Philadelphia Flyers (4) - Montreal Canadiens (5)

October 14, 1999

One day after a six-hour meeting by the Philadelphia Flyers' brass, their season took another turn for the worse. Brian Savage scored his third goal of the game with 1:38 left in overtime Thursday night as the Montreal Canadians sent the Flyers to their worst five-game start in franchise history with a 5-4 victory.

"We're not going to panic after five games," said coach Roger Neilson, who met with chairman Ed Snider, general manager Bob Clarke and the front office staff Tuesday.

"We all know what's at stake," said captain Eric Lindros, who was then asked what that was. "You know that," he said in a near-whisper before walking out of a glum locker room.

John LeClair had two goals and an assist for his first three points of the year, and Lindros had a goal and two assists. But Boucher allowed three goals between his legs, one under his right arm and then the ugly game-winner on Montreal's 22nd shot of the game.

The Flyers blew a two-goal, second-period lead for their first 0-4-1 start in franchise history. They had started 1-3-1 four times, most recently in 1991 -- the year before Lindros joined the team. Under new NHL rules for overtime, the Flyers get a point for a "regulation tie." Whatever hockey calls it, this sure looked like a loss.

"It's a real struggle right now," said Neilson, who insisted he felt no pressure about his job. "There's always an urgency to win. That's your whole job to figure out a way to get your team to play its best and win."

Statistics Summary

Goal Scoring:

1st

2d

3d

OT

FINAL

PHI

1

3

0

0

4

MTL

2

1

1

1

5

Shots on Goal:
PHI

10

9

10

3

32

MTL

7

8

6

1

22

Power Play Conversions:
PHI

2 - of - 3

MTL

2 - of - 4

Game Details

Goal Scoring:
Scorer-Goal #-(Assist/s)

Team

Time

1st LeClair 1 (Lindros, Renberg)

PHI

5:54

  Savage 4 (Richter) (PP)

MTL

12:35

  Zubrus 2 (Savage, Koivu)

MTL

14:40

2nd McCarthy 1 (Recchi, Langkow) (PP)

PHI

7:16

  LeClair 2 (Lindros, Richardson)

PHI

7:26

Lindros 2 (LeClair, Gagne) (PP)

PHI

9:43

Poulin 2 (Higgins)

MTL

19:15

       
3rd Savage 5 (Rucinsky, Weinrich) (PP)

MTL

3:39

Penalties:

Team

Time

1st Burt (hooking)

PHI

10:44

2nd Zubrus (tripping)

MTL

6:58

Ulanov (roughing)

MTL

9:21

Linden, minor-misconduct (ob.-hooking)

MTL

9:21

Lindros (cross-checking)

PHI

16:27

3rd Berube (high-sticking)

PHI

3:04

  Eaton (ob.-holding stick)

PHI

8:35

Individual Player Statistics:

G

A

+/-

Shots

Andersson

0

0

even

0

Berube

0

0

even

1

Bureau

0

0

even

1

Burt

0

0

+1

0

Desjardins

0

0

-3

2

Eaton

0

0

even

1

Gagne

0

1

-1

0

Greig

0

0

-1

1

Langkow

0

1

even

4

LeClair

2

1

even

4

Lindros

1

2

even

6

McCarthy

1

0

even

0

McGillis

0

0

+1

2

Reechi

0

1

-2

3

Renberg

0

1

+2

1

Richardson

0

1

+1

0

Therien

0

0

-2

4

Zelepukin

0

0

even

0



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