The Montreal Canadiens have the best record in the Atlantic Division, but they didn’t play like it at all in the first period against the Philadelphia Flyers, spotting them a three-goal lead.

Cue the second period when all the fun started. Montreal roared back with a thrilling four goals, before they finally settled it in a shootout with the Flyers winning 5-4.

Wilde Horses

Credit to Samuel Montembeault for allowing three goals on his first five shots, then stopping the next 31. He went from goat to horse in 45 minutes. He looked afraid early, but something, somehow, clicked. It’s impossible to know what happened, but it did. He stopped breakaways. He stopped point-black chances. He stopped cross-crease passes.

They fired everything that they thought had a chance because of his start

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