Canadiens hang on against Flyers for 2nd win in row

Canadiens hang on against Flyers for 2nd win in row

Suzuki, Gallagher each has goal, assist for Montreal; Sanheim gets 3 points for Philadelphia

MTL at PHI | Recap

PHILADELPHIA — Nick Suzuki and Brendan Gallagher each had a goal and an assist, and the Montreal Canadiens hung on for a 4-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Sunday.

Cole Caufield and Jake Evans also scored for Montreal (4-4-1), which won for the second consecutive day after a 5-2 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. Cayden Primeau made 23 saves.

Travis Sanheim had two goals and an assist, and Travis Konecny scored for Philadelphia (2-6-1). Aleksei Kolosov, the first Belarus-born goalie to play in the NHL, made 20 saves in his NHL debut. He had been recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Saturday.

Sanheim and Konecny scored 29 seconds apart to get the Flyers within one in the third period.

Sanheim cut through the high slot and scored to make it 4-2 at 17:48.

Konecny made it 4-3 at 18:17 when he scored from the left post after Owen Tippett’s wraparound attempt.

Suzuki made it 1-0 at 10:41 of the first period when he lifted the puck over Kolosov from the crease.

Sanheim tied it at 17:24 with a shot from the top of the offensive zone.

Gallagher put the Canadiens ahead 2-1 at 4:48 of the second period when he redirected in Logan Mailloux’s point shot. It was Gallagher’s first point in seven games.

Caufield scored a power-play goal at 12:48 to make it 3-1. Suzuki had an assist to give him 11 points (three goals, eight assists) on a seven-game point streak.

Evans scored from the goal line on the left side to make it 4-1 at 16:01.