Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews, left, celebrates one of his three goal against the Canadiens on Wednesday. Toronto won 6-5 in shootout.
Mitch Marner scored the only goal of the shootout as the Toronto Maple Leafs fought back from 2-0 and 5-3 deficits to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 6-5 in a wild NHL regular-season opener for both teams Wednesday.
Montreal then went back in front just 1:22 later when Newhook, acquired from the Colorado Avalanche in June, tipped a point shot past Samsonov moments after the Toronto goaltender robbed Dach. HATTY FOR MATTY! 😳 Auston Matthews is not messing around this season. 😳 #NHLFaceOff 📺: @Sportsnet or stream on Sportsnet+ ➡️ https://t.co/43abKDndcG pic.twitter.com/WSWBMCvE0MNylander hit the post before Matthews equalized, but found the scoresheet with 44.5 seconds left in the period when he blasted home a one-timer to give the Leafs their first lead.
Toronto winger Ryan Reaves, who pointed to his biceps during pre-game introductions, threw a couple of big hits as the period wore on, including one that led the Leafs' new tough guy to drop the gloves with Arber Xhekaj. Boston rookie Johnny Beecher picked up his first penalty when he got in a fight with Jason Dickinson in the third period.Defencemen Brady Skjei and Jaccob Slavin scored third-period goals that helped the Carolina Hurricanes push past the Ottawa Senators 5-3 in Wednesday night's season opener for both teams.
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