John Tavares scored the game-winning goal with 6:46 left in the third period as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday night at Bell Centre.
Star Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner missed his first game of the season with a lower-body injury sustained Thursday, forcing head coach Sheldon Keefe to shuffle his lines.It was the first game between the two historic rivals since the Maple Leafs pulled off a late comeback to beat the Canadiens 6-5 in a shootout to open the season on Oct. 11 in Toronto.
Down 2-1 entering the third, the Canadiens tied the game 5:05 into the period courtesy of a power-play goal from Newhook, whose wrist shot beat Samsonov off the post and in on his far side.The Canadiens also pulled the goalie for an extra attacker with two minutes left, but didn’t generate much despite some sustained time in the Maple Leafs zone.
In the first, Matheson gave the home fans a reason to cheer early by opening the scoring 38 seconds into the game with a gorgeous goal that blew the roof off the Bell Centre.received a cross-ice pass from Slafkovsky in space along the right side of Toronto’s zone before patiently setting up Matheson, who deked to the backhand around Samsonov’s left pad for his ninth.
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