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Leafs fall to Flyers, lose their seventh straight

Toronto Maple Leafs v Philadelphia Flyers

PHILADELPHIA, PA - MARCH 28: Kimmo Timonen #44 of the Philadelphia Flyers checks James van Riemsdyk #21 of the Toronto Maple Leafs during the first period at Wells Fargo Center on March 28, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Rich Schultz /Getty Images)

Rich Schultz

The collapse continues.

The Toronto Maple Leafs, in a bid to make it back-to-back playoff appearances, have now lost seven straight games. Their latest defeat in this free fall came Friday night to the Philadelphia Flyers, as the Leafs lost by a final score of 4-2. Not even a new franchise record for the fastest goal to begin a period - off the stick of James van Riemsdyk four seconds into the second period - could help the Leafs on this night.

Currently tied with three other teams at 80 points for the two remaining playoff positions in the Eastern Conference Wild Card, the Leafs are on the post-season bubble but will remain in the 10th position. Perhaps the only positive from the night is that the Columbus Blue Jackets, part of that four-team logjam in the East, also lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

On Friday, the Leafs found themselves down by a pair of goals in the second period and just couldn’t recover. Now the question becomes, can they recover from this latest losing streak?

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