(0-1-0) Montreal Canadiens 2-3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1-0-0)
Final
Last night in Toronto, it was the season opener between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens. The Leafs got off to a great start by scoring 2 goals in the first 8 minutes. Those goals were from Brent (1st) and Kessel (1st). But the Canadiens would respond under a minute after Kessel scored it was Dustin Boyd on the rap-around to put Montreal with in one. In the second, it was all Montreal but Giguere was there to keep Toronto in the game with save after save.
There was no scoring in the second because of him. But in the third, the Maple Leafs would jump to a 2 goal lead again with a dangle from former Sabres Clark MacArthur and a nice back hand shot that beat Carey Price blocker side to make it 3-1. 20 seconds later Jeff Halpern of Montreal would score to put Montreal within one again. Then with under 2 minutes to go Carey Price makes a great sprawling save on Kessel to keep Montreal in the game. Then with ten seconds to go Gionta's rap around would be stoped twice by Giguere as the Leafs would win it 3-2 the final.
In the win Giguere made 26 saves on 28 shots for Toronto. "He played really well," Wilson said about Giguere. "He focuses and battles every shot. Looking at the game, this is probably one that last year we'd get tied against in the last minute. Because of a couple of great saves, we ended up preserving the win."The Canadiens captain Brian Gionta was also impressed with the way Giguere played."He made two or three big saves on me there at the end," Gionta said. "I thought I had it, but he found a way to get his pad on it."
In the Canadiens loss, Price Made 21 saves on 24 shots." I think Carey played well. He made kept us in the game."Martin said." The only time he let goals in was when our defense made mistakes. We'll have to work on our defense for the Next game." The Canadiens next game is on Saturday in Pittsburgh at 7:00pm E.t on CBC and RDS.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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