Mats Sundin responded when the Toronto Maple Leafs needed their captain most.
Sundin scored twice, including the game-winner, and sparked Toronto to a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 4 on Friday night, evening their second-round playoff series.
"He's definitely one of the best players I've ever played with and he shows up for big games every time," Leafs goaltender Ed Belfour said.
Darcy Tucker also scored and Gary Roberts had two assists for Toronto, which bounced back after losing the first two games at Philadelphia.
Simon Gagne scored for Philadelphia, which continues to look flat, nothing like the team that opened the postseason by winning six of its first seven, including eliminating New Jersey in five games in the first round.
Game 5 is Sunday at Philadelphia, where the Flyers are 5-0.
Belfour stopped 28 shots to record his 88th career playoff victory, moving him into a tie for third place with former New York Islanders great Billy Smith.
The Leafs have won five straight at home, the first time they've done that in one postseason since winning five in a row in 1976.
For Sundin, it was his third game back after missing four with a leg injury, and he had other chances to score, including hitting the crossbar on a breakaway with 20 seconds left in the second period.
"It felt good," Sundin said. "There's nothing that bothers me with my skating so for sure, a lot better."
Sundin sparked a three-goal rally after Gagne opened the scoring 8 minutes in, converting Bryan McCabe's giveaway in front of the Leafs net.
After Sundin tied the game 13 minutes into the first, his shot banking in off Flyers defender Marcus Ragnarsson, he put the Leafs ahead with a great individual effort 7:45 into the second period.
Carrying the puck up the right side, he cut to the middle catching Flyers defender Vladimir Malakhov flat-footed. Kicking the puck to his stick, Sundin then threaded a back-hander, beating Robert Esche through the legs.
It was Sundin's first two-goal playoff game since he scored twice against New Jersey in the 2001 Eastern Conference semifinals. It was also Sundin's 68th playoff point, moving him into second place -- one ahead of Dave Keon -- among Toronto playoff scorers.
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