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Maple Leafs Down Montreal 4-2 - Match Report

The Canadiens came up short Saturday against the Maple Leafs, falling 4-2.

Toronto won as a -197 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.

Toronto got goals from Bobby McMann, Matthew Knies, Max Domi, and Auston Matthews in the victory. Domi opened the scoring at 2:21 of the second period.

Ilya Samsonov stopped 24 of 26 Montreal shots in the victory.

Montreal got goals from Nick Suzuki, and Cole Caufield in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Sam Montembeault stopped 8 of 12 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Toronto went 0-for-1, while the Canadiens were 1-for-1 with the man advantage.

Toronto outshot Montreal 30-26 in the game.

Next game, Toronto takes its act home to face Pittsburgh looking for another win. For Montreal, they head on the road to face New York.