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Flyers look to close door on Canadiens in Game 5

After a poor performance against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference first-round series, the Philadelphia Flyers and goaltender Carter Hart are one win away from advancing to the next round.

Philadelphia holds a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series after its 2-0 win on Tuesday afternoon behind Cart's 29-save shutout and goals by Michael Raffl and Phillippe Myers.

Game 5 between the two teams is set for 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Scotiabank Arena, the East's hockey hub in Toronto. The meeting is the back end of back-to-back contests.

Flyers coach Alain Vigneault turned to backup goalie Brian Elliott in the middle contest of the three-game round-robin that ended with his club owning the No.