In Montreal, the Canadiens’ Jonathan Drouin struck twice in a 5-2 win for the Habs over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.
“You don’t get too many chances to get breakaways in this league, so I want to make sure I bury those when I get a chance,” Drouin said. “And I was happy to bury two, and lucky to get two breakaways.”
Joel Armia, Nick Suzuki Brendan Gallagher had single markers for the Canadiens.
“Obviously when you get chances and you put the puck in or create chances all the time it’s going to bring your confidence up,” Armia said. “And I’d say it’s pretty much easier to play with a lot of confidence than without any.”
Carey Price made 29 saves for the victory as the Habs improved to 5-4-2.
Jake Muzzin and Andreas Johnsson scored for the Leafs.
“I didn’t think we were competitive enough in the first period,” Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. “I thought we were really competitive and got the game going in the second, and then we gave them three goals in the third, any way you look at it. We made mistakes and they just shot it in the net, so we gifted them those three. It’s disappointing because we had crawled our way back and kind of set the tone.”
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Michael Hutchinson made 33 saves in the loss.
“You’ve got to credit them, you’ve got to credit their goalie, he made some big saves,” Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews said. “They were pretty good defensively and you can’t give up two breakaways and a 2-on-1 with the game that close, and they obviously capitalized on their opportunities.”
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