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Kovalchuk, Price Lead Canadiens past Flyers 4-1

By The Canadian Press January 16th, 2020

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PHILADELPHIA — Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice and Carey Price recorded 40 saves as the Montreal Canadiens avoided a season series sweep with a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

Tomas Tatar scored his 17th goal of the season and Artturi Lehkonen added his 11th for the Canadiens, who find themselves six points behind Philadelphia for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Joel Farabee broke a 17-game scoreless drought with his fourth goal of the season to give the Flyers a brief lead in the first period. Alex Lyon recorded 36 saves in his first NHL action since starting goaltender Carter Hart was injured earlier in the week.

Kovalchuk, who has three goals and seven assists since signing with Montreal on Jan. 3, broke a 1-1 tie on the power play just two minutes into the second period when he took a deflected Shea Weber shot from the point and slammed it into the open left side of the net.

Los Angeles Kings Ilya Kovalchuk and Vegas Golden Knights Deryk Engelland
Former Los Angeles King Ilya Kovalchuk and Vegas Golden Knights Deryk Engelland (AP Photo/John Locher)

Just 11 seconds later, Lehkonen tipped a pass into the slot from Phillip Danault between Lyon’s pads. Kovalchuk added the final score midway through the third period with a wrist shot.

That’s all that Price needed as he controlled the Flyers offence by refusing deep rebounds in front. The veteran netminder recorded his third straight win, stopping 112 out of 114 shots during that stretch.

NOTES

The Flyers recalled Farabee earlier on Wednesday to replace Chris Stewart. Philadelphia has been forced to do a number of roster moves and juggling because of the abdominal injury to Hart and a tight salary cap situation. Hart is expected to miss two to three weeks — a timeframe mitigated somewhat due to the All-Star break and the Flyers post-break bye. … The win moved Montreal coach Claude Julian into a tie with Ron Wilson for 13th place on the list for most wins as an NHL head coach with 648. … Kovalchuk’s two goals brought his career total to 27 in 52 games against the Flyers.

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Canadiens: Host Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night in the teams’ final game before the All-Star break.

Flyers: Host Los Angeles Kintgs on Saturday night in second game of three game homestand leading into the All-Star break.

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Kevin Cooney, The Associated Press

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