Carey Price v. Martin Biron
The Flyers just managed to hang on Monday night to defeat Montreal 3-2. The Flyers scored the first three, but a curious five minute major issued to Derian Hatcher allowed the Canadiens to score two power play goals to cut the deficit to one. The Flyers were outplayed for much of the game, and they're pretty fortunate to be ahead in the series.
Martin Biron stole a game for the Flyers. They were outshot by 20, and he made some key saves to preserve the lead. He's beating my expectations in the postseason.
The Flyers need to get more pucks on net in tonight's game. It's great that they were able to score three goals on only 14 shots, but that's not going to cut it more often than not. Carey Price is losing his confident, and if they keep hitting him with shots over and over again, he's going to blow up.
Except for the two PP goals on the same penalty in the last game, the penalty killing has been very good. They killed off a full 5 on 3 (also pretty curious) and several other Montreal power plays. The Canadiens' PP has been off the mark in the playoffs, but it's a unit that still has to be respected. It wasn't an accident that they were #1 in the league; they fire a lot of shots and have a lot of skilled players.
Bill Meltzer just got his preview up.
Ed Moran reports that Mike Knuble will be back tonight. Steve Downie will probably return to the press box.
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