In Toronto, the Philadelphia Flyers broke down the Montreal Canadiens in Game 6 to advance to the second round of the playoffs with a 3-2 win.
Carter Hart made 31 saves to get the win.
Ivan Provorov and Michael Raffl scored for the Flyers.
“It’s great to get the first one out of the way but we’re not done,” Provorov said. “We’re going to continue to get better, continue to play our game and go as far as we can.”
Nick Suzuki struck for both Habs goals.
“First taste of the NHL playoffs, you can take a lot for a young group,” Suzuki said. “For me, it’s a great experience here. But definitely I would have loved to keep playing. Come back next year and we know we have that experience behind us.”
Montreal played without Brendan Gallagher who sustained a broken jaw in Game 5.
“I think our whole staff is very proud of working with these guys,” associate coach Kirk Muller said. “We have a mix of older guys and young guys and to see how they jelled through this experience in the bubble here in Toronto. … They committed to playing hard and playing for each other and, let’s be honest, we surprised people. But the experience of what the all these guys learned and how this has really jelled this group together.”
Kevin Hayes also scored for the Flyers.
“It’s tough to win four games in this series,” Hayes said. “That was our ultimate goal and we did. I don’t think we care how we do it.”
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Carey Price made 14 saves in the loss.
“Obviously it’s tough to replace a guy like [Gallagher], you just can’t really do it, and I think everybody stepped up,” Montreal’s Shea Weber said. “The commitment was there, the effort was there. They were just fortunate to get a couple bounces early and we just couldn’t seem to find our break.
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