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Montreal Skates Past Philadelphia 5-3 - Recap

Joel Armia scored a pair of goals against the Flyers as Montreal handed Philadelphia a 5-3 defeat on Wednesday at Scotiabank Arena.

Montreal was an underdog by +116 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.0.

Montreal got goals from Joel Armia(2), Phillip Danault, Nick Suzuki, and Brendan Gallagher in the victory. Armia opened the scoring at 2:53 of the first period.

Carey Price stopped 26 of 29 Philadelphia shots in the victory.

Philadelphia got goals from Jakub Voracek(2), and Joel Farabee in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Philadelphia got a 28-stop effort from Carter Hart in the loss.

On the power play, Montreal went 1-for-6, while the Flyers were 3-for-7 with the man advantage.

Philadelphia lost the shots on goal battle to Montreal by a margin of 33-29.