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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Canadiens Recap - Canadiens Win 4-3

Montreal earned a 4-3 victory over Toronto behind a 2-goal performance from Cole Caufield on Wednesday at Bell Centre.

Montreal was an underdog by +219 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went PUSH the consensus closing total of 7.0.

Cole Caufield(2), Sean Monahan, and Josh Anderson each scored for the Canadiens in the victory. Caufield opened the scoring for Montreal.

Jake Allen turned in a 29-save effort for the Canadiens.

Toronto got goals from Michael Bunting, Denis Malgin, and William Nylander in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Toronto got a 19-stop effort from Matt Murray in the loss.

On the power play, Montreal went 0-for-4, while the Maple Leafs were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Toronto by a margin of 32-23.

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