clarinews@clarinet.com (01/14/90)
MONTREAL (UPI) -- Mike McPhee scored 1:16 into the third period Saturday night, helping the Montreal Canadiens extend Philadelphia's winless streak to six games with a 2-2 tie against the Flyers. Montreal tied the game when McPhee scored his sixth goal of the season. Claude Lemieux sent over a rebound after goaltender Pete Peeters stopped a drive from inside the blue line by Jyrki Lumme. With Peeters falling to the ice, McPhee had no trouble getting the puck into the open side of the net. Philadelphia's Dave Poulin opened the scoring when he banged a rebound past goaltender Brian Hayward at 2:13 of the opening period. Just 100 seconds later, Hayward left the game after he injured his right knee stopped a drive. He was replaced by Patrick Roy, who returned from a four-game absence with the flu. Stephane Richer tied the game at 5:47 of the first period when he took a pass from Stephan Lebeau and one-timed a wrist shot through the legs of Peeters. But Pelle Eklund got a rebound past Roy at 17:37 to put Philadelphia in front 2-1. The Flyers failed to capitalize on a golden opportunity in the second period when defensemen Craig Ludwig and Sylvain Lefebvre were in the penalty box for Montreal. Roy came up with two excellent saves, smothering a shot by Scott Mellanby and then stopping a drive by Ron Sutter with his stick.