Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari also made their Toronto debuts after the forwards were acquired from the St. Louis Blues in a blockbuster three-team trade
Michael Bunting scored twice as the Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 5-1 on Saturday in the Toronto debuts for Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari.late Friday – and were in the action at Scotiabank Arena just over 20 hours later.
Nylander stretched the lead to 4-1 four minutes into the third with his team-leading 31st goal following some great work down low from Matthews.Dealt to the Leafs along with Acciari for four draft picks – including Toronto’s 2023 first-round selection – in a swap that included Minnesota for salary cap purposes, O’Reilly, who won the Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP with St. Louis in 2019, started on a line between John Tavares and Mitch Marner.
The injury-riddled Canadiens, who downed their Original Six rival twice at home earlier this season, opened the scoring in the second when Anderson tipped his 16th – and 13th all-time against Toronto – past Woll, who got the start with Ilya Samsonov and Matt Murray unavailable before the home side responded.O’Reilly joins defenceman Mark Giordano as a former NHL captain in Toronto’s locker room alongside Tavares.
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