Mitchell Marner had a goal and three assists for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-3 win against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Wednesday.
Marner scored shorthanded 16 seconds into the third period to give the Maple Leafs a 3-2 lead, and Kasperi Kapanen made it 4-2 with another shorthanded goal 20 seconds later.
David Schlemko cut it to 4-3 with a power-play goal at 1:16 of the third period before Patrick Marleau made it 5-3 at 14:08.
Tomas Tatar scored a power-play goal to give Montreal a 1-0 lead at 4:00 of the first period. Nazem Kadri tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 18:11.
Auston Matthews gave the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead on the power play at 1:14 of the second period before Brendan Gallagher tied it 2-2 at 6:59.
Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for Toronto, and Carey Price made 21 for Montreal.
Mitch Marner forces Carey Price into a mistake but can't find the semi-open net pic.twitter.com/9DGIKPhPmq
— Jeff Veillette (@JeffVeillette) September 26, 2018
Tyler Ennis parts the seas and almost sets up Auston Matthews pic.twitter.com/PgtQPe38S7
— Jeff Veillette (@JeffVeillette) September 26, 2018
Leafs mega-powerplay at work for the first time. Lots of chances for everyone, culminating in Nazem Kadri tying the game at 1-1. pic.twitter.com/XwjPomXiWy
— Jeff Veillette (@JeffVeillette) September 27, 2018
Auston Matthews scores on the powerplay to put the Leafs up 2-1 early in the second period. An absolute bullet of a shot from the left side. pic.twitter.com/kK8bgf209P
— Jeff Veillette (@JeffVeillette) September 27, 2018