Montreal Canadiens at Philadelphia Flyers

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Montreal Canadiens

33-29-9

Final
4 - 6

Philadelphia Flyers

29-36-9

Michkov leads Flyers past Canadiens 6-4 in first game after Tortorella's firing

With Brad Shaw serving as interim coach, Philadelphia ended a six-game losing streak and handed Montreal its fourth straight loss.

Michkov opened the scoring at 1:55 of the first period, assisted on the first of Sean Couturier's two goals and added his 22nd goal in the third. Tortorella came under scrutiny when he scratched Michkov or benched him for long periods, explaining it was part of a tough-love approach toward with the Russian rookie.

Nicolas Deslauriers and Tyson Foerster also scored, and Samuel Ersson made 26 saves.

Alex Newhook, Cole Caufield, Patrik Laine and Christian Dvorak scored for Montreal. Jakub Dobes stopped 24 shots.

Takeaways Canadiens: Montreal is in the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Flyers: Philadelphia lost 11 of its last 12 games under Tortorella.

Key moment Michkov shoveled the puck high into the net against Dobes to give the Flyers the early lead.

Key stat Michkov had six shots in 20:29 of ice time.

Up next The Canadiens are at Ottawa on Friday night. The Flyers host Buffalo on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 1:55	Matvei Michkov Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Travis Konecny (45), Sean Couturier (26)
Goal	1st Period 7:55	Alex Newhook Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: David Savard (14), Lane Hutson (50)
Goal	1st Period 10:13	Nicolas Deslauriers Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Olle Lycksell (4), Rodrigo Abols (3)
Goal	1st Period 11:15	Sean Couturier Goal (13) Deflected, assists: Matvei Michkov (32), Jakob Pelletier (11)
Goal	3rd Period 2:15	Cole Caufield Goal (34) Snap Shot, assists: Jayden Struble (10), Lane Hutson (51)
Goal	3rd Period 10:09	Tyson Foerster Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Seeler (13), Bobby Brink (23)
Goal	3rd Period 11:43	Sean Couturier Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 13:34	Christian Dvorak Goal (10) Backhand, assists: Josh Anderson (11), Brendan Gallagher (14)
Goal	3rd Period 13:52	Matvei Michkov Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 16:47	Patrik Laine Goal (18) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (52), Juraj Slafkovský (28)

Statistics

MTL		PHI
11	Blocked Shots	17
20	Hits	16
6	Takeaways	3
30	Shots	30
0	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	4
0.0	Power Play Percentage	25.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
29	Faceoffs Won	30
49.2	Faceoff Win Percent	50.8
18	Giveaways	16
5	Total Penalties	3
10	Penalty Minutes	6