Philly Leader

The Philadelphia Flyers faced a 5-0 defeat against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Monday night, marking their preseason record at 1-1-0. The game remained competitive until the third period when Montreal scored four goals, leading to a decisive victory.

The first period ended without any goals despite numerous penalties. Luke Tuch scored for Montreal at 8:18 of the second period with Jared Davidson assisting.

In the third period, Montreal capitalized on defensive lapses by the Flyers and scored four times. David Savard netted a goal at 3:06, followed by Emil Heineman at 3:56, Josh Anderson at 5:39, and Alex Barre-Boulet redirected a shot into the net at 17:45. Heineman, Barre-Boulet, and Oliver Kapanen all had multi-point games.

Eetu Makiniemi started as goalie for the Flyers and stopped 13 out of 14 shots before being replaced by Cal Petersen midway through the second period. Petersen conceded four goals from 12 shots.

Cayden Primeau began in goal for Montreal and saved all 13 shots he faced. Jakub Dobes took over from Primeau during the second period and stopped all 12 shots aimed his way.

FLYERS STARTING LINEUP

Tyson Foerster - Sean Couturier - Anthony Richard

Olle Lycksell - Ryan Poehling - Bobby Brink

Oscar Eklind - Scott Laughton - Massimo Rizzo

Elliot Desnoyers- Jacob Gaucher - Nicolas Deslauriers

Egor Zamula - Rasmus Ristolainen

Hunter McDonald - Olver Bonk

Louie Belpedio - Ronnie Attard

Eetu Makiniemi

[Cal Petersen)

In-game incidents included an early altercation between Nicolas Deslauriers and Lucas Condetta that resulted in a power play for the Flyers but no significant scoring opportunities arose from it. Later in the first period, Philadelphia successfully killed off a two-minute five-on-three penalty but was unable to capitalize on subsequent power plays.

Despite maintaining a low-event game through two periods with only one goal separating both teams entering the final segment, Philadelphia's defense faltered early in the third period leading to multiple goals by Montreal within six minutes.

Key performances came from Bobby Brink who showed promise across shifts even though he played back-to-back games on Sunday and Monday. Rasmus Ristolainen also delivered a steady performance alongside Egor Zamula. However, young defensemen struggled throughout, compounded by absences of key players like Travis Konecny which affected offensive consistency.