Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs

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Montreal Canadiens

4-9-2

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Toronto Maple Leafs

9-5-2

Marner extends point streak to 8 games as the Maple Leafs beat the Canadiens 4-1

William Nylander scores on the power play for Toronto Maple Leafs

William Nylander also had a goal and an assist in Toronto's third consecutive win. John Tavares and Conor Timmins also scored, and Joseph Woll made 20 saves.

Morgan Rielly picked up an assist to become the third Leafs defenseman to reach 400 in his career, joining Borje Salming (620) and Tomas Kaberle (437).

Brendan Gallagher scored for Montreal. Sam Montembeault stopped 23 shots as the Canadiens fell to 0-5-1 over their last six.

Toronto captain Auston Matthews missed a third straight game with an upper-body injury. He was on the ice Saturday morning and is eligible to return to the lineup Tuesday.

Takeaways Canadiens: The club has been outscored 29-12 during its losing streak.

Maple Leafs: The power play connected twice to improve to 8 for 14 since last weekend after starting the season 3 for 39.

Key moment With the Leafs killing a penalty up 2-0 in the second period, David Kampf appeared to run out of room off the rush before feeding Marner in front for the winger to bury his fourth goal of the season.

Key stat Toronto picked up a ninth straight regular-season home victory over Montreal dating to April 7, 2021, matching the longest home win streak between the clubs. The Canadiens topped the Leafs three times in the 2021 playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on the way to erasing a 3-1 series deficit and winning in seven games.

Up next The Canadiens visit the Buffalo Sabres for a Monday matinee. The Maple Leafs host the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 14:55	Conor Timmins Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Simon Benoit (2), Ryan Reaves (1)
Goal	2nd Period 5:39	William Nylander Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Knies (3), Morgan Rielly (8)
Goal	2nd Period 8:24	Mitch Marner Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: David Kampf (3)
Goal	2nd Period 9:26	Brendan Gallagher Goal (7) Batted, assists: Emil Heineman (2), Lane Hutson (8)
Goal	2nd Period 12:15	John Tavares Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Mitch Marner (16), William Nylander (7)

Statistics

MTL		TOR
7	Blocked Shots	21
20	Hits	24
6	Takeaways	4
21	Shots	27
1	Power Play Goals	2
2	Power Play Opportunities	4
50.0	Power Play Percentage	50.0
0	Short Handed Goals	1
0	Shootout Goals	0
27	Faceoffs Won	35
43.5	Faceoff Win Percent	56.5
12	Giveaways	12
5	Total Penalties	3
10	Penalty Minutes	6