Philadelphia Flyers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2008 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Centre Bell.
Goals came from Matt D'Agostini, Sergei Kostitsyn, Steve Begin, Arron Asham, Alex Kovalev, Braydon Coburn and Guillaume Latendresse.
Scoring
1st period
Matt D'Agostini (5)Maxim Lapierre (3), Patrice Brisebois (3)0–106:00 MTL
Sergei Kostitsyn (4)Robert Lang (13), Guillaume Latendresse (7)0–210:33 MTL · 
Steve Begin (5)Tom Kostopoulos (5), Sergei Kostitsyn (7)0–315:26 MTL
Arron Asham (3)Scottie Upshall (6), Glen Metropolit (7)1–315:58 PHI
2nd period
Alex Kovalev (7)Steve Begin (3), Mike Komisarek (1)1–406:20 MTL
3rd period
Braydon Coburn (3)Glen Metropolit (8), Arron Asham (2)2–413:28 PHI
Guillaume Latendresse (4)Robert Lang (14), Alex Tanguay (13)2–518:57 MTL ·
Team stats
PHIMTL
3131
41%59%
0/22/6
146
3638
1320
818
714
Penalties
- 4:04 into the first period
Andrew Alberts · interference2 min - 5:30 into the first period
Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min - 8:58 into the first periodLuca Sbisa · high sticking2 min
- 12:43 into the first periodSimon Gagne · hooking2 min
- 15:30 into the second periodKimmo Timonen · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 19:22 into the second periodRoman Hamrlik · tripping2 min
- 7:47 into the third periodJeff Carter · hooking2 min
- 9:36 into the third periodSergei Kostitsyn · roughing2 min
- 9:36 into the third periodScott Hartnell · roughing2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodKimmo Timonen · hooking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.