Canadiens at Flyers - Third Period Thread
For the second straight period, the Canadiens came out asleep before finding their game. And they're back where they started, up by one goal.
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
13:13 MTL A. EMELIN (3) SNAP - ASST: M. PACIORETTY (18) AND D. DESHARNAIS (13) 1 - 0 MTL
2ND PERIOD
04:47 PHI S. COUTURIER (3) SNAP - ASST: R. FEDOTENKO (8) AND S. GAGNE (7) 1 - 1 TIE
15:43 PHI S. GAGNE (3) WRIST - ASST: O. LAURIDSEN (1) AND L. SCHENN (6) 2 - 1 PHI
16:29 MTL B. PRUST (5) WRIST - ASST: J. HALPERN (2) AND A. GALCHENYUK (13) 2 - 2 TIE
16:49 MTL D. DESHARNAIS (9) SNAP - ASST: A. EMELIN (9) 3 - 2 MTL
PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
09:28 PHI MIKE KNUBLE : TRIPPING - 2 MIN (JEFF HALPERN)
16:12 PHI KIMMO TIMONEN : HOOKING - 2 MIN (DAVID DESHARNAIS)
20:00 PHI BRAYDEN SCHENN : UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT - 2 MIN (P.K. SUBBAN)
2ND PERIOD
02:13 PHI WAYNE SIMMONDS : FIGHTING - 5 MIN (TRAVIS MOEN)
02:13 MTL TRAVIS MOEN : FIGHTING - 5 MIN (WAYNE SIMMONDS)
02:15 PHI ZAC RINALDO : FIGHTING - 5 MIN (BRANDON PRUST)
02:15 MTL BRANDON PRUST : FIGHTING - 5 MIN (ZAC RINALDO)
02:18 MTL MIKE BLUNDEN : TRIPPING - 2 MIN (JAKUB VORACEK)
Could talk about the goals, but let's talk about something more worrying. Tomas Plekanec is injured and won't return tonight. The speculation is that it's a groin injury. Since he was clearly hurt in the first, and played a bit over 3 minutes since then, I'm going to assume it's relatively minor.
Don't freak out. Lars Eller will now get his chance to shine, while Galchenyuk will take over the 3rd line C duties. This team has depth.