Matthews hat technique aids Maple Leafs to shootout win against Canadiens in opener

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TORONTO-- Auston Matthews scored a hat technique, including his 300th NHL objective, assisting the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 6-5 shootout win versus the Montreal Canadiens at Scotiabank Field on Wednesday. "It was a little bit of a roller rollercoaster," Matthews said. "I think it's undoubtedly wonderful to get the win and there's a great deal of points we can definitely cleanse up, simply taking treatment of the puck, some turnover things, little awareness type of stuff we can definitely be better at. It's easy to say it's the first video game, yet it's those practices you try to build early in camp that you simply intend to clean up early. "William Nylander had a goal and an assist, John Tavares had three aids, and Ilya Samsonov made 19 saves for the Maple Leafs in the season opener for both teams. Mitchell Marner racked up the only objective in the shootout. Ehen asked what he would certainly draw from the game, Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe said, "2 points, that's about it Josh Manson Jersey. "You provide for sure. So that's my takeaway. The video game offered virtually every little thing you can assume of in a game. It's all over the location, which you do not love to see. "Alex Newhook scored twice in his Canadiens launching, and Jake Allen made 37 conserves. "We were certainly mentally tested, and to me, that's a huge part of this league," Montreal trainer Martin St. Louis stated. "Mentally challenged in the 2nd, psychologically tested at the end of the third, but you discover for it. There's nothing you can do. It's done, allow's go. " MTLTOR: Matthews scores his first three goals of season The Maple Leafs sufficed to 5-4 at 15:28 of the 3rd duration when Matthews took a pass from Tavares and fired to the brief side from the base of the appropriate face-off circle. With Samsonov drew for the extra enemy, Matthews after that linked it 5-5 at 18:53 when he received a pass from Nylander and fired past an outstretched Allen for objective No. 302. Newhook, who was gotten from the Colorado Avalanche in a profession June 27, had actually put the Canadiens up 4-3 at 5:47 of the third when he dispersed an Arber Xhekaj shot in the slot for his second goal. Jesse Ylonen made it 5-3 at 11:55, backhanding a shot past Samsonov's blocker after a pass from Rafael Harvey-Pinard, who obstructed a clearing up attempt from Timothy Liljegren. "We shed some life without a doubt, it was difficult," Keefe stated Patrick Roy Jersey. ".. It was absolutely a difficult one, specifically the nature of the means a few of the objectives were taking place. You just seem like it's not your evening. I do not recognize the number of times we dropped or whiffed on the puck. "Matthews' power-play objective connected it 2-2 at 14:51 of the 2nd duration. Marner's shot backfired off Tavares in front of the internet and involved Matthews, that shot from the base of the appropriate circle. The objective made him the fastest United States-born gamer to reach 300 goals, passing Rub LaFontaine. Nylander put Toronto up 3-2 on the power play at 19:15 of the 2nd period when he one-timed a shot from John Klingberg at the left skirmish dot. Klingberg was making his Maple Leafs launching after authorizing a 1 year, $4. 15 million agreement as an unlimited cost-free representative July 1. Cole Caufield tied it 3-3 with a power-play objective at 4:25 of the third when his shot from the slot dispersed off the stick of Maple Leafs defenseman TJ Brodie. Caufield played his first regular-season game since Jan. 19. MTLTOR: Caufield ties video game with PPG in 3rd Toronto outshot Montreal 16-2 in the 2nd period. Jake Evans placed the Canadiens up 1-0 at 3:01 of the very first period when he scored on a breakaway after Brodie mishandled the puck and dropped at the offensive blue line. Newhook made it 2-0 at 1:10 of the second, racking up beside the fold off a pass from Juraj Slafkovsky. Slafkovsky was playing his very first video game since Jan. 15, when a lower-body injury ended his rookie period. "Not enjoyable ready the goalkeepers, particularly for the Toronto goalies," Samsonov claimed. " Rob Ramage Jersey.. I attempt to neglect regarding what's taking place, occasionally we have these video games, it's not also enjoyable however it's okay. We win, we have two points, so I'm so ecstatic concerning the outcomes. "Caufield had actually a goal overturned at 5:50 when Toronto tested for offside. "We're a young group, and some good knowing lessons to experience on how to take care of the highs and lows of the video game," Canadiens ahead Kirby Dach claimed. ".. You're rising 3-0 and the goal gets recalled, and we do not know just how to press back or address afterwards. There's psychological swings in the video game, and we have to locate methods to just keep progressing and rolling the method we were rolling. We type of took our foot off the gas pedal. "The Maple Leafs cut it to 2-1 at 7:46 when Noah Gregor fired past Allen's handwear cover from the left face-off dot. It was Gregor's Toronto debut; he authorized a 1 year, $775 000 contract after attending training camp on a professional tryout.