PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Steve Mason took a shutout into the final minute of the contest Thursday and finished with 20 saves to lead Philadelphia over Montreal 2-1.
The Flyers bounced back from a 7-2 smashing at the hands of the Chicago Blackhawks 24 hours earlier to win at home for the sixth straight time.
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Michael Raffi put the Flyers in front in the first period and Claude Giroux scored in the second.
Mason protected the 2-0 lead until Alex Galchenyuk beat him with a slap shot that came with 56 seconds left in regulation.
Montreal lost its second straight after winning four in a row. Carey Price stopped 25-of-27 shots in defeat.
