Philadelphia Flyers Vs Montreal Canadiens

Arena: Bell Centre
Time: Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 3:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America
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Suddenly, a Philadelphia romp in the Eastern Conference Finals has been replaced by an intriguing series, thanks to Montreal’s dominating 5-1 win in Game 3 at the Bell Centre on Thursday night. That emphatic win washed away, at least temporarily, the dominance that Philadelphia showed in the first two games, outscoring Montreal 9-0 at the Wachovia Center. Now, the Canadiens have the confidence to believe they can rally from a deficit for the third-straight series, while the Flyers are suddenly questioning themselves, believing they have yet to play their best game. If Montreal can ride the wave of the Bell Centre crowd again in Game 4 and pull off another victory, this suddenly becomes a best-of-3 series.Leighton not only lost for the first time in five career playoff starts, but gave up five goals for the first time as a Flyer this season. His personal shutout streak lasted 172 minutes and 55 seconds, second on the all-time Flyers list behind Brian Boucher’s run in 2000. Montreal improved to 4-8 in non-elimination games, but is 5-0 in elimination contests. With three assists Thursday, PK Subban became just the third rookie defensemen in Montreal playoff history to notch three helpers in a game. The others were Roger Leger in 1947 (Game 4 at Boston) and Chris Chelios in 1985 (Game 3 at Quebec).
Nobody is hotter than Michael Cammalleri, who scored his 13th goal of this postseason on Thursday night. Nobody else in the tournament has reached double digits in goals yet. He has four goals in his past five games. Philadelphia’s Simon Gagne might give him a run for his money though. He has been back from injury for seven games and has 7 goals in that span. Montreal defenseman Roman Hamrlik had a night to remember in Game 3, earning the game’s first star for a two-assist, plus-four outing in a little more than 23 minutes of action.
Speculation continues to build that Flyer forward Ian Laperriere could return for Game 4. He has been out since Game 5 of Round 1, suffering from a brain contusion. He has been skating for the past 8 days and was cleared for contact on Monday. Friday, he skated with the checking line Darroll Powe and Blair Betts in practice. Jeff Carter, coming back from a broken foot, is skating, but won’t play Saturday.
Montreal is healthy except for defenseman Andrei Markov, who underwent season-ending surgery Wednesday. We will post information about results of this match, as soon as posible.. stay tuned.