Newhook's Two Goals Put Canadiens Up 2-0 at Intermission

Montréal leads Toronto 2-0 after the first period, with an 11-9 edge in shots and the early momentum. Alex Newhook scored both Canadiens goals, recording two goals on two shots and a plus-two rating; Kirby Dach, Kaiden Guhle and Oliver Kapanen each have an assist. Jacob Fowler stopped all nine shots he faced for a 1.000 save percentage, while Toronto’s Sergei Bobrovsky made nine saves on 11 shots for an .818 save percentage. Toronto has outhit Montréal 10-7, but the Canadiens have four blocked shots to the Leafs’ two, and neither team has scored on the power play.