Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs

· National Hockey League

Montreal Canadiens

15-9-3

Final
2 - 1

Toronto Maple Leafs

13-11-4

Cole Caufield scores in regulation and shootout in Canadiens' 2-1 win over Maple Leafs

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs: Game Highlights

Jakub Dobes made 22 saves to help Montreal improve to 15-9-3.

Scott Laughton scored for Toronto, and Dennis Hildeby stopped 33 shots. The Maple Leafs dropped to 13-11-4. They had won three in a row.

Hildeby got the start after Joseph Woll joined Anthony Stolarz on injured reserve earlier in the day. Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube said Woll will be out “a week … hopefully” after leaving a 5-1 victory in Carolina on Thursday night after two periods because if a lower-body injury.

The Canadiens, who topped the Maple Leafs 5-2 at home Nov. 22 to open Toronto’s recent six-game trip, connected on their second man advantage at 8:25 of the second period when Caufield slid his 15th goal of the season past Hildeby.

The Montreal winger extended his points streak to 10 games for the second double-digit run of his career.

Laughton replied for Toronto on a short-handed breakaway with 9:32 left in the third his third goal of the season and third in three games.

Up next Canadiens: Host St. Louis on Sunday night.

Maple Leafs: Host Tampa Bay on Monday night.

Regular Season Series

MTL leads series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 8:25	Cole Caufield Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (7), Ivan Demidov (15)
Goal	3rd Period 10:28	Scott Laughton Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Nicolas Roy (8)
Goal	5 0:00	Cole Caufield Goal Wrist Shot
Goal	5 0:00	Auston Matthews Goal Backhand
Goal	5 0:00	Alexandre Texier Goal Backhand

Statistics

MTL		TOR
11	Blocked Shots	8
21	Hits	28
3	Takeaways	5
34	Shots	23
1	Power Play Goals	0
4	Power Play Opportunities	3
25.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	1
0	Shootout Goals	0
26	Faceoffs Won	36
41.9	Faceoff Win Percent	58.1
12	Giveaways	12
3	Total Penalties	4
6	Penalty Minutes	8

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
William Nylander, RW	Out	Jan 16
Simon Benoit, D	Day-To-Day	Jan 16
Dakota Mermis, D	Injured Reserve	Jan 12
Anthony Stolarz, G	Injured Reserve	Jan 10
Chris Tanev, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 31