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Source: ESPN.com

Michal Handzus, Kim Johnsson and Justin Williams scored in the first eight minutes of the first period, leading the Philadelphia Flyers' 7-1 rout of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

The loss was especially embarrassing to the Maple Leafs, who were eliminated by the Flyers in the first round of last season's playoffs. Philadelphia beat Toronto 6-1 in Game 7 of that series.

The Maple Leafs, losers of three straight, were booed heartily throughout.

Fans jeered goalie Ed Belfour after he stopped a puck shortly after allowing the fifth Philadelphia goal. He faced 22 shots.

Sami Kapanen and Jeremy Roenick scored twice for the Flyers, who rebounded from a 3-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.

Handzus stood alone in front of the net for several seconds before putting his own rebound past Belfour at 4:25 of the first.

Johnsson scored on a slap shot about two minutes later, and Williams scored after Toronto's Gary Roberts turned the puck over at the blue line. Williams skated in on a partial breakaway and deked Belfour before scoring to give the Flyers a 3-0 lead at 7:49.

Kapanen batted a puck past Belfour at 6:09 of the second after two Maple Leafs defenders allowed Kapanen to stand in front.

Toronto's Darcy Tucker cut it to 4-1 at 7:06 of the second, but Roenick scored an unassisted goal just over three minutes later. Kapanen made it 6-1 at 5:48 of the third.

Roenick scored his fifth goal of the season with 1:52 left.

Philadelphia's Robert Esche made 20 saves, including several impressive stops during a two-man Toronto advantage in the second period.

Game notes
The Maple Leafs honored Hall of Fame inductees Grant Fuhr, Pat LaFontaine, Mike Ilitch and Brian Kilrea in a pregame ceremony. Lafontaine had 468 goals and 1,013 points in parts of 15 seasons in the NHL. Fuhr, the first black player to be inducted, won five Stanley Cups as a goalie for the Edmonton Oilers. Ilitch is the owner of the Detroit Red Wings, who have won three Stanley Cup titles under his watch. Kilrea is in his 27th year as the coach of the Ottawa 67's junior hockey team. They will be inducted on Monday. ... Philadelphia outshot Toronto 12-4 in the first, but was outshot 22-21 for the game. The Flyers recorded three shots in the third period and scored twice.

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the flyers were running on all cylinders tonite as they rolled thru toronto and bounced back from a dissapointing loss to NJ to nites ago .