GAME NOTES
QUICK STATS
Regular Season Series: 2-1-0
Playoff Series: 6 Series (3 wins, 3 losses)
Playoff Games: 32gp (16-16)
Playoff Leading Scorer:
PHI - Scott Laughton (3g-2a): 5pts
MTL - Shea Weber (3g-2a): 5pts
1. ONE FOR THE MONEY
The Flyers took Game 1 by a 2-1 margin, their only one-goal game of the playoffs thus far, while the Habs had their third out of five games decided by a goal... The Canadiens had five players log over 20 minutes of ice time in Game 1, while the Flyers had just two (Provorov & Niskanen)... Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher led all players with seven shots, Flyers forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Montreal defenseman Ben Chiarot led with six hits... Prior to this series, both teams scored all of their goals at even strength, but in Game 1 two of the three total goals were scored on the power play... For both of these teams, the team that scores the first goal has won the game in the playoffs thus far.
2. TWO FOR THE SHOW
The Flyers have won 23 of 32 series when winning Game 1 and have won Game 2 18 times after winning Game 1, going 18-14... The Flyers have never lost a series when winning the first two games of a series, they own a perfect 18-0 series record when going up 2 games to 0 in a best-of-seven series... The Canadiens own an all-time record of 23-24 in Game 2 when losing Game 1 in a best-of-seven series - when winning Game 2 after losing Game 1 they own an 11-12 series record, but own a 5-18 series record when losing the first two games of a best-of-seven series.
3. D TO GET READY
The Habs got their lone goal from defenseman Shea Weber, marking their fifth goal of the playoffs by a defenseman of their 11 total goals through five games (45%)... Their five goals from d-men are tied for the playoff lead... A Canadiens defenseman has factored into nine of their 11 goals in the playoffs, while the Flyers had a defenseman factor into both goals in Game 1 and their d-core has nine points (2g-7a) in four games... The Flyers were T-2nd in the NHL in goals from defensemen (44) while the Canadiens were T-5th (42) in the regular season.
4. AND FOUR "FACTS" TO GO
Through four playoff games thus far, the Flyers have not trailed at any point... The Flyers are the only team remaining in the playoffs to have not allowed a goal in the first period, one of three teams to have allowed just one goal in the third period, including the only team in the Eastern Conference... Defenseman Shea Weber leads the team in scoring with five points (3g-3a) in five games - After going scoreless in the first two games, he has recorded a goal in each of his last three and all five point in that stretch... Defenseman Philippe Myers ranks second among all players in the playoffs in plus-minus (+7).
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
FLYERS (D: #9 - Ivan Provorov)
Provorov led the Flyers defense in ice time during the regular season (24:51) which ranked eighth in the NHL and on the playoffs, he averages the same (24:51) through four games... He has two assists and is a +3 in the postseason... Combined with the regular season, Provorov has three points (1g-2a) in his last four games against Montreal.
CANADIENS (RW: #11 - Brendan Gallagher)
Gallagher posted his first point since Game 1 of the series vs. PIT with an assist on the Habs only goal of Game 1... Montreal was 18-3-1 in games when Gallagher scored... He also posted 10 goals and 22 points in 31 games following a loss this season... Against the Flyers, he has 10 goals and 16 points in 22 regular season games.
