PHILADELPHIA — The Maple Leafs might just be due.



Though they’ve piled up the most wins in the NHL since the first week of November (12), the Leafs have increasingly gotten outplayed — winning many nights on heroic goaltending from Frederik Andersen and an opportunistic offence that’s suddenly without Auston Matthews.



A skid seems entirely possible if current trends persist.



“We’re a good team so even when we’re not playing our best we’ve been able to find ways to win,” Connor Brown said after his team let their first third period lead of the season slip away in a 4-2 loss to the Flyers on Tuesday night. “We got to nip this in the bud before it becomes a problem.”



The Leafs were ultimately overmatched in Philadelphia — outshot 39-22. They just hung on to beat Edmonton two nights earlier, needing the absolute best Curtis McElhinney can possibly deliver (a 41-save shutout). They...