NHL

Philadelphia Flyers at Montreal Canadiens

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Philadelphia Flyers
7-5-1
Final
5 - 4
Montreal Canadiens
9-3-1

Flyers beat Canadiens 4-3 in shootout after blowing 3-goal lead

Trevor Zegras sets up Flyers’ second goal with spinning pass

Nikita Grebenkin and Cam York also scored for Philadelphia. York added an assist, Zegras had two helpers and Dan Vladar stopped 16 shots.

Kirby Dach scored twice for Montreal. Ivan Demidov had a goal and an assist, and Nick Suzuki also scored. Sam Montembeault rebounded from a shaky start to make 38 saves.

The Flyers led 3-0 lead before the game was eight minutes old. Brink deflected a hard pass past Montembeault at 1:56 and Philadelphia struck twice more thanks to a 5-on-3 power play.

The Canadiens erupted with four goals in the second. Dach sparked the surge by hammering a shot into the net off the end boards before Demidov set up Suzuki on the power play. Dach then tied it, and Demidov put Montreal up 4-3 with a power-play marker.

Grebenkin tied it midway through the third.

Flyers center Christian Dvorak played against his former team for the first time. He played 232 games over four seasons in Montreal.

Up next Flyers: At Nashville on Thursday night.

Canadiens: At New Jersey on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

PHI leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 1:56 Bobby Brink Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Travis Sanheim (4), Cam York (6)
Goal 1st Period 7:07 Cam York Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Trevor Zegras (10), Travis Konecny (5)
Goal 1st Period 7:50 Bobby Brink Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Noah Cates (6), Trevor Zegras (11)
Goal 2nd Period 3:12 Kirby Dach Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Noah Dobson (7), Brendan Gallagher (7)
Goal 2nd Period 4:15 Nick Suzuki Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Ivan Demidov (8), Cole Caufield (6)
Goal 2nd Period 13:28 Kirby Dach Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (11), Jayden Struble (3)
Goal 2nd Period 15:57 Ivan Demidov Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (2), Lane Hutson (12)
Goal 3rd Period 10:51 Nikita Grebenkin Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Travis Konecny (6), Jamie Drysdale (4)
Goal 5 0:00 Trevor Zegras Goal Snap Shot

Statistics

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10 Blocked Shots 15
22 Hits 26
3 Takeaways 3
42 Shots 20
2 Power Play Goals 2
6 Power Play Opportunities 4
33.3 Power Play Percentage 50.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
20 Faceoffs Won 38
34.5 Faceoff Win Percent 65.5
17 Giveaways 17
6 Total Penalties 8
15 Penalty Minutes 19
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Patrik Laine, RW Injured Reserve Jan 10
Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Garnet Hathaway, RW Day-To-Day Feb 19
Samuel Ersson, G Day-To-Day Feb 6
Ty Murchison, D Out Feb 3
Rodrigo Abols, C Injured Reserve Jan 21

Game Information

Bell Centre

Location: Montreal, QC
Attendance: 20,962 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 36 15 78 6
Pittsburgh 29 15 70 12
NY Islanders 32 21 69 5
Columbus 29 20 65 7
Washington 29 23 65 7
Philadelphia 25 20 61 11
New Jersey 28 27 58 2
NY Rangers 22 29 50 6

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 37 14 78 4
Montreal 32 17 72 8
Detroit 33 19 72 6
Buffalo 32 19 70 6
Boston 32 20 69 5
Ottawa 28 22 63 7
Toronto 27 21 63 9
Florida 29 25 61 3
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