Price turns back Flyers
Brendan Gallagher scored midway through the third period Monday night as the host Montreal Canadiens rode another strong performance by goalie Carey Price to a 3-1 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers.
The victory extended the Canadiens’ winning streak to four games.
First-place Montreal (5-01) remains the only unbeaten team in regulation.
Shea Weber and Alexander Radulov, into the empty net, also scored for Montreal. Price made 31 saves for his third consecutive win to start the season.
Jakub Voracek scored the lone goal for the Flyers (2-31). 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 winger deflected Radulov’s shot from the point past Mason.
The game marked Radulov’s debut on the point of the Canadiens top powerplay unit.
Gallagher got the play going after winning the faceoff to the left of Mason before scoring his team-leading fourth goal.
Other game
Flames 3, Blackhawks 2: Former Blackhawk Kris Versteeg scored the shootoutwinning goal as visiting Calgary grabbed a win against Chicago. Versteeg scored the lone goal of the shootout in the seventh round of the tiebreaker as Calgary won for only the second time this season.