TOR@MTL: Game recap | Prospect Showdown
TOR@MTL: Game recap | Prospect Showdown
Leafs win Game 1 in a shootout
MONTREAL – The Canadiens mounted a two-goal comeback to force extra time, but the Toronto Maple Leafs left the Bell Centre with a 4-3 shootout win in Game 1 of the Prospect Showdown on Saturday.
Adam Engström, Tyler Thorpe, Owen Beck were the Montreal goalscorers.
The Habs prospects had answers for each of the Buds’ three power play goals—none bigger than Beck’s tying tally in the dying seconds of the middle frame.
The third period solved nothing, so overtime was required to decide a winner. With the game in the balance in the shootout, Fraser Minten slid the puck past Samuel Richard to put an end to Saturday’s matinee.
The Canadiens outshot the Leafs 35-24.
Roster
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Montreal goals
P1 12:16 1-[1] Engström (Savoie, Larose)
Adam Engström picks his corner
P2 09:33 3-[2] Thorpe (Kidney, Hutson)
Tyler Thorpe completes a one-timer
P2 19:57 3-[3] Beck (Farrell, Reinbacher)
Toronto goals
P1 04:48 -0 Kressler (Chadwick, Lisowsky) – PPG
P1 17:48 -1 Minten (Niemelä, Cowan) – PPG
P2 07:56 -1 Cowan (Minten, Niemelä) – PPG
Shootout
Lane Hutson scored for Montreal; Sean Farrell and Filip Mešár were denied.
Easton Cowan and Minten scored for Toronto; Nikita Grebenkin was stopped.
What’s next
Game 2 of the Prospect Showdown is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at the Bell Centre.
