 and they won in front of another lethargic Philly crowd. Phil Myers and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Flyers, and Carter Hart stopped 22 shots.Ben Chiarot and Shea Weber scored for Montreal. Price stopped 40 shots and was the first star of the game in a losing effort. Price stretched for cross-crease saves, toughened up to stop a penalty shot and made save-after-save against a Flyers team that swarmed him on each puck possession.But the easiest shot of the game was the one that got away.''We want to do better for our goalie. He was the best player on the ice,'' Chiarot said. ''We have to do better for him. Without him, that game wouldn't have even been close win the beginning of the game.'' The Flyers are 6-1-1 at home under new coach Alain Vigneault.''I think we are starting to be a little bit more structured,'' Couturier said. ''Guys are starting to play the right way. Everyone is starting to push in the same direction.'' They rebounded in OT after blowing a 2-0 lead.Myers swiped the puck from a scrum and shot through traffic from two steps inside the blue line to score his first goal of the season. The Flyers took the last eight shots of the first period and had a whopping 34 overall through two periods - or, about one for every fan at the game. Once the toughest ticket in town, the Flyers played at a Wells Fargo Center thousands of fans short of a sellout. Rage rooms and Gritty and fancy cocktails haven't gotten fans to turn out for a team that hasn't won a playoff round since 2012, especially on a rainy, dreary night in Philadelphia. The Flyers said 16,788 fans were at the game - though there were rows and rows of empty seats and unfilled suites.The ones that did come saw van Riemsdyk score his fourth goal of the season off a scramble in front of the net for a 2-0 lead in the second.Hart, who had been fantastic in a matchup against his goalie idol, couldn't hold the lead. Chiarot beat Flyers forward Kevin Hayes to a rebound and knocked in the puck from one knee late in the second to make it a one-goal game.Weber evened it early in the third on a one-timer for his third goal of the season. Price was sensational against a Flyers team that took 42 shots in regulation.Carsen Twarynski wasted a chance to score the go-ahead goal when Price stopped him on a penalty shot with 6:43 left in the third.''Our goalie held us in there and gave us a chance to win tonight. By far our best player,'' Weber said.Notes: The Flyers went 0-for-6 on the power play. ... The Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation and the Goals & Assists program will make a $500,000 donation to West Chester University toward scholarship money for hockey program students to use at WCU. The organizations have donated $1 million for students of the Snider hockey program to use at West Chester. At least 25 students will benefit from this program over the next eight to 10 years. ... Montreal C Jesperi Kotkaniemi missed his fourth straight game with a groin injury. ... Flyers D Sam Morin suffered a torn ACL in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season. Morin was injured on Wednesday playing for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on a conditioning assignment.UP NEXTCanadiens: Host Los Angeles on Saturday night.Flyers: At Toronto on Saturday night.---More NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
The Philadelphia Flyers received a huge boost from several of their young standouts in Tuesday's 4-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.The Flyers will look to build on that momentum in the finale of a three-game homestand against the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.Second-year goaltender Carter Hart, 21, played one of his strongest games of the season with a 33-save effort against the Hurricanes, one of the most formidable offensive teams in the league. Hart had been inconsistent in recent games and benched recently in favor of backup Brian Elliott."It's a long season," Hart said. "You're playing almost every second night. So in a game like this, in the hockey business, you get the chance whether you win or whether you lose to come out in two nights and write a new chapter." On offense, 22-year-old Travis Konecny scored his seventh goal of the season and 19-year-old Joel Farabee connected for his second goal against Carolina. Defenseman Ivan Provorov also stabilized the power play, which went 1 for 3. Entering Tuesday's game, the Flyers' power play ranked eighth in the league."I think for the most part we've worked on it on a consistent basis," coach Alain Vigneault said. "It's been a good weapon for us. It's gotten us momentum. It's gotten us some big goals. It needs to continue." The win came largely because of Hart's stellar effort in goal. The Flyers will need a repeat performance to extend their winning streak to two against the Canadiens."I thought he played unbelievable tonight," Farabee said of Hart. "He was a big reason we got that win. Having that confidence as a team is really good. You know that when they get their chances, he'll be ready for it. It's good to know he's in your corner and he's going to bail you out." The Canadiens will provide a huge challenge when they visit the Flyers, especially after coming off a thrilling 5-4 home win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.Head coach Claude Julien was behind the bench for his 1,200th game and left with the team's eighth victory this season. Ben Chiarot's late goal lifted Montreal, which has won four of five. Victor Mete led the scoring with a pair of goals for the Canadiens.Despite the victory, the Canadiens were sloppy at times and blew 3-1 and 4-3 leads before rallying. Goaltender Carey Price had one of his most difficult games this season and special teams were also an issue."I'm standing here tonight telling you that there's still a lot of work that we need to do with our team," Julien told the Montreal Gazette. "You see those things when you play a good team like Boston. It's not so much about our skating, it's not so much about our offensive game. It's really about killing plays, minimizing. We gave them some momentum at times that if you want to become a really good hockey club you got to get better in those areas. And we will. That's what a young team does." For instance, a major positive was Mete's improvement. Mete, who went 127 games before he scored his first goal, has since scored three goals in nine games."I felt definitely more were going to come," Mete said of the goals. "I wasn't really feeling any pressure. Just a lot of the chances I'm getting are starting to go in." --Field Level Media
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