nhl Game Recap
Toronto Skates Past Montreal 5-2 - Recap
The Canadiens came up short Thursday against the Maple Leafs, falling 5-2.
Toronto won as a -224 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 5.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Toronto got goals from Mitchell Marner, John Tavares, Auston Matthews, Pierre Engvall, and Alex Galchenyuk in the victory. Galchenyuk opened the scoring at 0:16 of the first period.
Jack Campbell stopped 19 of 21 Montreal shots in the victory.
Cole Caufield, and Artturi Lehkonen scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Jack Campbell.
Montreal got a 11-stop effort from Cayden Primeau in the loss.
On the power play, Toronto went 0-for-4, while the Canadiens were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Toronto by a margin of 35-21.