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Montreal Canadiens at Philadelphia Flyers

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Montreal Canadiens
33-29-9
Final
4 - 6
Philadelphia Flyers
29-36-9

Michkov leads Flyers past Canadiens 6-4 in first game after Tortorella's firing

Christian Dvorak lights the lamp

With Brad Shaw serving as interim coach, Philadelphia ended a six-game losing streak and handed Montreal its fourth straight loss.

Michkov opened the scoring at 1:55 of the first period, assisted on the first of Sean Couturier's two goals and added his 22nd goal in the third. Tortorella came under scrutiny when he scratched Michkov or benched him for long periods, explaining it was part of a tough-love approach toward with the Russian rookie.

Nicolas Deslauriers and Tyson Foerster also scored, and Samuel Ersson made 26 saves.

Alex Newhook, Cole Caufield, Patrik Laine and Christian Dvorak scored for Montreal. Jakub Dobes stopped 24 shots.

Takeaways Canadiens: Montreal is in the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Flyers: Philadelphia lost 11 of its last 12 games under Tortorella.

Key moment Michkov shoveled the puck high into the net against Dobes to give the Flyers the early lead.

Key stat Michkov had six shots in 20:29 of ice time.

Up next The Canadiens are at Ottawa on Friday night. The Flyers host Buffalo on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 1:55 Matvei Michkov Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Travis Konecny (45), Sean Couturier (26)
Goal 1st Period 7:55 Alex Newhook Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: David Savard (14), Lane Hutson (50)
Goal 1st Period 10:13 Nicolas Deslauriers Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Olle Lycksell (4), Rodrigo Abols (3)
Goal 1st Period 11:15 Sean Couturier Goal (13) Deflected, assists: Matvei Michkov (32), Jakob Pelletier (11)
Goal 3rd Period 2:15 Cole Caufield Goal (34) Snap Shot, assists: Jayden Struble (10), Lane Hutson (51)
Goal 3rd Period 10:09 Tyson Foerster Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Seeler (13), Bobby Brink (23)
Goal 3rd Period 11:43 Sean Couturier Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 13:34 Christian Dvorak Goal (10) Backhand, assists: Josh Anderson (11), Brendan Gallagher (14)
Goal 3rd Period 13:52 Matvei Michkov Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 16:47 Patrik Laine Goal (18) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (52), Juraj Slafkovský (28)

Statistics

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11 Blocked Shots 17
20 Hits 16
6 Takeaways 3
30 Shots 30
0 Power Play Goals 1
2 Power Play Opportunities 4
0.0 Power Play Percentage 25.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
29 Faceoffs Won 30
49.2 Faceoff Win Percent 50.8
18 Giveaways 16
5 Total Penalties 3
10 Penalty Minutes 6
Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Rasmus Ristolainen, D Out Apr 24
Eetu Makiniemi, G Out Apr 17
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Sam Montembeault, G Day-To-Day Apr 25
Patrik Laine, RW Out Apr 25
Rafael Harvey-Pinard, LW Out Mar 19

Game Information

Wells Fargo Center

Location: Philadelphia, PA
Attendance: 19,284 | Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 52 26 108 4
Tampa Bay 47 27 102 8
Florida 47 31 98 4
Ottawa 45 30 97 7
Montreal 40 31 91 11
Detroit 39 35 86 8
Buffalo 36 39 79 7
Boston 33 39 76 10

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 51 22 111 9
Carolina 47 30 99 5
New Jersey 42 33 91 7
Columbus 40 33 89 9
NY Rangers 39 36 85 7
NY Islanders 35 35 82 12
Pittsburgh 34 36 80 12
Philadelphia 33 39 76 10
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