Auston Matthews scores hat trick, while Mitch Marner secures win with shot over Montreal goalie Jake Allen
Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews celebrates his goal against the Montreal Canadiens with teammates during third period NHL hockey action in Toronto on Oct. 11.“You start feeling it on Monday,” Giordano said hours before Toronto and Montreal dropped the puck on the 2023-24 season at Scotiabank Arena. “On Tuesday in practice you feel the excitement and your adrenalin starts to pick up. Every time, every year, it is great to get into the real games.
Fraser Minten, Toronto’s 19-year-old centre, was given the honour of taking a solo lap around the ice before his teammates as it was his first professional game. Minten wasn’t the only newcomer to line up for the first time for Toronto in a real game. So did Tyler Bertuzzi, Noah Gregor, John Klingberg, Reaves and Max Domi, too. Probably that last name rings a bell.
It was the first of three meetings between the Canadiens and the Maple Leafs during the 2023-24 campaign and the start of a three-game homestand that continues with engagements against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday and Chicago Blackhawks on Monday. It will mark Connor Bedard’s first visit to Toronto as a professional.
Montreal increased its lead to 2-0 shortly after the second-period puck drop. He scored off a beautiful tic-tac-toe on the receiving end of sharp passes from Juraj Slafkovsky and Kirby Dach.
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