s why I like that we played him a couple of games, work with the coaches when you can really work with them, get him back in — hopefully he can string some good games together for us.”

Christian Dvorak put the Flyers on the board just 69 seconds into the Flyers’ game against the Maple Leafs.

• Scott Laughton was back in town with the Maple Leafs, but the beloved former Flyer didn’t suit up because of a lower-body injury.

The Flyers host Toronto again on Jan. 8, which could be Laughton’s first game in Philadelphia as a visiting player. He was dealt to the Maple Leafs at last season’s trade deadline after spending 12 years with the Flyers.

Toronto was also missing its leading scorer William Nylander, who was out with a lower-body injury.

Scott Laughton back in Philadelphia with the Maple Leafs. He hasn’t played yet this season because of lower-body injury. He was in the middle of the stretch circle after Toronto’s skate. pic.twitter.com/26WyenjN3P

— Jordan Hall (@JHallNBCS) November 1, 2025

• The Flyers are right back at it Sunday when they host the Flames (7 p.m. ET/NBCSP+).