Limiting the odd-man rushes
In the aftermath of his team's sixth straight loss on Thursday, head coach Claude Julien spoke of the need for his players to not do too much in the interest of limiting mental breakdowns and mistakes.
After the Flyers game, the Habs bench boss said he saw some improvement there.
"We did a much better job. We have a pretty dangerous team offensively. We limited their scoring chances much more than we had been, especially quality chances. From that point of view, it was a step forward," outlined Julien. "We got a point, which is better than we've done lately. These are things we can build on, and we're going to try to bounce back tomorrow in Boston."
Goaltender Keith Kinkaid, making his first start since November 16 at home against New Jersey, felt that his team did a good job limiting odd-man rushes in front of him.
"I don't even remember a two-on-one. They did great coming back, not giving up those two-on-ones and breakaways," the netminder said of the Canadiens, who rallied back from a one-goal deficit in the third period to help send the game to overtime. "Maybe they had a few three-on-twos, but I think we sorted that pretty well. Philly made a nice play on their [overtime] goal there. But for the most part, we were really good defensively."