TORONTO – Pavel Kubina scored 4:04 into overtime to complete a comeback from a three-goal deficit and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Mats Sundin, Kubina and Jeremy Williams scored third-period goals for the Maple Leafs.

Scottie Upshall, Braydon Coburn and Daniel Briere scored for Philadelphia.

Kubina threw the puck out from behind the goal and had it go in off a Flyers defenseman for the game-winner.

Toronto is seven points behind the Flyers for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference heading into Wednesday’s rematch at Wachovia Center.

Flyers goalie Martin Biron made 51 saves.

The Maple Leafs outshot the Flyers 13-4 in the first period but were down 1-0. Upshall opened the scoring at 13:26 after getting behind Leafs defenseman Anton Stralman and taking a nice cross-ice pass from Vaclav Prospal. It was the seventh straight game the Maple Leafs allowed the first goal.

Coburn floated a point shot over a screened Vesa Toskala with 54.8 seconds to play in the second period while on a power play to give the Flyers a 2-0 lead. Toskala finished with 22 saves.

Briere made it 3-0 just 1:12 into the final period.

Notes: Sundin has 16 points in his past nine games … Antero Nittymaki made 54 saves in goal for the Flyers during a win in Toronto on Jan. 5.

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