Habs Fall apart on Price, lose 3-2 to Flyers

The Montreal Canadiens came out strong on Monday night. Unfortunately it lasted just 20 minutes.

Down 2-0 to the visiting team, the Philadelphia Flyers dominated the Candadiens in the final two periods for a 3-2 win.

The loss cannot be blamed on Carey Price, who faced 45 shots on the night, notably in the second period, where the Flyers outshot the Canadiens 21-5 in the second period.

Ville Leino, Claude Giroux and James van Riemsdyk scored for Philadelphia

Maxim Lapierre had the two goals for Montreal.

FLYERS LINEUP

Forwards

van Riemsdyk - Richards - Nodl

Hartnell - Briere - Leino

Powe - Giroux - Carter

Zherdev - Betts - Shelley

Defence Pairings

Meszaros - O'Donnell

Pronger - Carle

Timonen - Coburn

Goalies

Boucher, Bobovsky

The Canadiens roster will remain the same as Saturday, with Price getting his 20th start of the season.

Don't be surprised however to see coach Jacques Martin mix up the lines just before or after puck drop.

CANADIENS LINEUP

Forwards:

Brian Gionta - Tomas Plekanec - Mike Cammalleri

Andrei Kostitsyn - Scott Gomez - Maxim Lapierre

Benoit Pouliot - Jeff Halpern - Yannick Weber

Travis Moen -Lars Eller -Tom Pyatt

Defense Parings:

P.K. Subban- Alexandre Picard

Josh Gorges - Hal Gill

Jaroslav Spacek- Roman Hamrlik

Goalies:

Carey Price , Alex Auld

Captain Kirk on the Fan590: The Canadiens assistant coach talks to Greg Brady (no not that one) on the late Pat Burns, as well as the Habs season thus far and his move to coaching.

Follow the Flyers faithful at Broad Street Hockey

SCORING SUMMARY

First Period

1. MTL Maxim Lapierre (Pouliot, Halpern) 11:51

2. MTL Maxim Lapierre (Pouliot) 16:07

Second Period

3. PHI Ville Leino (Briere, Hartnell) 14:53

Third Period

4. Claude Giroux (Powe, O'Donnell) 1:48

5. James van Riemsdyk (Coburn, Richards) 7:42

Three Stars: 1. James van Riemsdyk 2. Carey Price 3. Darrel Powe

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