GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: PHILADELPHIA (7-3) at MONTREAL (6-5)

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    NHL: PHILADELPHIA at MONTREAL

    <div class="pre">------------------------------------
    Philadelphia 1 0 1 --2
    Montreal 1 2 2 --5
    ------------------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Montreal, Saku Koivu 4 (Roman Hamrlik, Kyle
    Chipchura), 8:53. 2, Philadelphia, Mike Richards 7 (power play)
    (Daniel Briere, Kimmo Timonen), 16:50. Penalties: M Komisarek, Mon
    (major fighting), 6:20; S Hartnell, Phi (major fighting), 6:20; S
    Begin, Mon (high sticking), 7:15; M Knuble, Phi (interference), 8:19;
    R Hamrlik, Mon (cross checking), 15:23.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Montreal, Alexei Kovalev 7 (power play)
    (Unassisted), 7:28. 4, Montreal, Tom Kostopoulos 1 (shorthanded)
    (Andrei Markov), 11:38. Penalties: A Kovalev, Mon (holding), 2:36; D
    Briere, Phi (tripping), 7:14; R Hamrlik, Mon (tripping), 11:02; M
    Komisarek, Mon (hooking), 15:39.

    THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse 2 (Saku
    Koivu), 8:21. 7, Montreal, Chris Higgins 5 (power play) (Mark Streit,
    Michael Ryder), 16:42. 8, Philadelphia, Scottie Upshall 1 (power play)
    (Jeff Carter, Lasse Kukkonen), 19:32. Penalties: B Eager, Phi (major
    fighting, game misconduct), 8:24; T Kostopoulos, Mon (major fighting),
    8:24; N Guenin, Phi (elbowing), 10:18; R Cote, Phi ( misconduct),
    15:13; P Brisebois, Mon ( misconduct), 15:13; M Richards, Phi
    (elbowing), 15:43; J Smith, Phi (slashing), 15:43; T Plekanec, Mon
    (holding), 17:52.

    Shots on goal:
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    Philadelphia 6 7 6 --19
    Montreal 15 12 14 --41
    ---------------------------------------

    Missed penalty shots: Roman Hamrlik, Mon, 13:12 second.
    Power-play Conversions: Philadelphia - 2 of 6, Montreal - 2 of 5.
    Goalies : Philadelphia, Martin Biron (41 shots, 36 saves; record:
    7-3-0). Montreal, Cristobal Huet (19 shots, 17 saves; record: 5-1-2).
    A: 21,273. Referees: Chris Lee, Justin St. Pierre. Linesmen: Brad
    Kovachik, Pierre Champoux.</div>
     
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    NHL: PHILADELPHIA at MONTREAL

    <div class="pre">-----------------------------------------
    PHILADELPHIA 1 0 1 --2
    MONTREAL 1 2 2 --5
    -----------------------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Montreal, Saku Koivu 4 (Roman Hamrlik, Kyle
    Chipchura), 8:53. 2, Philadelphia, Mike Richards 7 (power play)
    (Daniel Briere, Kimmo Timonen), 16:50. Penalties: M Komisarek, Mon
    (major fighting), 6:20; S Hartnell, Phi (major fighting), 6:20; S
    Begin, Mon (high sticking), 7:15; M Knuble, Phi (interference), 8:19;
    R Hamrlik, Mon (cross checking), 15:23.

    SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Montreal, Alexei Kovalev 7 (power play)
    (Unassisted), 7:28. 4, Montreal, Tom Kostopoulos 1 (shorthanded)
    (Andrei Markov), 11:38. Penalties: A Kovalev, Mon (holding), 2:36; D
    Briere, Phi (tripping), 7:14; R Hamrlik, Mon (tripping), 11:02; M
    Komisarek, Mon (hooking), 15:39.

    THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse 2 (Saku
    Koivu), 8:21. 7, Montreal, Chris Higgins 5 (power play) (Mark Streit,
    Michael Ryder), 16:42. 8, Philadelphia, Scottie Upshall 1 (power play)
    (Jeff Carter, Lasse Kukkonen), 19:32. Penalties: B Eager, Phi (major
    fighting, game misconduct), 8:24; T Kostopoulos, Mon (major fighting),
    8:24; N Guenin, Phi (elbowing), 10:18; R Cote, Phi ( misconduct),
    15:13; P Brisebois, Mon ( misconduct), 15:13; M Richards, Phi
    (elbowing), 15:43; J Smith, Phi (slashing), 15:43; T Plekanec, Mon
    (holding), 17:52.

    Shots on goal:
    ----------------------------------------
    PHILADELPHIA 6 7 6 --19
    MONTREAL 15 12 14 --41
    ----------------------------------------

    Missed penalty shots: Roman Hamrlik, Mon, 13:12 second.
    Power-play Conversions: PHI - 2 of 6, MON - 2 of 5. Goalies :
    Philadelphia, Martin Biron (41 shots, 36 saves; record: 7-3-0).
    Montreal, Cristobal Huet (19 shots, 17 saves; record: 5-1-2). A:
    21,273. Referees: Chris Lee, Justin St. Pierre. Linesmen: Brad
    Kovachik, Pierre Champoux.

    INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

    PHILADELPHIA MONTREAL
    G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
    J Dowd 0 0 even 0 S Koivu 1 1 +2 1
    J Lupul 0 0 -1 0 T Plekanec 0 0 even 3
    J Carter 0 1 -1 4 B Smolinski 0 0 even 2
    M Richards 1 0 -1 4 C Higgins 1 0 even 3
    S Hartnell 0 0 even 3 S Begin 0 0 even 3
    R Umberger 0 0 even 2 M Dandenault 0 0 even 3
    J Smith 0 0 -1 0 J Gorges 0 0 even 0
    M Knuble 0 0 -2 0 A Kovalev 1 0 +1 3
    S Kapanen 0 0 even 1 K Chipchura 0 1 +2 2
    L Kukkonen 0 1 even 0 M Streit 0 1 even 2
    N Guenin 0 0 even 0 R Hamrlik 0 1 +2 4
    R Cote 0 0 even 0 A Kostitsyn 0 0 even 2
    K Timonen 0 1 -1 1 T Kostopoulos 1 0 +2 2
    D Briere 0 1 -2 1 P Brisebois 0 0 +1 0
    B Coburn 0 0 -2 2 M Ryder 0 1 even 3
    B Eager 0 0 even 0 A Markov 0 1 +1 0
    R Fitzpatrick 0 0 -1 0 M Komisarek 0 0 +2 0
    S Upshall 1 0 -2 1 G Latendresse 1 0 +1 8
    R Jones SUSPENDED NHL F Bouillon SHOULDER
    G Murray ANKLE INJURY
    M Grabovski HEALTHY</div>
     
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    MONTREAL (Ticker) -- Saku Koivu came through loud and clear onThursday.


    The Montreal Canadiens' captain had a goal and an assist andAlexei Kovalev scored his fourth tally in five games to lead theteam to a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

    Koivu, who drew the ire of the Montreal fans for not speakingFrench on Wednesday, opened the scoring less than nine minutesinto the game.


    With a penalty waiting to be called on the Flyers, netminderCristobal Huet raced to the bench to allow Koivu to join theplay as the extra attacker. Defenseman Roman Hamrlik droppedthe puck to the rushing Finn, who wristed a shot betweengoaltender Martin Biron's pads for his fourth goal of theseason.


    "They have some skill, they have some size, but tonight, we hadsome jump," Koivu said. "We played our style, we didn't turnthe puck over at all and we were able to create some offensewhen we got the puck deep in their zone. It was a good game forus."


    Kovalev's power-play goal broke open the game in the secondperiod.


    With the contest tied at 1-1 with 7:28 remaining in the session,Kovalev worked his way along the boards in offensive zonebefore cutting back to the top of the left faceoff circle andwristing a shot that beat Biron just under the crossbar.

    The Canadiens, who have scored on 16-of-42 power plays in theirlast seven games, now have a league-best 21 goals with the manadvantage.


    Tom Kostopoulos added a shorthanded tally just over four minuteslater to increase the advantage to 3-1 for Montreal, which haswon five of its last six games.


    Kostopoulos stripped the puck from Mike Richards at his own blueline and moved down the left wing with defenseman Andrei Markovtrailing. After a brief exchange between the two, Kostopoulosone-timed the return pass past Biron at 11:38.


    A great individual play by Koivu gave the Canadiens their fourthgoal.


    Koivu stripped Flyers captain Jason Smith of the puck and racedup the wing before feeding Guillaume Latendresse at the goalmouth for an easy tap-in at 8:21 of the third.


    "The way we played with the lead in the third period is the waywe have to do it," Koivu said. "Throughout the season, for themost part, we've played well, but last game (against Atlanta)was a different mind set. We had lost focus.


    "It was real important for us to come out strong and play a goodgame, and I think we played all three periods real well."

    Christopher Higgins scored on a 5-on-3 power play, gathering arebound in front of the net and burying it with just over threeminutes remaining in the period.


    Richards scored his team-leading seventh goal to level the gameat 1-1 with 3:10 remaining in the first period.


    Daniel Briere accepted a feed from defenseman Kimmo Timonen andweaved his way through the offensive zone before backhanding apass to Richards, whose shot caromed off Markov's skate and intothe net for a power-play goal.


    "We knew there was going to be energy in the building, it's oneof the best places to play in," Richards said. "There wasenergy out there until the end of the game, and we didn't doenough to take them out of it.


    "We've been giving up shots, a lot every night, and Montreal's agood team, they capitalized on their opportunities and we gavethem too many solid opportunities and second chances. The bestthing is, we're turning around and doing it again (in Washingtonon Friday). We obviously didn't play our best game tonight, sowe hope to turn it around with a better one."


    Montreal fans booed Briere every time he touched the puck. The5-9, 177-pound French-Canadian spurned an offer from theCanadiens before signing an eight-year, $52 million deal withthe Flyers on July 1.


    "It wasn't hard, it was a lot of fun," Briere said of hisreception. "Especially early on, it was motivational, it was agreat atmosphere to play in. Obviously, I'm disappointed withthe result - we didn't get to show the real Flyers."

    Scottie Upshall, playing his first game since suffering a brokenwrist in the preseason, scored with 28 seconds remaining in thefinal period.


    "We didn't do a very good job of checking them. We let theirforwards come up the ice too fast," Philadelphia coach JohnStevens said. "Montreal moves the puck real well and, rightnow, they're built like Carolina - with speed and they move thepuck over."


    Biron made 36 saves for Philadelphia, while Huet stopped 17shots for Montreal.


    Philadelphia defenseman Randy Jones served the first contest ofhis two-game suspension, which was handed down Monday for hishit on Boston's Patrice Bergeron in the Flyers' 2-1 victory onSaturday.
     

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