Auston Matthews and Connor McDavid are making waves with their new McDonald’s commercial, which pits the Toronto Maple Leafs’ captain against the Edmonton Oilers’ superstar in a skills competition for the ages.

He’s the scrappy, fearless winger whose combination of grit and skill has endeared him to fans in orange and black. But despite being the Flyers' undisputed star, Konecny has long toiled in the shadows of broader NHL stardom.

Nothing is owed in professional sports and the Toronto Maple Leafs had to get out of their own to record their fifth consecutive victory, stealing a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Auston Matthews and John Tavares each had a goal and ... Leafs goalie Joseph Woll made 30 saves. Travis Konecny scored both Philadelphia goals. Leafs: At age 34, Tavares is not showing signs of slowing down. He reached the 20-goal ...

The Flyers reached the midway point of their season in the middle of the pack. They had battled the Atlantic Division-leading Toronto Maple Leafs to the brink for the second straight game on Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center, yet for the second straight game, they left the ice with a loss, this time 3-2 in regulation.

PHILADELPHIA — Auston Matthews and John Tavares each ... Leafs goalie Joseph Woll made 30 saves. Travis Konecny scored both Philadelphia goals. Leafs: At age 34, Tavares is not showing signs ...

Red-hot Matthew Knies scored the winner, deflecting a third-period shot by Morgan Rielly, and the Leafs won their fifth in a row — their longest streak of the season — to move within one point of the first-place Vegas Golden Knights (57 points) in the overall standings.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

Alex Bump scored two goals for No. 4 Western Michigan in a 5-1 win over North Dakota on Saturday night in Grand Forks, N.D.

Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and three more in the shootout as the host New York Rangers earned a crucial 1-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.