The Montreal Canadiens handily defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 5 to 2, on December 18, 2008.

Final

Flyers

17-8-6

2

Canadiens

17-9-5

5

Team

PHI

MTL

1

3

2

0

1

3

1

Total

2

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PHI

MTL

Matt D'Agostini (EV) assisted by Maxim Lapierre and Patrice Brisebois

0

1

Sergei Kostitsyn (PP) assisted by Robert Lang and Guillaume Latendresse

0

2

Steve Begin (EV) assisted by Tom Kostopoulos and Sergei Kostitsyn

0

3

Arron Asham (EV) assisted by Scottie Upshall and Glen Metropolit

1

3

2nd period

PHI

MTL

Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Steve Begin and Mike Komisarek

1

4

3rd period

PHI

MTL

Braydon Coburn (EV) assisted by Glen Metropolit and Arron Asham

2

4

Guillaume Latendresse (PP) assisted by Robert Lang and Alex Tanguay

2

5

Flyers

Canadiens

Goals

2

5

Shots

31

Penalty Minutes

14

6

Power-Play Goals

0

2

Power-Play Opportunities

2

6

Faceoff Wins

26

38

Hits

36

38

Giveaways

8

18

Takeaways

7

14

Flyers

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Antero Niittymaki (L)	1	31	5	26	.839	59:21

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Andrew Alberts	0	0	0	2	0	16:00	4	0	0	0
Arron Asham	1	1	+2	0	1	14:55	8	0	0	0
Matt Carle	0	0	-1	0	0	21:31	0	1	0	0
Jeff Carter	0	0	-1	2	4	18:41	1	3	1	1
Braydon Coburn	1	0	-1	0	3	23:40	0	2	0	0
Riley Cote	0	0	-1	0	1	3:52	1	0	0	0
Simon Gagne	0	0	-1	2	3	18:51	0	0	0	1
Scott Hartnell	0	0	0	2	2	17:25	3	1	0	1
Mike Knuble	0	0	-2	0	1	18:37	3	0	0	2
Joffrey Lupul	0	0	0	0	1	14:58	0	1	0	0
Glen Metropolit	0	2	+2	0	5	17:21	2	0	0	1
Andreas Nodl	0	0	0	0	0	4:11	0	0	0	0
Darroll Powe	0	0	-1	0	0	4:56	3	0	0	0
Mike Richards	0	0	-1	0	2	20:46	2	0	0	0
Luca Sbisa	0	0	0	2	2	17:04	1	1	1	0
Kimmo Timonen	0	0	0	4	3	23:03	1	1	2	0
Scottie Upshall	0	1	+1	0	3	15:36	6	0	0	1
Ossi Vaananen	0	0	0	0	0	19:23	1	3	2	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Jaroslav Halak (W)	1	31	2	29	.935	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Steve Begin	1	1	+2	0	1	10:11	5	1	1	1
Francis Bouillon	0	0	-1	0	0	12:32	3	1	3	0
Patrice Brisebois	0	1	0	0	0	14:28	1	2	2	1
Matt D'Agostini	1	0	+1	0	3	14:21	0	0	0	1
Josh Gorges	0	0	-1	0	1	20:56	1	3	1	1
Roman Hamrlik	0	0	0	2	0	20:43	2	3	2	0
Mike Komisarek	0	1	+2	0	1	22:41	3	6	4	0
Andrei Kostitsyn	0	0	0	0	1	10:35	4	0	0	0
Sergei Kostitsyn	1	1	+1	2	2	12:32	2	0	0	0
Tom Kostopoulos	0	1	+1	0	1	14:35	4	2	0	0
Alex Kovalev	1	0	+1	2	3	21:27	2	0	1	0
Robert Lang	0	2	0	0	3	19:09	1	0	1	1
Maxim Lapierre	0	1	-1	0	4	14:09	3	0	1	0
Georges Laraque	0	0	-1	0	0	6:09	1	0	1	0
Guillaume Latendresse	1	1	-2	0	6	13:36	4	0	0	1
Andrei Markov	0	0	+2	0	2	27:56	0	2	0	5
Tomas Plekanec	0	0	0	0	1	19:32	0	0	1	2
Alex Tanguay	0	1	0	0	2	20:28	2	0	0	1