Canadiens Lineup

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson

Mike Hoffman – Rem Pitlick – Brendan Gallagher

Laurent Dauphin – Ryan Poehling – Joel Armia

Michael Pezzetta – Jake Evans – Paul Byron

Alexander Romanov – Ben Chiarot

Brett Kulak – Jeff Petry

Corey Schueneman – Chris Wideman

Sam Montembeault – Cayden Primeau

Mathieu Perreault, Joel Edmundson

Artturi Lehkonen (upper-body), Kale Clague (upper-body), Andrew Hammond (lower-body), Tyler Pitlick (undisclosed), Christian Dvorak (upper-body), David Savard (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Jake Allen (lower-body), Carey Price (knee), Shea Weber (multiple injuries)

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Game Report

Let’s be honest. Nothing mattered in this game until we reached the 59th minute and beyond.

Oh sure, the Flyers and Canadiens Nick Suzuki traded goals in the first three periods. But truth be told, this game was a snoozer from two of the NHL’s bottom-feeding teams. Even the broadcasters seemed distracted by the news that Tom Brady had ended his brief retirement.

But then, with the game winding down and the Canadiens trailing 3-2, Sam Montembeault headed to the bench for an extra attacker. The Canadiens won an offensive zone faceoff which led to Chris Wideman kneeing Joel Farabee in an uncomfortable place.

With Farabee writhing on the ice, the play was stopped and Wideman was assessed a major penalty. After some discussion among the officials, the infraction was reduced to a two-minute penalty for interference. This decision would prove to be key to the outcome.

With one minute remaining, the Flyers had a one goal lead and were on the power-play. The situation seemed bleak. But then Ben Chiarot stole the puck from Travis Sanheim and centred it to Rem Pitlick. The Canadiens tied the game with an unlikely short-handed goal with 43 seconds remaining. 

The Canadiens continued to be shorthanded for the first minute of overtime but were able to kill off the rest of Wideman’s penalty. In another twist to the script, after Mike Hoffman broke his stick and headed to the bench, Cole Caufield jumped on the ice and blasted a shot past Carter Hart for the overtime win.

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The Canadiens added two more players to the injury list. Artturi Lehkonen suffered an upper-body injury in the warmup and did not play.

Ryan Poehling was taken awkwardly into the boards in the second period by Justin Braun and he did not return to the game with an upper-body injury. Poehling played a key role in Suzuki’s first goal by setting a screen on the power-play.

The Canadiens returned to Montreal for a Tuesday night matchup against the Arizona Coyotes at the Bell Centre.

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