National Hockey League

FINAL
Montreal Canadiens 5
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Philadelphia Flyers 3
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MTL1225
PHI0213
Scotiabank Arena

Match Report

Canadiens beat Flyers 3-2 in Game 5 to stave off elimination

Nick Suzuki buried the winner 22 seconds after Philadelphia tied it in the third period, Brendan Gallagher snapped a goal drought and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Flyers 5-3 on Wednesday night in Game 5 to stave off elimination in the first-round...

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Team Stats

MTL PHI
23
Blocked Shots
9
39
Hits
28
7
Takeaways
2
33
Shots
29
1
Power Play Goals
3
7
Power Play Opportunities
7
14.3
Power Play Percentage
42.9
1
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
26
Faceoffs Won
39
40.0
Faceoff Win Percent
60.0
11
Giveaways
6
7
Total Penalties
7
33
Penalty Minutes
34

Top Performers

MTL

  • Carey Price G GA 3 · SA 29 · SOS 0
  • Phillip Danault C BS 1 · HT 4 · TK 2
  • Brendan Gallagher RW BS 0 · HT 3 · TK 0
  • Nick Suzuki C BS 3 · HT 2 · TK 2

PHI

  • Carter Hart G GA 4 · SA 32 · SOS 0
  • Sean Couturier C BS 0 · HT 3 · TK 0
  • Scott Laughton C BS 0 · HT 3 · TK 0
  • Michael Raffl LW BS 0 · HT 0 · 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. Penalty 19:42
    Jakub Voracek 3rd
  2. Penalty 19:42
    Shea Weber 3rd
  3. Penalty 19:42
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  4. Penalty 19:42
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  5. Goal 19:42 5-3
    Phillip Danault 3rd
  6. Missed 17:11 4-3
    Travis Konecny 3rd
  7. Penalty 14:37
    Jakub Voracek 3rd
  8. Missed 12:37 4-3
    Michael Raffl 3rd
  9. Goal 10:59 4-3
    Nick Suzuki 3rd
  10. Goal 10:37 3-3
    Joel Farabee 3rd
  11. Penalty 10:23
    Jeff Petry 3rd
  12. Missed 6:42 3-2
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  13. Penalty 6:34
    Artturi Lehkonen 3rd
  14. Missed 4:31 3-2
    Joel Farabee 3rd
  15. Missed 4:23 3-2
    Travis Konecny 3rd
  16. Missed 4:04 3-2
    Max Domi 3rd
  17. Missed 3:57 3-2
    Travis Konecny 3rd
  18. Missed 3:02 3-2
    Jeff Petry 3rd
  19. Missed 0:34 3-2
    Joel Armia 3rd
  20. Missed 19:33 3-2
    Travis Konecny 2nd
  21. Missed 18:44 3-2
    Charles Hudon 2nd
  22. Missed 15:46 3-2
    Travis Sanheim 2nd
  23. Goal 11:30 3-2
    Brendan Gallagher 2nd
  24. Penalty 10:53
    Philippe Myers 2nd
  25. Goal 10:12 2-2
    Joel Armia 2nd
  26. Missed 8:06 1-2
    Joel Armia 2nd
  27. Missed 7:42 1-2
    Xavier Ouellet 2nd
  28. Goal 6:37 1-2
    Jakub Voracek 2nd
  29. Missed 6:22 1-1
    Joel Farabee 2nd
  30. Missed 5:58 1-1
    Sean Couturier 2nd
  31. Missed 5:30 1-1
    Travis Sanheim 2nd
  32. Goal 2:35 1-1
    Jakub Voracek 2nd
  33. Missed 2:11 1-0
    Sean Couturier 2nd
  34. Penalty 1:45
    Jesperi Kotkaniemi 2nd
  35. Penalty 1:45
    Jesperi Kotkaniemi 2nd
  36. Missed 0:44 1-0
    Jeff Petry 2nd
  37. Penalty 19:07
    Joel Farabee 1st
  38. Missed 18:50 1-0
    Jake Evans 1st
  39. Penalty 10:39
    Jakub Voracek 1st
  40. Penalty 9:59
    Brendan Gallagher 1st
  41. Missed 9:41 1-0
    Travis Konecny 1st
  42. Missed 9:25 1-0
    Joel Armia 1st
  43. Missed 8:10 1-0
    Xavier Ouellet 1st
  44. Missed 6:31 1-0
    Adam Gaudette 1st
  45. Missed 3:11 1-0
    1st
  46. Goal 2:53 1-0
    Joel Armia 1st
  47. Missed 2:20 0-0
    1st
  48. Missed 2:07 0-0
    Joel Farabee 1st
  49. Penalty 1:28
    Ben Chiarot 1st
  50. Missed 0:40 0-0
    Tomas Tatar 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 5-3
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 5-3
    3rd
  3. Face Off 19:42 5-3
    Nate Thompson 3rd
  4. Penalty 19:42
    Jakub Voracek 3rd
  5. Penalty 19:42
    Shea Weber 3rd
  6. Penalty 19:42
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  7. Penalty 19:42
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  8. Goal 19:42 5-3
    Phillip Danault 3rd
  9. Face Off 19:18 4-3
    Phillip Danault 3rd
  10. Stoppage 19:18 4-3
    3rd
  11. Blocked 19:08 4-3
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  12. Hit 18:56 4-3
    Ben Chiarot 3rd
  13. Giveaway 17:53 4-3
    Travis Konecny 3rd
  14. Hit 17:32 4-3
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  15. Missed 17:11 4-3
    Travis Konecny 3rd
  16. Hit 17:10 4-3
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  17. Shot 16:08 4-3
    Tyler Pitlick 3rd
  18. Face Off 15:52 4-3
    Nate Thompson 3rd
  19. Stoppage 15:52 4-3
    3rd
  20. Shot 15:43 4-3
    Shea Weber 3rd
  21. Hit 14:55 4-3
    Matt Niskanen 3rd
  22. Face Off 14:41 4-3
    Nick Suzuki 3rd
  23. Stoppage 14:41 4-3
    3rd
  24. Face Off 14:37 4-3
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  25. Penalty 14:37
    Jakub Voracek 3rd
  26. Face Off 14:31 4-3
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  27. Stoppage 14:31 4-3
    3rd
  28. Giveaway 14:30 4-3
    Tomas Tatar 3rd
  29. Face Off 14:19 4-3
    Phillip Danault 3rd
  30. Stoppage 14:19 4-3
    3rd
  31. Hit 13:54 4-3
    Justin Braun 3rd
  32. Shot 13:24 4-3
    Michael Raffl 3rd
  33. Blocked 13:14 4-3
    Travis Sanheim 3rd
  34. Giveaway 13:03 4-3
    Ben Chiarot 3rd
  35. Hit 12:57 4-3
    Nick Suzuki 3rd
  36. Hit 12:50 4-3
    Jonathan Drouin 3rd
  37. Missed 12:37 4-3
    Michael Raffl 3rd
  38. Takeaway 12:07 4-3
    Phillip Danault 3rd
  39. Face Off 11:54 4-3
    Phillip Danault 3rd
  40. Stoppage 11:54 4-3
    3rd

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