Albuquerque Journal

Gallagher, Price lead Montreal over Philadelph­ia

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MONTREAL — Brendan Gallagher scored midway through the third period as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Philadelph­ia Flyers 3-1 on Monday night to extend their winning streak to four games.

First-place Montreal (5-0-1) remains the only team unbeaten in regulation time.

Shea Weber and Alexander Radulov, into the empty net, also scored for Montreal. Carey Price made 31 saves for his third consecutiv­e win to start the season.

Jakub Voracek scored the lone goal for the Flyers (2-3-1). Steve Mason stopped 30 of 32 shots.

Gallagher scored on the power play at 13:08 of the third period, just four seconds into Montreal’s man advantage. The pesky wing deflected Radulov’s shot from the point past Mason.

Gallagher got the play going after winning the faceoff to the left of Mason before scoring his teamleadin­g fourth goal of the season. FLAMES 3, BLACKHAWKS 2, SO: In Chicago, Kris Versteeg scored the lone goal of the shootout in the seventh round of the tiebreaker to give Calgary a win over Chicago.

Versteeg, a former Blackhawk, faked Corey Crawford and connected on a wrist shot.

Sam Bennett and Sean Monahan scored in regulation for Calgary, which snapped a two-game losing streak.

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