Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki each had a goal and an assist, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 at Bell Centre in Montreal on Tuesday.

Defenseman Arber Xhekaj and forward Florian Xhekaj , brothers playing as teammates for the first time, also scored for Montreal (2-0-0). Jakub Dobes stopped all nine shots he faced, and Kaapo Kahkonen made 10 saves on 12 shots in relief after entering midway through the second period.

Kahkonen was making his Canadiens debut after signing a one-year contract July 1.

Anthony Richard and Owen Tippett scored for Philadelphia (1-1-0). Samuel Ersson made seven saves on nine shots before being replaced by Aleksei Kolosov (12 saves) to start the second.

Caufield gave Montreal a 1-0 lead 53 seconds into the first pe

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