Andy
November 2nd, 2007, 01:08 AM
Losers.
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MONTREAL - Saku Koivu had a goal and an assist and Cristobal Huet stopped 16 shots tonight to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-2 win over the Flyers.
Alex Kovalev and Tom Kostopoulos scored special-teams goals in the second period, and Guillaume Latendresse scored in the third on a pass by Koivu, who opened the scoring 8 minutes, 53 seconds in.
Chris Higgins scored on a five-on-three at 16:42 of the third as Montreal remained undefeated through regulation in six games (5-0-1).
Mike Richards and Scottie Upshall scored for the Flyers, who lost for the third time in four games after a five-game winning streak.
Flyers center Daniel Briere assisted on Richard's goal and was booed thoroughly by the sellout crowd of 21,273 throughout the game.
Briere, who spurned Montreal's contract offer to sign a free-agent deal with Philadelphia, was booed when he stepped on the ice for his first shift and again every time he touched the puck the rest of the way.
Martin Biron made 36 saves and stopped a penalty shot for the second game in a row.
Biron, who stopped Phil Kessel's penalty shot in Saturday's 2-1 win in Boston, denied Canadiens defenseman Roman Hamrlik, who put a backhand off the right post on his first career penalty shot 13:12 into the second.
Flyers defenseman Randy Jones served the first game of a two-game suspension for hitting Boston's Patrice Bergeron from behind.
Richards was in the penalty box along with Jason Smith for Higgins' goal after both were sent off following a scrum in the wake of Richards' open-ice hit on Kovalev.
Ben Eager was given a game misconduct for his third-period fight with Kostopoulos.
Richards was credited with his seventh goal when Philadelphia drew even on a power play at 16:50 as the puck struck both of Canadiens' defenseman Andrei Markov's legs before slipping past Huet.
Kovalev scored an unassisted power-play goal for the second straight game 7:28 into the second to give Montreal a 2-1 lead.
Kostopoulos made it 3-1 at 11:38 with a shorthanded effort. Kostopoulos passed to Markov on a three-on-one, and one-timed the defenseman's return pass beyond Biron for his first Canadiens goal.
- Andy Geleff
Andy@flyershive.com
http://www.flyershive.com/pgh/PGH111.jpg
Tonight's PGH courtesy of Philly.com
MONTREAL - Saku Koivu had a goal and an assist and Cristobal Huet stopped 16 shots tonight to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-2 win over the Flyers.
Alex Kovalev and Tom Kostopoulos scored special-teams goals in the second period, and Guillaume Latendresse scored in the third on a pass by Koivu, who opened the scoring 8 minutes, 53 seconds in.
Chris Higgins scored on a five-on-three at 16:42 of the third as Montreal remained undefeated through regulation in six games (5-0-1).
Mike Richards and Scottie Upshall scored for the Flyers, who lost for the third time in four games after a five-game winning streak.
Flyers center Daniel Briere assisted on Richard's goal and was booed thoroughly by the sellout crowd of 21,273 throughout the game.
Briere, who spurned Montreal's contract offer to sign a free-agent deal with Philadelphia, was booed when he stepped on the ice for his first shift and again every time he touched the puck the rest of the way.
Martin Biron made 36 saves and stopped a penalty shot for the second game in a row.
Biron, who stopped Phil Kessel's penalty shot in Saturday's 2-1 win in Boston, denied Canadiens defenseman Roman Hamrlik, who put a backhand off the right post on his first career penalty shot 13:12 into the second.
Flyers defenseman Randy Jones served the first game of a two-game suspension for hitting Boston's Patrice Bergeron from behind.
Richards was in the penalty box along with Jason Smith for Higgins' goal after both were sent off following a scrum in the wake of Richards' open-ice hit on Kovalev.
Ben Eager was given a game misconduct for his third-period fight with Kostopoulos.
Richards was credited with his seventh goal when Philadelphia drew even on a power play at 16:50 as the puck struck both of Canadiens' defenseman Andrei Markov's legs before slipping past Huet.
Kovalev scored an unassisted power-play goal for the second straight game 7:28 into the second to give Montreal a 2-1 lead.
Kostopoulos made it 3-1 at 11:38 with a shorthanded effort. Kostopoulos passed to Markov on a three-on-one, and one-timed the defenseman's return pass beyond Biron for his first Canadiens goal.
- Andy Geleff
Andy@flyershive.com