Alex Newhook scored twice and goaltender Jacob Fowler stopped 26 shots as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4.2 at Scotiabank Arena.
Jacob Fowler Recorded 26 Saves
- Jacob Fowler made 26 saves for the Montreal hockey club.
Scotiabank Arena Stumble
The Montreal Canadiens held a commanding 3-0 lead after 40 minutes of play before nearly relinquishing another multi-goal advantage. Le Devoir reported that the visitors looked vulnerable when Toronto struck twice in rapid succession during the third period.
Montreal had surrendered a four-goal lead in the final 2:39 of regulation during a 5-4 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets, according to Le Devoir.
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Newhook Sparks the Offense
Newhook opened the scoring at 5:56 of the first period through a fortunate bounce off multiple defenders. He later added a skillful deflection on a point shot from Kaiden Guhle past Sergei Bobrovsky at 13:06, as detailed by Le Devoir.
“I was starting to think the Hometown Remix jerseys are cursed,” Newhook joked afterward, as reported by lenouvelliste.ca. “Plus seriously, I think reliving a similar situation allowed us not to panic on the bench. We knew we had to find our game.”
Arber Xhekaj Penalty Sparks Frustration
Toronto's momentum surge included goals from William Nylander on the power play at 6:19 of the third period and Gavin McKenna 55 seconds later. lenouvelliste.ca noted that the initial Toronto tally came while Arber Xhekaj served an unsportsmanlike conduct minor penalty during a scrum involving multiple players.
“I feel bad for ‘Jacko’ (Xhekaj) because I don’t think it was a penalty,” Montreal head coach Martin St-Louis said, according to lenouvelliste.ca. Captain Nick Suzuki echoed the frustration, stating to lenouvelliste.ca that both teams deserved equal penalties given the matching personnel involved in the altercation.
Alex Newhook scored twice in the first period and Jacob Fowler made 26 saves as the Montreal Canadiens topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Saturday https://t.co/40HvHi1K5d
Securing the Two Points
Zachary Bolduc extinguished the Maple Leafs’ comeback bid with a vital power-play marker with 7:45 remaining on the clock. Chris Kreider added an insurance goal earlier in the contest, intercepting a pass at the blue line to beat Bobrovsky.
Fowler shut the door down the stretch, preserving the victory ahead of Montreal’s upcoming home fixture against the Minnesota Wild at the Centre Bell.
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