October 12th, 2004
The
Toronto Maple Leafs (3-5-0) are in town to face the
Montreal Canadiens (5-3-0) at the Bell Center.
The Leafs open up a 1-0 lead at 8:19 of the 1st period when RW
Kerry Bula gets his 1st of the year beating G
Bill Wolfenbarger. Montreal ties it up on the PP when LW
Emile Boudreau fires one from the slot at 12:43 for his 1st of the year on a sweet feed by C
Patrick Atkins. Montreal out shot the Leafs 11-9 and the score is 1-1.
The Leafs get a PP marker of their own as LD
Tim O'Keefe gets his 1st of the campaign at 5:06 of the 2nd period. Montreal ties it up 2-2 as C
Jeff Pilbeam wins a draw in the Leafs zone and LD
Vincent Lavioe fires it in for his 1st of the year at 5:36. That's how the 2nd period ends with the shots 28-13 in favour of Montreal.
Montreal had to kill a 5 on 3 early in the 3rd. C
Jeff Pilbeam fires a shot from the high slot on a feed from RD
Dominick Heatherington for his 4th goal of the year at 15:28 and Montreal are up 3-2. Montreal puts it out of reach when RD
Rinat Sadriyev collects and buries a rebound off of RW
Petr Klusacek's shot at 19:07 to make it 4-2 on
Sadriyev's 1st goal of the season. LW
Randolph Lott adds an empty netter for his 2nd of the year at 19:36. The shots finish 46-17 for Montreal.
Montreal 5 Toronto 2
Toronto Maple Leaf RW
Kerry Bula collected his 100th career point in the game. He now has 44 goals and 100 points in 220 career NHL games.
Montreal Canadiens C
Jeff Pilbeam was named the 1st star with his goal and an assist. The 32 year old now has 4 goals and 6 points with 4 PIMs and a +5 rating in 9 games. Last year Pilbeam had 16 goals and 37 points in 63 games with Montreal.
Winnipeg Jets C
Peter Horvath had a goal and an assist in a 3-1 win over the Stars. The 22 year old now has 4 goals and 7 points with 4 PIMs and a +1 rating in 7 games. Last year Horvath had 15 goals and 61 points in 72 games with the Jets.