Leafs Top Habs To Open Post-marner Era In Toronto - Beritaja

TORONTO – Morgan Rielly scored the victor successful the 3rd play and added an assistance arsenic the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 successful the first crippled of the post-Mitch Marner era Wednesday.

Bobby McMann and Calle Jarnkrok besides scored for Toronto earlier Auston Matthews and William Nylander added 1 each into the quiet net. Anthony Stolarz made 27 saves successful some teams’ opener to the NHL season. Nylander, John Tavares and Steven Lorentz besides had 2 assists each.

Oliver Kapanen, pinch his first NHL goal, and Zachary Bolduc replied for Montreal. Sam Montembeault stopped 23 shots.

McMann opened the scoring conscionable 1 infinitesimal successful earlier Kapanen jumped connected a turnover pinch Montreal sidesplitting a penalty.

Bolduc scored his first pinch the Canadiens successful the 2nd aft being acquired from the St. Louis Blues, but Jarnkrok tied things later successful the play to group the shape for Rielly’s clincher.

Marner declined to ink a statement hold pinch Toronto — the nine he shouted connected arsenic a kid that past selected him No. 4 wide astatine the 2015 NHL draught — past play earlier the Leafs were forced into a sign-and-trade pinch the Vegas Golden Knights for the prima winger that netted extent guardant Nicolas Roy.

Takeaways

Leafs: Roy, Matias Maccelli and Dakota Joshua each made their debuts for Toronto, which will look to switch Marner’s minutes connected the apical line, powerfulness play and punishment termination by committee.

Canadiens: Kapanen’s extremity came successful his 19th NHL game. The 22-year-old became the 5th subordinate connected grounds successful franchise history to execute the feat while short-handed — and the first since Chris Chelios connected Oct. 13, 1984.

Key moment

Leafs winger Matthew Knies was denied connected a breakaway midway done the third, but stayed pinch the play and fed Rielly successful beforehand for him to hide a changeable upstairs connected Montembeault.

Key stat

The Leafs and Canadiens met successful their season-opening crippled for the sixth consecutive play and 23rd clip wide — the highest full successful NHL history. The Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames are adjacent pinch 12 curtain-raising contests.

Up next

Canadiens: Visit the Detroit Red Wings connected Thursday.

Leafs: Visit the Red Wings connected Saturday.

This study by BERITAJA was first published Oct. 8, 2025.

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