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NHL Preview: Philadelphia at Montreal
NHL Preview: Philadelphia at MontrealThe Montreal Canadiens will look for some answers when they go up against the Philadelphia Flyers.

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As the frustration mounts for the Montreal Canadiens during their worst start in 70 years, the Philadelphia Flyers hope to overcome some adversity of their own.

Injured captain Chris Pronger begins an extended absence as Philadelphia looks to keep reeling Montreal winless at home Wednesday night.

Pronger was hit in the right eye with an accidental high stick in a 4-2 win over Toronto on Monday and is expected to miss two to three weeks. He complained of blurred vision and will spend the next few days on bed rest.

Pronger has six assists to lead the Flyers (5-2-1). He was limited to 25 points in 50 games during the 2010-11 regular season due to injuries and missed all but three of their 11 playoff games.

Despite his scary injury, Philadelphia avoided a third straight loss. Danny Briere notched his 600th career point by assisting on Scott Hartnell’s second-period goal, and Jaromir Jagr had two goals to end his drought.

Jagr hadn’t scored in the NHL since April 6, 2008, while with the Rangers. He also added his fifth assist of the season on Hartnell’s second goal in the third period.

The Flyers have won three in a row and nine of 12 against the Canadiens (1-5-2), who have lost six straight following a 2-1 defeat to Florida on Monday.

Montreal hasn’t gone this deep into a season without earning its second victory since beginning 1-10-1 in 1941-42.

That’s particularly true at the Bell Centre, where the Canadiens have gone 0-3-2 to post the worst home start in franchise history. The only other Eastern Conference team which hasn’t won a home game is the Rangers, but they have yet to play one.

The Canadiens have scored one or no goals in five games, though it hasn’t been for a lack of scoring chances. Montreal had 41 shots Monday - the third time in five games it had at least that many - and is averaging 33.9 to rank second in the East behind Boston (34.5).

The Flyers hope the bad play continues for Montreal as these two teams meet on the ice.



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