Fresh off back-to-back comeback wins over the Devils, the Flyers grabbed a 3-0 lead on a pair of goals by Jeff Carter and another by Matt Carle, then forgot what to do. A few sloppy shifts at the start of the third period allowed the Habs, who entered the game one point ahead of the Flyers, back in the game. With 2:05 gone in the period former Flyer Glen Metropolit banked a shot off the skate of Danny Briere and behind goaltender Michael Leighton. Dominic Moore, acquired one day earlier from the Florida Panthers, made it 3-2 less than a minute later when he fired a bad-angle shot off the back of Leighton and into the net. “I think we thought it might have been an easy third period,” Flyers winger Scott Hartnell said. “They came at us hard, but we killed off the penalty late.” NOTES, QUOTES –In the 10 weeks since Peter Laviolette took over for John Stevens the Flyers have overtaken four teams in the Eastern Conference standings and can close out their pre-Olympic schedule all alone in sixth place with a win Saturday night in Montreal. –The Flyers have won three in a row, five of their last seven, and eight of their past 12. –The Flyers have won nine of their last 11 games at the Wachovia Center.

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