FLYERS NEWS

Just one night after a hard fought victory over the Penguins the Flyers traveled up to Montreal for a key matchup with the Canadiens. Fighting through exhaustion the latter half of the night, the Orange and Black put forth one of their top efforts on the season thus far. Jeff Carter had a goal and 2 assists, James Van Reimsdyk had 2 goals, and Nikolay Zherdev had a goal and an assist to spark the Flyers on offense. Meanwhile, the tired Flyers D allowed Montreal to get off 41 shots, but Sergei Bobrovsky bailed them out time and time again, saving 38 and stopping 2 of 3 Montreal power plays. So in the end it wasn't great defense but it was enough on this night.

With 18 seconds left in the first period Jeff Carter slapped in the rebound off a Matt Carle blast for a quick 1-0 lead. Just a couple minutes into the 2nd period Carter setup JVR for a 2-0 lead. After late power play goal by the Habs cut it to 2-1, Nikolay Zherdev lit lamp to make it 3-1 about 5 minutes into the 3rd period. The Flyers seemed to hit a wall physically and mentally after that as Montreal battled back to tie it up at 3. Then with just over 6 minutes to play, Carter and Zherdev started on a breakaway, closely followed by JVR, finally deposited the puck into the net for a 4-3 lead. About a minute later Mike Richards setup Claude Giroux for a 5-3 lead and that was finally enough to hold off the Habs for the Flyers 4th straight win, for an NHL best 47 points on the season thus far.