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Habs Shock Leafs | RECAP: TOR @ MTL
Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images)

GAME RECAP | Montreal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs: Habs, Line-up, Score, Statistics, Highlights, Post-game, Interviews, NHL, Three-Stars

FINAL | Game 65, Home Game 33 | Saturday March 26, 2022
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC

CANADIENS

Montreal

4-2

Toronto Maple Leafs logo

MAPLE LEAFS

Toronto

Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson

Rem Pitlick – Jake Evans – Mike Hoffman

Paul Byron – Christian Dvorak – Joel Armia

Michael Pezzetta – Laurent Dauphin – Tyler Pitlick

Defence pairings

Alexander Romanov – David Savard

William Lagesson – Joel Edmundson

Corey Schueneman – Chris Wideman

Goaltenders

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Scratches

Mathieu Perreault, Justin Barron

Injuries

Jeff Petry (lower-body), Jonathan Drouin (upper-body), Ryan Poehling (upper-body), Brendan Gallagher (lower-body), Kale Clague (upper-body), Carey Price (knee), Shea Weber (multiple injuries)

COVID-19 protocol

Luke Richardson

Game Report

The Toronto Maple Leafs and their fans were ready to celebrate a win before the puck was dropped for the opening faceoff. And why not? The Leafs are a top-ten team in the league with the third best offence and the top power-play.

As we painfully know, the Canadiens have owned the last place spot in the NHL for most of the season. They rank 32nd in both offence and defence and are near the bottom of the league in both special teams categories.

But this is one of the best rivalries in the NHL and a Saturday night game at the Bell Centre is always a marquee matchup for these two teams regardless of the standings.

Auston Matthews opened the scoring only 36 seconds into the contest and the rout was on. Or was it?

The Maple Leafs thoroughly dominated the first and third periods. In those two periods, shots on goal were 36-6 for Toronto. The Canadiens couldn’t cope with the speed of play by the Leafs.

The shot spread in this game was historic.

The best period for Montreal was the middle frame. Shots were close and the Habs  scored twice including a goal on the power-play.

This night belonged to Jake Allen. With his team under siege, Allen fended off the Leaf attack. And at the other end of the ice, the Toronto troubles in goal continue.

Up Next

Tyler Pitlick and Michael Pezzetta each left the game early with upper-body injuries and did not return.

The head out on a four-game road trip with their first stop in New Jersey with a game against the Devils on Sunday night.

Plus

▲  Jake Allen, Paul Byron, Chris Wideman

Minus

▼  William Lagesson, Michael Pezzetta, Josh Anderson, Rem Pitlick, Joel Edmundson,  Corey Schueneman, Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Debut for Lagesson | PREVIEW: TOR @ MTL

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   MAPLE LEAFS
18 Shots 51
59 Face-off % 41
1-for-2 Power Play 1-for-3
6 Penalty Minutes 4
30 Hits 11
27 Corsi For 62
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (18-37-10) 0 2 2 4
Maple Leafs (40-19-5) 1 0 1 2
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Savard (3), Caufield (14)-PPG, Byron (4), Dvorak (8)
  • TOR: Matthews (47), Nylander (24)-PPG
  • MTL: Allen (W) (7-17-4)
  • TOR: Kallgren (L) (2-2-1)

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
NHL3stars
  1. Jake Allen  MTL
  2. Nick Suzuki  MTL
  3. Paul Byron  MTL

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Video Highlights

What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Marty St. Louis

  • “In games likewise against a big team, your goalkeeper has to be your best player. He was tonight.
  • “We were opportunistic. It’s a great team victory thanks to great individual efforts.”
  • “Tonight we found a way to beat a very good team. So I’m happy with my team’s performance in a difficult week.”

Paul Byron

  • “It’s incredible. I can’t say enough about them. We know it’s been a long season and we haven’t been up to it. To see the energy of the fans and to play in that atmosphere when we are where we are in the standings, we are really lucky to have fans like that.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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2 COMMENTS

  1. holy smoke,
    call the copps.
    robbery on saint-antoine et la gauchetiere-ouest
    salut-bien chers amis allhabs,
    no business taking 2 here eh.we did not look good.toronto was just flying.what happenned?jake allen,thats what!
    some impressions?
    did not look to good for most of the nite.
    defense?what is left of it anyway.
    great difficulty clearing the zone.making break-outs.backing in alot and letting the leafs come in waves eh.
    oh well.
    take out petry,kulak et chiarot and jake allen will have to become a puck-magnet like tonite for us to stand a chance?
    liked david savard though.his foot speed is not the greatest.almost like he is skating in slow-motion!however,he tricks the opposition into thinking that he is in slow-motion and surprises with anticipatory efforts.
    hope pezzetta et pitlick are okay.need their toughness et ambition in the corners.
    CH22 continues to impress.great shooting ability.imperial touch.
    on the SN tv feed they were showing in point form some of coach st.louis’s initial qualities.bout 4-5 things like:communicates well,honest,open for the players,etc.they forgot one?
    zero coaching experience!who cares eh.
    best memory of the match?our national hymme/anthem
    sung in 3 languages.honoring our first-nations and first peoples here.indigenous dialect(cree),french,english.
    what a nice way to honor and pay hommage et respect to canada’s 1st peoples.needs to be standardised,in my humble opinion.
    a demain soir en provenance de new jersey
    merci pour l’ecoute
    portez-vous tous bien
    ps,that guy demain soir on the other team eh,wearing jersey 76 eh,the next time we see him after tomorrow nite,he might be wearing the 76 with us eh,CH76 returns home.cheers!
    familleCH,toujours
    guyCH10 soit toujours avec-nous en prieres et pensees

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