Hidden Game: Canadiens come out flat at Philly in regular season finale

Well now …

The Canadiens’ regular season has ended much like it began more than six months earlier: with a less-than-flattering loss on the road.

Montreal dropped a 5-2 decision to Toronto — one of the few highlights to the Maple Leafs’ non-playoff season — on Oct. 8. And on Tuesday night it might have been worse.

The Canadiens were defeated 4-2 by a Lehigh Valley AHL squad that was masquerading as the Philadelphia Flyers at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The Flyers, who clinched...