Hidden Game: Surging Canadiens beat Flyers for third straight win

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Cayden Primeau falls in need of his third shutout, however “you do not play for a shutout,” he says.

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We’re going out on a limb and counsel a playoff collection between the Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers can be a factor of magnificence.

Alas, it received’t happen this season.

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Between the coincidental roughing minors assessed to Arber Xhekaj and Scott Laughton on the finish of the primary interval, Jayden Struble and Owen Tippett mixing it up early within the second interval, or the groups milling about at centre ice and doing loads of jawing towards one another on the finish of that interval, it appears these groups don’t significantly like each other.

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In addition to, the ink-stenched wretches of the fifth property would love listening to voluble Philadelphia head coach John Tortorella for a possible seven-game collection.

Nice moments in NHL scheduling: The Flyers return to the Bell Centre for the second time in lower than two weeks on April 9.

It solely took 72 video games: The Canadiens have now received three straight for the primary time this season.

Play ball: In honour of the opening day of the Main League Baseball season, we salute Canadiens’ goaltender Cayden Primeau, who made a glove save within the recreation’s ninth minute on Laughton with Philadelphia on the facility play.

Information you want (Half I): The shot by Laughton, at exactly 8:18, was the Flyers’ final one till Erik Johnson’s slapper was stopped by Primeau with 2:10 remaining. Fortuitously, Primeau managed to stay awake.

Get up: By means of 11 minutes of this contest, the Canadiens had two photographs at Samuel Ersson.

Who wants photographs anyhow: Montreal opened the scoring on its third shot, a power-play aim by Nick Suzuki, at 12:58.

Move of the night time: Juraj Slafkovsky to Suzuki, who was left alone along side the online, scoring simply.

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Milestone: It was Suzuki’s thirtieth aim this season, the primary time in his profession he has reached that plateau. He turns into the primary Canadiens’ 30-goal scorer since Brendan Gallagher produced 33 in the course of the 2018-19 season.

Information you want (Half II): Slafkovsky, the primary general draft alternative final season, now has a nine-game level streak for the primary time in his profession — and certain not the final.

The stoop is over: Jesse Ylönen scored the Canadiens’ second aim at 16:46 of the opening interval, changing a rebound in entrance. It was his first aim in 44 video games after he scored twice towards Vegas again on Nov. 16.

Information you want (Half III): That is what Montreal has achieved within the first interval of its final three video games: 4-0 towards Seattle; 2-1 over Colorado and 2-0 versus the Flyers. Possibly this staff isn’t that distant from contending in spite of everything?

Dumb penalty: Colin White’s second-period slash on Laughton wasn’t crucial.

In different penalty information: It was a trifecta for Xhekaj. Slashing and roughing within the first interval and hooking within the third.

Play Pezzetta: We thought it was a mirage at first however, sure, that was Pezzetta killing a penalty within the second interval. We stay for the day head coach Martin St. Louis makes use of him on the facility play.

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Sport of inches: Struble hit the publish within the last minute of the second interval, denying the Canadiens’ a three-goal benefit.

Terry Baker would have missed, broad proper: The Flyers appeared to attain their first aim early within the third interval. Nonetheless, following a video evaluation, it was decided Garnet Hathaway kicked the puck in.

Typically the hockey gods are in your facet: At 5:48 of the identical interval, Philadelphia once more appeared to attain. However St. Louis challenged the obvious aim by Morgan Frost and it was decided Tyson Foerster was offside on the play.

And typically, they’re not: Suzuki batted a puck out of mid-air at 11:49, previous Ersson. However the potential third Canadiens aim was disallowed after a video evaluation decided he scored with the stick over his shoulders.

Tim Horton would have been proud: Earlier than he went into the espresso enterprise, the late defenceman, constructed like a fireplace hydrant, was famend for hip checks. Xhekaj delivered a traditional one on Joel Farabee within the third interval.

Information you want (Half IV): Tippett’s aim with 61 seconds remaining in regulation time was the primary rating allowed by Primeau on residence ice in 178:43. He was this near his third shutout this season. With 29 stops, his save proportion was .967.

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Stat of the night time: Canadiens defenceman David Savard blocked seven photographs.

Subsequent time, decline the penalty: The Flyers went 0-for-4 with the person benefit.

They stated it: “You don’t play for a shutout,” Primeau stated. “They’re good once you get them however that’s not why you play. It will have been good to get one however a win is simply as good.

“The hockey gods have been on my facet just a little bit,” he added. “It’s good to guide the sport as a substitute of chase it.”

“That’s all the time our aim, to only hold constructing,” stated Mike Matheson, who had three assists together with a team-high 25:04 of ice time. “We’ve been enjoying some actually good groups within the final short time. For a stretch there we weren’t getting wins but it surely felt like we have been nonetheless enjoying effectively. It’s good to begin getting these wins, too, only for confidence and for higher issues to return.”

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