With two goals and an assist Mitch Marner set a career-high with 98 points on the season and thumped Montreal on Saturday night
Mitch Marner had two goals and an assist to set a career-high with 98 points on the season as the Toronto Maple Leafs thumped the Montreal Canadiens 7-1 on Saturday night.
The rebuilding Canadiens finally got their first and only shot of the opening 20 minutes before Marner registered point No. 97 of the campaign with a pass to Tavares on another man advantage for the Toronto captain’s 34th. Tavares added his 35th on another Toronto power play in the third period to make it 5-1 on a sequence that stood up after a coach’s challenge for goaltender interference.
“Gotta play hard,” Leafs defenceman Mark Giordano said Saturday morning. “Once you start worrying about resting and not getting hurt, that’s when you’re gonna get hurt.Toronto rested blue-liners Morgan Rielly and T.J. Brodie against Montreal, while forward Calle Jarnkrok missed out with an undisclosed injury.Sidelined all season with a knee injury, Canadiens goaltender Carey Price watched the morning skate from Montreal’s bench.
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