October 3rd, 2004
The Canadiens play on back to back nights and visit the Leafs in Toronto.
Montreal (2-2-0) will start G
Walt Ross who will make his NHL debute tonight against the
Leafs (2-2-0)
Montreal gets the opening goal at 7:05 when C
Jeff Pilbeam wins the draw, RW
Li Wei retrives it and feeds
Pilbeam for the snap shot for his 2nd of the season. Montreal goes up 2-0 as C
Patrick Atkins knocks in his own rebound after the former Leaf LW
Randolph Lott's shot. For
Atkins it was his 3rd of the season at 18:04. Montreal dominated the 1st period out shooting the Leafs 18-2 making life easy for the rookie goalie.
Montreal makes it 3-0 as C
Patrick Atkins wins the draw and RW
Petr Klusacek beats the Leaf goalie. Its
Klusacek's 1st of the season at 18:34 of the 2nd. The period ends with Montreal up 34-5 on the shot clock.
Montreal continues to push the play including while SH. C
Patrick Atkins gets his 4th of the year SH with an assist to RD
Steven Thornton at 4:03 of the 3rd. Its now 4-0. On the same Leaf PP, the Leafs break G
Walt Ross's chance for a NHL debute S/O. C
Nikita Volkhov scores on the PP at 5:37, his 1st of the year. After a big save by Montreal G
Ross, the Canadiens comeback and put pressure on the Leaf net, finally at 7:54 of the 3rd RD
Steven Thornton scores his 1st of the year and its now 5-1. The Leafs are not done yet, while on the PP RW
Jamie Aylett tips one in at 15:51 for his 1st of the year. That's how this one ends with the final shots 46-12 for Montreal.
Montreal 5 Toronto 2
Montreal C
Patrick Atkins was the 1st star with his 2 goals and an assist. The 20 year old now has 4 goals and 7 points with 0 PIMs and a +7 rating in 5 games. Last year in his rookie season, Atkins had 50 points.
Detroit Red Wings LW
Chad Deraspe had a goal and 2 assists in a 5-2 win over the Rangers. The 22 year old now has 2 goals and 6 points with 0 PIMs and a +2 rating in 5 games. Last year Deraspe set a career high with 67 points in 72 games.
Nashville Predators LW
Jeremy Mercier had an assist in a 2-1 win over the Blues. The 20 year old now has 2 goals and 3 points with 0 PIMs and a +2 rating in 7 games. In 2002-03 Mercier had a career high 67 points in 72 games with the Predators, his rookie season.
Boston Bruins C
Ronald Sutton had a goal and 2 assists in a 4-2 win over the Flyers. The 34 year old now has 2 goals and 6 points with 0 PIMs and a -1 rating in 6 games. Sutton had a career high of 35 goals during the 2000-01 season with the Stars in 69 games.
Buffalo Sabres RW
Craig Tollison had 3 goals in a 4-1 win over the Canucks. The 30 year old now has 3 goals and 4 points with 2 PIMs and a -2 rating in 6 games. Tollison had a career high of 35 goals in the 2002-03 season in 65 games with the Sabres.