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

PHI		MTL
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 Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jayden Struble, D	Out	Nov 29
Kirby Dach, C	Injured Reserve	Nov 23
Alex Newhook, C	Injured Reserve	Nov 17
Patrik Laine, RW	Injured Reserve	Nov 17
Kaiden Guhle, D	Injured Reserve	Nov 14