The Canadiens limited the Flyers to eight shots on goal in the first period and rarely allowed them to get close to Price. They allowed nine shots on goal in the third when Philadelphia was pushing to get back into the game.
"I thought it was a good road game because I thought we respected the Flyers offense and how they create it, and a lot of it is from shooting from everywhere," Montreal coach Claude Julien said. "But also behind the net, the slot, the net front, they're really good, and I thought we did a really good job in that area tonight, to take away that part of it. On the rushes, I thought we did a great job of backchecking, sorting it out at the blue line, when they curled up, when they looked for the trailer, we had that part covered as well. I thought defensively we were solid. We didn't give them much, and when we had those opportunities, we made the most of it."
The Flyers said they should have done more to create traffic in front of Price, especially in the first.
"We made it a little easy on him," Couturier said. "He saw a lot of pucks. He's the type of goalie that when he sees the puck, he makes it look easy."
