PHILADELPHIA — Matt Read ended a long scoring drought with a strategy that sounded easy: He just shot the puck hard. Read netted the tie-breaking goal early in the third period to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Hakstol kept Read in the lineup, however, even though the Philadelphia forward hadn’t scored a goal since Nov. 3. Montreal’s 16 shots were a season low and also marked the fewest Philadelphia has allowed in a game this season. Philadelphia was one point in front of Toronto for the second wild card, but eight teams were within seven points of the Flyers.

Source: National Post February 03, 2017 03:59 UTC