Brendan Gallagher got his night off to a fast start, and the Canadiens never looked back.
Gallagher scored 58 seconds in, then scored twice more to collect his first career hat trick as the Canadiens downed the Flyers by a final of 5-1 on Thursday night from the Bell Centre. Just about nothing went the Flyers’ way as Carter Hart was pulled after allowing three goals on nine shots, and the Canadiens’ speed wreaked havoc on a Flyers defense playing without Radko Gudas as part of a two-game suspension.