7:11 pm
May 31

Canadiens @ Maple Leafs

Who will WIN this matchup?

Montreal Canadiens (24-21-11)

@ Toronto Maple Leafs (35-14-7)

 

Starting Goalies:

Carey Price (MON): Unconfirmed

Jack Campbell (TOR): Unconfirmed

 

Current odds:

Montreal Canadiens: (+170)

Toronto Maple Leafs: (-200)

 

• The Canadiens pushed the best-of-seven, first-round series to its limit Saturday night at Montreal with their second successive overtime victory. Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored at 15:15 to give the Canadiens a 3-2 victory even though they were outshot 13-2 in overtime.

• The pressure is on the Maple Leafs, who finished first in the North Division and held a 3-1 lead in the series over the Canadiens, who finished fourth. The Maple Leafs are constantly reminded that the team has not won a playoff series since 2004.

• The Canadiens stormed to the attack from the start of the game and eventually scored on two third-period power plays. But, for the second game in a row, the Maple Leafs forced overtime by scoring two straight goals. “For the first three periods, I don’t think we had too many lows,” Canadiens coach Dominique Ducharme said. “I thought we had good offensive zone time, really good chances in the first period when we could have had two or three goals. We were really dynamic.”

• The Leafs hurt themselves. When Corey Perry scored Montreal’s first power-play goal of the series, Keefe made a questionable challenge for goaltender interference and lost, giving Toronto a delay-of-game penalty. Just 19 seconds into the penalty, Mitch Marner cleared the puck over the glass, which resulted in another penalty. Tyler Toffoli scored on the 5-on-3 man advantage.

5/10
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