Rookie Matthew Knies scored a short-handed game-winning goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in NHL pre-season action Friday night.
Defenceman Mikko Kokkonen also scored for Toronto . Forward Noah Gregor, who's impressed so far in training camp on a professional tryout, pitched in with an assist.
Neither team iced its `A' lineup, with Montreal's Nick Suzuki and Caufield and Toronto's Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, among others, sitting out. The two teams meet again in Montreal on Saturday. Pearson, who had one goal and four assists in 14 games last season after missing most of the campaign with a broken hand that needed multiple surgeries, had three shots on goal and a hit.Knies broke the deadlock short-handed at 10:23 of the second period, scoring with a wrist shot from the slot after a feed from Fraser Minten, who stripped defenceman Justin Barron in his own end.
In the third period, Knies and Minten connected once again for a Grade A chance on the penalty kill, but couldn't beat Primeau.
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