Feb 27 Habs Win Third Straight With 4-3 Overtime Victory In Philadelphia

After a worse case scenario start for the Montreal Canadiens, seeing them in a 2 goal hole before the game was 9 minutes old, the new and improved Habs managed not only to erase the defecit, but pull ahead before the 1st period was over, setting the stage for an overtime victory garnering the Habs the much needed 2 points in the Eastern Conference standings.

The battle of the backup goaltenders saw Halak start for Montreal after winning his last 2 consecutive starts, whereas Philly decided to maintain their policy of alternating starters, going with Antero Niittymaki despite the fact that Martin Biron earned a shutout in his last outing and has the superior record versus the Habs.

Alex Kovalev had a goal and 2 assists including a helper on Mathieu Schneider's overtime game winner and Tomas Plekanec now has 6 goals in his last 5 games since his 2 game suspension as well as another full team effort and refusal to give up, which all came together for Montreal's 3rd win in a row.

Please read on for the complete NHL game recap .

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Tags: Alex Kovalev \ February 27 2009 \ hockey \ Jaroslav Halak \ Mathieu Schneider \ Montreal Canadiens \ NHL \ Philadelphia Flyers \ Tomas Plekanec