National Hockey League

FINAL
Montreal Canadiens 1
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Philadelphia Flyers 2
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Scotiabank Arena

Match Report

Hart, Farabee help Flyers beat Canadiens in Game 1

Carter Hart made 27 saves, Joel Farabee scored 16 seconds after Montreal tied it, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Canadiens 2-1 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.

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Team Stats

MTL PHI
17
Blocked Shots
14
32
Hits
27
10
Takeaways
11
28
Shots
31
1
Power Play Goals
1
1
Power Play Opportunities
3
100.0
Power Play Percentage
33.3
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
27
Faceoffs Won
32
45.8
Faceoff Win Percent
54.2
13
Giveaways
14
5
Total Penalties
3
10
Penalty Minutes
6

Top Performers

MTL

  • Carey Price G GA 2 · SA 31 · SOS 0
  • Phillip Danault C BS 1 · HT 5 · TK 4
  • Nick Suzuki C BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi C BS 1 · HT 1 · TK 0

PHI

  • Carter Hart G GA 1 · SA 28 · SOS 0
  • Sean Couturier C BS 0 · HT 5 · TK 2
  • Claude Giroux RW BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 1
  • Nate Thompson C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0

Head to Head

PHI wins series 2-1

Injuries

Philadelphia Flyers

  • Rasmus Ristolainen Injured Reserve
  • Owen Tippett Injured Reserve
  • Travis Konecny Injured Reserve
  • Nikita Grebenkin Injured Reserve

Montreal Canadiens

  • Mike Matheson Day-To-Day
  • Nick Suzuki Out
  • Sam Montembeault Injured Reserve
  • Ivan Demidov Injured Reserve
  • Bryce Pickford Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Missed 19:33 1-2
    Nick Suzuki 3rd
  2. Missed 15:50 1-2
    Ben Chiarot 3rd
  3. Missed 15:21 1-2
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  4. Missed 13:32 1-2
    Nate Thompson 3rd
  5. Penalty 11:26
    Ben Chiarot 3rd
  6. Missed 7:38 1-2
    Ivan Provorov 3rd
  7. Missed 7:19 1-2
    Ivan Provorov 3rd
  8. Penalty 6:31
    Artturi Lehkonen 3rd
  9. Penalty 5:46
    Max Domi 3rd
  10. Penalty 5:46
    Joel Farabee 3rd
  11. Missed 3:31 1-2
    Artturi Lehkonen 3rd
  12. Missed 19:29 1-2
    Joel Armia 2nd
  13. Missed 19:22 1-2
    Joel Armia 2nd
  14. Missed 18:21 1-2
    Brendan Gallagher 2nd
  15. Missed 15:30 1-2
    Victor Mete 2nd
  16. Goal 14:54 1-2
    Joel Farabee 2nd
  17. Goal 14:38 1-1
    Shea Weber 2nd
  18. Penalty 13:44
    Nicolas Aube-Kubel 2nd
  19. Missed 11:37 0-1
    Dale Weise 2nd
  20. Missed 9:23 0-1
    Brett Kulak 2nd
  21. Missed 8:16 0-1
    Alex Belzile 2nd
  22. Missed 7:29 0-1
    Jeff Petry 2nd
  23. Missed 6:35 0-1
    Artturi Lehkonen 2nd
  24. Missed 6:10 0-1
    Artturi Lehkonen 2nd
  25. Missed 3:46 0-1
    Claude Giroux 2nd
  26. Missed 2:46 0-1
    Nick Suzuki 2nd
  27. Penalty 19:59
    Travis Konecny 1st
  28. Penalty 19:59
    Jesperi Kotkaniemi 1st
  29. Missed 16:47 0-1
    Jeff Petry 1st
  30. Missed 16:19 0-1
    Brett Kulak 1st
  31. Missed 13:32 0-1
    Nate Thompson 1st
  32. Missed 13:22 0-1
    Xavier Ouellet 1st
  33. Missed 13:18 0-1
    Phillip Danault 1st
  34. Missed 13:06 0-1
    Artturi Lehkonen 1st
  35. Goal 8:54 0-1
    Jakub Voracek 1st
  36. Missed 8:41 0-0
    Sean Couturier 1st
  37. Penalty 7:19
    Jonathan Drouin 1st
  38. Missed 5:05 0-0
    Matt Niskanen 1st
  39. Missed 4:42 0-0
    Joel Armia 1st
  40. Missed 3:36 0-0
    Scott Laughton 1st
  41. Missed 1:15 0-0
    Philippe Myers 1st
  42. Missed 1:04 0-0
    Nick Suzuki 1st
  43. Missed 0:56 0-0
    Brendan Gallagher 1st
  44. Missed 0:49 0-0
    Tomas Tatar 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 1-2
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 1-2
    3rd
  3. Blocked 19:47 1-2
    Shea Weber 3rd
  4. Face Off 19:33 1-2
    Nick Suzuki 3rd
  5. Stoppage 19:33 1-2
    3rd
  6. Missed 19:33 1-2
    Nick Suzuki 3rd
  7. Face Off 19:09 1-2
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  8. Stoppage 19:09 1-2
    3rd
  9. Blocked 19:04 1-2
    Travis Konecny 3rd
  10. Takeaway 18:57 1-2
    Scott Laughton 3rd
  11. Shot 18:50 1-2
    Phillip Danault 3rd
  12. Shot 18:47 1-2
    Brendan Gallagher 3rd
  13. Giveaway 18:33 1-2
    Travis Sanheim 3rd
  14. Giveaway 18:00 1-2
    Tomas Tatar 3rd
  15. Shot 17:25 1-2
    James van Riemsdyk 3rd
  16. Hit 17:20 1-2
    Artturi Lehkonen 3rd
  17. Blocked 17:16 1-2
    Ben Chiarot 3rd
  18. Blocked 17:09 1-2
    Jeff Petry 3rd
  19. Hit 16:55 1-2
    Scott Laughton 3rd
  20. Shot 16:46 1-2
    Travis Konecny 3rd
  21. Giveaway 16:14 1-2
    Carey Price 3rd
  22. Missed 15:50 1-2
    Ben Chiarot 3rd
  23. Face Off 15:36 1-2
    Nick Suzuki 3rd
  24. Stoppage 15:36 1-2
    3rd
  25. Shot 15:35 1-2
    Brendan Gallagher 3rd
  26. Blocked 15:33 1-2
    Shea Weber 3rd
  27. Missed 15:21 1-2
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  28. Hit 15:09 1-2
    Phillip Danault 3rd
  29. Hit 14:57 1-2
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  30. Hit 14:55 1-2
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  31. Hit 14:53 1-2
    Jeff Petry 3rd
  32. Face Off 14:46 1-2
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  33. Stoppage 14:46 1-2
    3rd
  34. Giveaway 14:43 1-2
    Joel Farabee 3rd
  35. Giveaway 14:34 1-2
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  36. Shot 14:34 1-2
    Ben Chiarot 3rd
  37. Takeaway 14:13 1-2
    Nicolas Aube-Kubel 3rd
  38. Face Off 13:45 1-2
    Jesperi Kotkaniemi 3rd
  39. Stoppage 13:45 1-2
    3rd
  40. Hit 13:38 1-2
    Jeff Petry 3rd

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