🔔 Away Flyers 17-7-6
2–5
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 16-9-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🔔 PHI 1012
🇨🇦 MTL 3115

Flyers at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Flyers 5–2 at Bell Centre on December 18, 2008.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Guillaume Latendresse
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 13:36 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Sergei Kostitsyn
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 12:32 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Steve Begin
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 10:11 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Matt D'Agostini Go-ahead 1st · 06:00
Assists: Maxim Lapierre, Patrice Brisebois · beat Antero Niittymaki
0–1
🇨🇦 Sergei Kostitsyn PP 1st · 10:33
Assists: Robert Lang, Guillaume Latendresse · beat Antero Niittymaki
0–2
🇨🇦 Steve Begin 1st · 15:26
Assists: Tom Kostopoulos, Sergei Kostitsyn · beat Antero Niittymaki
0–3
🔔 Arron Asham 1st · 15:58
Assists: Scottie Upshall, Glen Metropolit · beat Jaroslav Halak
1–3
2nd period
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev 2nd · 06:20
Assists: Steve Begin, Mike Komisarek · beat Antero Niittymaki
1–4
3rd period
🔔 Braydon Coburn 3rd · 13:28
Assists: Glen Metropolit, Arron Asham · beat Jaroslav Halak
2–4
🇨🇦 Guillaume Latendresse PP 3rd · 18:57
Assists: Robert Lang, Alex Tanguay · beat Antero Niittymaki
2–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔔Flyers
L1 Gagne · Richards · Carter 18:51
L2 Hartnell · Metropolit · Knuble 17:25
L3 Lupul · Upshall · Asham 14:58
L4 Cote · Powe · Nodl 4:11
D1 Coburn · Timonen 23:22
D2 Carle · Vaananen 20:27
D3 Sbisa · Alberts 16:32
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Tanguay · Plekanec · Kovalev 20:28
L2 Lang · Kostopoulos · D'Agostini 14:35
L3 Latendresse · Kostitsyn · Lapierre 13:36
L4 Kostitsyn · Begin · Laraque 10:11
D1 Markov · Komisarek 25:18
D2 Gorges · Hamrlik 20:50
D3 Brisebois · Bouillon 13:30

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🔔PHI MTL🇨🇦
31 Shots on goal 31
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
36 Hits 38
13 Blocked shots 20
7 Takeaways 14
8 Giveaways 18
14 Penalty minutes 6
PHI shooting 6.5% (2/31) MTL shooting 16.1% (5/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔔Flyers
Antero Niittymaki
26/31
.839 SV% · 5 GA · 59:21 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jaroslav Halak
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–3
Flyers
Flyers — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Flyers
Flyers: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 2–1
Nov 152008 🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–1 Oct 132008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔔PHI 5–3 May 32008 🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–4 Apr 302008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔔PHI 2–4 Apr 282008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔔PHI 2–3
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Who won Flyers vs Canadiens on December 18, 2008?

Canadiens won 5–2. The final score was Flyers 2, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Flyers?

Arron Asham, Braydon Coburn.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Alex Kovalev, Guillaume Latendresse, Matt D'Agostini, Sergei Kostitsyn, Steve Begin.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Antero Niittymaki made 26 saves on 31 shots (.839 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

Where is Flyers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Flyers vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🔔 Flyers
BeforeDec 16 🏔️COL @ 🔔PHI 2–5 AfterDec 20 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 1–7
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 16 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 2–3 AfterDec 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4
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