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Habs Fall Flat | RECAP: PHI @ MTL

Rick Stephens

GAME RECAP | Montreal Canadiens vs Philadelphia Flyers: Habs, Line-up, Score, Statistics, Highlights, Post-game, Interviews, NHL, Three-Stars

FINAL | Game 78, Home Game 39 | Thursday April 21, 2022
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC

CANADIENS

Montreal

3-6

FLYERS

Philadelphia
Alexander Romanov, Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson

Rafael Harvey-Pinard – Jake Evans – Rem Pitlick

Mike Hoffman – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher

Mathieu Perreault – Ryan Poehling – Tyler Pitlick

Defence pairings

Alexander Romanov – David Savard

Joel Edmundson – Jeff Petry

Kale Clague – Chris Wideman

Goaltenders

Carey Price – Sam Montembeault

Scratches

William Lagesson, Laurent Dauphin, Jordan Harris

Injuries

Paul Byron (lower-body), Michael Pezzetta (suspended), Joel Armia (family), Jake Allen (lower-body), Justin Barron (lower-body), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Shea Weber (multiple injuries)

Game Report

Congratulations if you made it the whole way through this game from start to finish. It was an ugly game of hockey.

Each team entered the game with losses in a row. But it was the Canadiens that seemed far more determined throughout the night to keep their losing streak intact.

There are many statistics that could be used to describe this painful game but here’s one that puts things in perspective. The notoriously partisan off-ice officials at the Bell Centre no doubt minimized the carnage, but even by their calculation giveaways were 20-4 for the Canadiens.

The home side was sloppy, careless and disinterested. As a result, the Flyers were gifted numerous, unhindered opportunities.

For a short time, the interim chief advocate of fun was a breath of fresh air to Canadiens players and fans. But lately, it has appeared that there is a really good reason that 31 other teams in the NHL play with systems and structure. Championing chaos may entertain 11-year-olds but in the pro ranks it leads to what we witnessed tonight.

The silver lining is that the Canadiens have a very good chance of finishing the season in one of the bottom two positions in the standings. That bodes well for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft where the Canadiens should find themselves picking in one of the top four spots.

Up Next

Four games remain in this difficult season with two games away and two at the Bell Centre.

The Canadiens will travel to Ottawa to meet the Senators on Saturday night.

Plus

▲  Jeff Petry, Joel Edmundson, Nick Suzuki, Ryan Poehling, Jake Evans

Minus

▼  Kale Clague, Christian Dvorak, Mathieu Perreault, Chris Wideman, Mike Hoffman,  Brendan Gallagher, David Savard, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Rem Pitlick

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Harvey-Pinard Returns | PREVIEW: PHI @ MTL

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   FLYERS
34 Shots 34
59 Face-off % 41
0-for-1 Power Play 0-for-3
8 Penalty Minutes 4
15 Hits 22
49 Corsi For 47
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (20-47-11) 1 1 1 – – 3
Flyers (24-43-11) 2 2 2 – – 6
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Hoffman (12), Evans (12), Caufield (19)
  • PHI: van Riemsdyk (22), Provorov (9), Lindblom (12), Konecny (15), Frost (4), van Riemsdyk (23)
  • MTL: Price (L) (0-3-0)
  • PHI: Jones (W) (11-17-3)

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
  1.  Ivan Provorov  PHI
  2.  Travis Konecny  PHI
  3.  James van Riemsdyk  PHI

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What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Marty St. Louis

  • “We had good times, but not enough. Our execution was not very good. Our recognition of the game was not very good. We were a bit slow to read the game. And when we read the game correctly, our execution wasn’t very good. This led to several turnovers.”

Brendan Gallagher

  • “I know what I did and we stole one. The referees did not see the game well and believed it was impossible to go to review. We were lucky.”

Jeff Petry

  • “No one is happy with the results. We do good things at times even in defeats, but the results are frustrating. I’ve been part of teams that would have given up at this point in the season, but there are still things to work on here and we want to finish the campaign strong.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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