Philadelphia Flyers vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Saturday, May 3, 2008 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–4 on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Flyers outshot the Canadiens 37–35.
R.J. Umberger scored twice. Tomas Plekanec, Alex Kovalev, Chris Higgins, Mike Richards, Scott Hartnell, Andrei Kostitsyn, Scottie Upshall and Mike Knuble also scored.
Martin Biron made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Plekanec (4)Patrice Brisebois (5), Andrei Kostitsyn (3)0–104:29 MTL · 
R.J. Umberger (8)Jason Smith (2), Joffrey Lupul (4)1–110:20 PHI
Alex Kovalev (5)Maxim Lapierre (3), Mike Komisarek (2)1–211:28 MTL
2nd period
Chris Higgins (3)Saku Koivu (6), Josh Gorges (3)1–308:15 MTL
Mike Richards (4)R.J. Umberger (2)2–314:02 PHI- R.J. Umberger (9)Derian Hatcher (2), Mike Richards (7)3–315:44 PHI
Scott Hartnell (3)Kimmo Timonen (6)4–317:00 PHI
3rd period
Andrei Kostitsyn (5)Tomas Plekanec (5), Alex Kovalev (6)4–402:13 MTL
Scottie Upshall (3)Jeff Carter (4), Lasse Kukkonen (2)5–416:56 PHI
Mike Knuble (3)Jeff Carter (5)6–419:10 PHI ·
Team stats
PHIMTL
3735
48%52%
0/31/4
86
2638
2519
1612
1010
Penalties
- 2:43 into the first period
Patrick Thoresen · hooking2 min - 6:03 into the first periodVinny Prospal · hooking2 min
- 15:04 into the first period
Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min - 3:52 into the second periodPatrick Thoresen · interference2 min
- 8:31 into the second periodMike Komisarek · elbowing2 min
- 9:36 into the second periodCarey Price · holding2 min
- 13:00 into the third periodJason Smith · elbowing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 20R.J. UmbergerC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 18:30 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:05 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 21:09 |
| 9Scottie UpshallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 13:33 |
| 15Joffrey LupulL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:55 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:09 |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:22 |
| 21Jason SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:54 |
| 28Lasse KukkonenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:19 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 25Patrick ThoresenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 04:58 |
| 34Jim DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:08 |
| 40Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:56 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:12 |
| 6Randy JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 19:43 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21:23 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:47 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 10:54 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:21 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 20:15 |
| 71Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 6Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:31 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 11:16 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 84Guillaume LatendresseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:17 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:22 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 20:35 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | – |