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Montreal forces a Game 7

| May 11, 2010 9:00 PM

Michael Cammalleri scored his second goal of the game midway through the second period and Jaroslav Spacek netted the go-ahead tally 2:30 later for the host Montreal Canadiens, who forced a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night.

Maxim Lapierre also scored 11:03 into the third to give Montreal a 4-2 lead. Game 7 is set for Wednesday in Pittsburgh.

Flyers 4, Bruins 0: Michael Leighton came off the bench after Brian Boucher was injured and made 14 saves to complete the combined shutout, leading visiting Philadelphia over Boston and helping the Flyers avoid elimination in Game 5 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals.

Game 6 is in Philadelphia on Wednesday night.