The Flyers welcomed the Montreal Canadiens to the Wells Fargo center tonight for their last game before the all-star break. The last time the played the final game before a break, they came out flat against the Panthers and went into their Christmas break with a loss and bitter taste in their mouthes. They were determined to not let that happen this time around, especially not with the 1000th home win in franchise history on the line, and boy were things different in this one. They just jumped out to a quick start and never really looked back.
With a little over 2 minutes to play in the 1st period, Mike Richards and Chris Pronger teamed up on the power play to setup Jeff Carter for a 1-0 lead. Just a minute later they teamed up on the power play again to setup Kimmo Timonen for a 2-0. Just 23 seconds into the 2nd period Pronger registered another assist, as Dan Carcillo scored for a 3-0 lead. After Montreal cut it to 3-1, Scott Hartnell and Danny Briere teamed up to assist Claude Giroux on another power play tally to make it 4-1 heading into the 3rd period. With just under 5 minutes to play Montreal managed to cut it to 4-2, but that was as close as they would get as Pronger assisted Briere on an empty netter in the closing seconds to cap a 5-2 win.
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