Canadiens vs. Flyers Game 3 recap: PING

Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty ImagesAfter their loss in the first game of the series, the Montreal Canadiens needed a tremendous showing in the second game to prove their first-round win over the Pittsburgh Penguins was no fluke. With Kirk Muller teking over behind the bench for a recovering Claude Julien, and the Canadiens left the Philadelphia Flyers in the dust on Friday afternoon.

Tomas Tatar and Jesperi Kotkaniemi each netted a pair of goals, while Max Domi collected three assists in a 5-0 rout that stunned not only Habs fans, but the Flyers’ whole team. Game 3 was sure to hold much more emotion as well, as Flyers coach Alain Vigneault wasn’t happy about Kirk Muller’s usage of his…