Maple Leafs 1 - 3 Canadiens
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Canadiens still have a shot at top seed

Apr 5, 2008 - 2:12 PM Toronto (36-34-11) at Montreal (46-25-10) 7:00 pm EDT

MONTREAL (Ticker) - The Montreal Canadiens haven't finished first in the Eastern Conference since the 1991-92 season.

They try to move one step closer to changing that on Saturday when they close out their regular season against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Canadiens (46-25-10) are tied with the Pittsburgh Penguins (47-26-8) for first place in the East with 102 points and need at least a point to keep alive hopes of home-ice advantage throughout the conference playoffs.

Pittsburgh plays its season finale Sunday in Philadelphia.

Montreal enters the game 6-1-0 in their last seven games, including a 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday. Bryan Smolinski scored two goals to lead the Canadiens to the victory.

Despite its recent strong play, Montreal has dropped two straight to the Maple Leafs and are just 3-3-1 against their Canadian rivals this season.

Toronto fell to 1-3-1 over its last five games on Thursday, dropping an ugly 8-2 decision to the Ottawa Senators.

However, the Maple Leafs lone win during their dismal stretch came during a 4-2 victory against the Canadiens last Saturday. Anton Stralman and Jiri Tlusty both scored two goals to pace Toronto to the win.








  • NHL
    FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    TORONTO 0 1 0 1
    MONTREAL 0 2 1 3 FINAL
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    2ND PRD: MON - MARK STREIT 13 (ALEXEI KOVALEV, TOMAS PLEKANEC) 9:00
    MON - CHRIS HIGGINS 26 (MARK STREIT, RYAN O'BYRNE) 14:03
    TOR - MARK BELL 4 (KRIS NEWBURY, JASON BLAKE) 18:02
    3RD PRD: MON - (PP) CHRIS HIGGINS 2

    Apr 5 9:41 PM


  • NHL
    TORONTO 1
    MONTREAL 3
    3RD PRD: MON - (PP) CHRIS HIGGINS 27 (BRYAN SMOLINSKI, ANDREI MARKOV)
    7:29

    Maple Leafs 1, Canadiens 3  3rd - 12:31Apr 5 9:19 PM


  • NHL
    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    TORONTO 0 1 1
    MONTREAL 0 2 2 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    2ND PRD: MON - MARK STREIT 13 (ALEXEI KOVALEV, TOMAS PLEKANEC) 9:00
    MON - CHRIS HIGGINS 26 (MARK STREIT, RYAN O'BYRNE) 14:03
    TOR - MARK BELL 4 (KRIS NEWBURY, JASON BLAKE) 18:02
    SHOTS ON GOAL:

    Apr 5 8:44 PM


  • NHL
    TORONTO 1
    MONTREAL 2
    2ND PRD: TOR - MARK BELL 4 (KRIS NEWBURY, JASON BLAKE) 18:02

    Maple Leafs 1, Canadiens 2  2nd - 1:58Apr 5 8:40 PM


  • NHL
    TORONTO 0
    MONTREAL 2
    2ND PRD: MON - CHRIS HIGGINS 26 (MARK STREIT, RYAN O'BYRNE) 14:03

    Maple Leafs 0, Canadiens 2  2nd - 5:57Apr 5 8:34 PM


  • NHL
    TORONTO 0
    MONTREAL 1
    2ND PRD: MON - MARK STREIT 13 (ALEXEI KOVALEV, TOMAS PLEKANEC) 9:00

    Maple Leafs 0, Canadiens 1  2nd - 11:00Apr 5 8:25 PM


  • NHL
    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    TORONTO 0 0
    MONTREAL 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    TOR 8 8
    MON 12 12
    GOALIES: TOR - ANDREW RAYCROFT
    MON - CAREY PRICE

    Apr 5 7:50 PM

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