Nylander made it 2-0 at 5:39 of the second interval when he lower round Lane Hutson within the slot and shot glove facet on the ability play. Morgan Rielly assisted on the objective for his four-hundredth within the NHL.
Marner pushed it to 3-0 at 8:24 when he took a move from David Kampf and shot from the highest of the objective crease whereas short-handed with Montembeault out of place.
“I thought Dave was going to one-time it at first to be honest but as soon as I saw him cradle it and put his head up for me, I just tried to jump past my check and get to the net and he made a heck of a play to get it back to me,” Marner stated.
The Canadiens lower it to 3-1 at 9:26 when Gallagher swatted a rebound out of the air on the high of the objective crease whereas on the ability play.
“I thought we had a great first period, unlucky bounce, and then the second felt comfortable, and, you know, then we give up a short-handed goal,” Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki stated. “Then we had to climb back, I thought we had a good third period, but we just couldn’t score.”
Tavares scored Toronto’s third particular groups objective to make it 4-1 at 12:15 on the ability play when he put in his personal rebound within the slot. It was the fifth straight Toronto energy play with a objective.
“Every game is important but no doubt when you are playing teams in your division jockeying for positioning with how the playoff format is set up, [these games] are important so I think it was just the way the schedule was set up this week,” Tavares stated. “Good week all around but we know we still have a lot of areas to get better in.”
NOTES: Maple Leafs ahead Max Pacioretty fell awkwardly within the slot after taking a success from Canadiens defenseman Mike Matheson late within the first interval and left the sport due to a lower-body damage. “We’ll have to see in a day or so what’s going on there with him,” Berube stated. … The Maple Leafs have been with out captain Auston Matthews for a 3rd straight sport due to an upper-body damage. He skated Saturday for the primary time since sustaining the damage. Berube stated, “He’s going in the right direction. … He’s feeling better.” Toronto is 38-19-2 with out Matthews since he entered the NHL in 2016-17.
