Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Philadelphia 41-21-7=89pts, Montreal 31-31-9=71pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 12 August: Montreal loses at Philadelphia, 2-goals-1
Game 2 on Friday, 14 August: Montreal wins at Philadelphia, 5-goals-nil
Game 3 on Sunday, 16 August: Philadelphia wins at Montreal, 1-goal-nil
Game 4 on Tuesday, 18 August: Philadelphia wins at Montreal, 2-goals-nil
Game 5 on Wednesday, 19 August: Montreal wins at Philadelphia, 5-goals-3
Game 6 on Friday, 21 August: Philadelphia wins at Montreal, 3-goals-2

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Philadelphia Flyers visited and defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-goals-2 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1419 victory. With the series 1419 win, the Philadelphia Flyers improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 39-33 overall and 13-10 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1419 loss, the Montreal Canadiens see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 77-42 overall and 14-9 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Philadelphia Flyers in series 1419 was WLWWLW: Series 1419 thus becomes the 11th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 22nd NHL series (all rounds), and the 50th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The 24 total goals in series 1419 are the fewest in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series lasting six games since series 1289 in the 2016 NHL Preliminary round, in which the Washington Capitals defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-games-2 with only twenty total series goals between them.

After Game 5: The Montreal Canadiens visited and outscored the Philadelphia Flyers 5-goals-3 to reduce the Philadelphia Flyers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1419 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 18-2 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 6 record of 12-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 8-23 and a Game 6 record of 14-17. The Montreal Canadiens trailed the pseudo-host Philadelphia Flyers by a goal as late as 10:11 into the second period but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2019, inclusive, road teams down a goal as late as 10:11 into the second period had a game record of only 186-689 (.213) - the Montreal Canadiens thus achieve a grade-C in-game comeback.

After Game 4: The Philadelphia Flyers visited and shut out the Montreal Canadiens 2-goals-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1419 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 20-2 (with an active six-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 14-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 2-17 (with an active four-series losing streak) and a Game 5 record of 9-10.

After Game 3: The Philadelphia Flyers visited and shut out the Montreal Canadiens 1-goal-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1419 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 20-3 (with an active seven-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 15-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 7-19 and a Game 4 record of 13-13.

After Game 2: The Montreal Canadiens visited and shut out the Philadelphia Flyers 5-goals-nil to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1419 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 17-18 and a Game 3 record of 15-20, while the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 22-18 and a Game 3 record of 26-14.

After Game 1: The Philadelphia Flyers hosted and defeated the Montreal Canadiens 2-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1419 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 23-9 and a Game 2 record of 18-14. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 16-30 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 23-23. The Philadelphia Flyers in series 1419 Game 1 become the seventh NHL home team to score its first best-of-7 NHL playoff game goal exactly 8:54 into the first period; such home teams have now posted a 5-2 game record (and a 5-0 record in the most recent such five games).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NHL regular season, the Philadelphia Flyers finished 18 points ahead of the Montreal Canadiens. From 1939 through the 2019 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 18 regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 12-6 (.667) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1419 is the 72nd best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Philadelphia Flyers, and the 119th for the Montreal Canadiens. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Philadelphia Flyers have an all-rounds series record of 38-33 (with an active four-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 12-10, and a Game 1 record of 32-39 (with an active three-Game 1 losing streak), while the Montreal Canadiens have an all-rounds series record of 77-41, a Preliminary-round series record of 14-8, and a Game 1 record of 72-46. Series 1419 is the seventh best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Montreal Canadiens. Montreal and Philadelphia split the six previous series between the two teams, with Philadelphia winning the last two (series 1031, in the 2008 NHL Quarterfinals; series 1101, in the 2010 NHL Semifinals).