No curvy dock comes out along with your eyes.
Lepkowski and Rafael Harvey Penard against Marner Matthews, Tyler Bertuzzi.
The second game in the preseason for this line together.
Bertuzzi's played a little bit more with other forward groupings.
Bertuzzi's got it here and he brings it back into the Canadian zone.
Norlander on the blue line for Montreal.
Here's Pertuzzi trying to center it, that block by David Savard, Matthews on it and that puck off the lake and out.
First game for Matthews and Marner.
Sheldon Keith didn't mind their game but felt they were a little out of sick trying to get their legs a.
Little out of sync, but he also Sheldon Keith played the heck out of him.
Marner was over 26 and Matthews 25.
But this is a rarity.
Chris and pre season here all the practices that they've had either players usually have no time to practice.
It's all games.
I think these guys would be excited to get in here after spending so much of this training camp not in game like motion and every one of them talking about trying to get that chemistry together with for Tuesday as well.
I kept in by Miko Kokanen is Pearson unable to get it by him and now the Canadians able to work it ahead.
It'll be deflected down into the Toronto zone by Sean Monahan centering a third line tonight.
Still talk that he might end up on the top line with Suzuki and Caulfield and Alex New Hook not in the lineup for Montreal.
There's Benoit getting Jarred by Heineman, a turnover deep and may you try to move the puck.
Heineman sends it ahead and now Jake Evans into the middle loaded, just sidestep to hit from Morgan Riley as he brought it in.
There's Mayu playing it off the corner boards, Malonen.
There's Heineman with another good step up hit on TJ Brody.
Couple of early hits for 51 of the Canadians.
Oh, here's a line for the Canadians 2 guys are really an opportunity to try to stay in this lineup.
Heineman with his physical play there early on, and Lonan is a guy that's really trying to look for that development, take that next step.
And for Marty Saint Louis, some big decisions over this last week, and there's two of them playing on the same line.
Here comes Suzuki, skating through center, tracked by Domi, who comes back and we've got a penalty, a slashing call.
His upcoming and early power play you.
Know that's Domi coming through in the neutral zone as Suzuki just takes control of this pocket, keeps his legs moving.
Domi doesn't like the call or does he get into the hands?
I think it's first time it didn't seem like the penalty.
The arm went up and by the 2nd and 3rd into the hands of Suzuki, Domi gets the call for an early power play here for the Montreal Canadiens.
Had a penalty 13 seconds into his first preseason game, but here in his first game of Toronto, it's just shy of three minutes in before he hits to the box.
Now, such a rarity, you play the same team three games in a row and one thing the Canadians have had trouble with against this Leaf penalty kill is get anything going O for 11 in the two games in Montreal and here just three minutes in, they get a first opportunity.
And here Matthews will start on the penalty kill.
Nick Suzuki's got the buck, Get'll come back to Norlander across Rick Wide.
Suzuki back over to Cockfield, who couldn't take it cleanly.
The captain working along the boards against McCabe gets it back, Matthews and Marner the penalty killers, Norlander shoots, scores, hit somebody in front and beat Sampson off and there's a power play goal for Montreal.
Norlander does an excellent job, but just making sure this one gets through and Kirby dock does a nice job of getting into the eyes.
It might have either hit dock along the way or Brody in front, but put pass on the back hand back to the point.
And here the the key is, Oh yeah, right off the knee there of McCabe is McCabe tried to play goaltender.
Instead he gets a piece of it and look at Samsonoff was there to make the save and McCabe with that deflection goes back and underneath the blocker.
Good job of Norlander though, just sliding across on the top and making sure that one gets through to the net.
Tough play for McCabe defensively to get a piece of that and tip it in.
So 324, the time of the opening goal tonight, Matthias Norlander, who played six games for the Canadians two years ago without an NHL regular season goal centering pass here and Matthews able to take control.
Track by Slobkowski back to Bertuzzi and I was sent deep by McCabe.
Matthews behind the net cycles it back.
It reaches Marner in front trying to connect there with Bertuzzi.
Canadians away, dock off the boards and it will slide down into the Toronto zone.
McKee unable to come up with that.
Swarovski across dock, try to feed it back off the skeet to Marner.
Kirby dock behind the net, try to duck away from the checking of Matthew's.
An easy club stop at the side of the cage for Simpson All.
Even the coaches taking it more like a regular season game, even though you said Matthew's starting a little bit of penalty kill, trying to get the momentum that goes right back to the top line.
And these are the kind of things that you try to get after a goal against, get some offensive time.
Allen does a nice job of getting a little piece of that pass across as Marner down low looking for Bertuzzi and this is what this trio is trying to find.
They said get into this game like motion and and whenever you have two talented wingers in center that you're playing with, the challenge for Bertuzzi is where do I have to be?
Where do I have to go?
It seems at times easier said than done.
It just takes a little time to get the natural Reed.
You look at how Matthews and Marner don't really even look for each other, look at each other.
They know exactly where they're going to be and it will take a little bit of time in game like motion to get comfortable there on the left side.
Canadian skated in Broussard this morning and took a flight into Toronto, but they arrived on time tonight and have the first six shots.
Here's a look at the change of the Leafs left wingers this year.
Well, you look at last year, but Matthews and Marner is all about Michael Bunting and we all know what happened there.
He's gone off to Carolina.
But the opportunity now presents itself right off the bat.
And when that signing for Bertuzzi, it kind of seemed like that was the natural fit.
As you know, Chris, things can change pretty quickly.
But for Bertuzzi, the challenge is OK.
You want to be the main guy to take that place of where Bunting was last year.
Matthew Nyes on the ice, the only player to play in all three of these preseason games between the two teams in a matter of four nights, never played more than 44 games.
So endurance is going to be a test here for Matthew Nyes, and you wonder if that's one of the reasons he is getting such a heavy workload.
Montreal moves out to center ballooning, and that'll be clubbed in hell by Samsonov.
Well, you you mentioned for nice it, it's the training and the experience that he had not not only just playing at the end of the year and, you know, disappointed getting hurt in the playoffs.
Got a real taste of what it's like to play real hockey.
I mean, the difference between playoff hockey and regular season is, is such a huge boost, and I think it just prepares you that much more when you get the opportunity to go through a whole training camp.
You get the agenda from management and the coaching staff of what's expected.
And he showed great maturity and I think he's had just an excellent training camp in a preseason.
Domi stepped in on that draw, lost his stick up against Monahan on the face off.
Brody works the boards.
Domi helps out Morgan Riley ahead.
He landed a step.
What's on the brakes?
Riley followed up but couldn't get his stick on the puck.
Now Robertson, who scored on Saturday night to Montreal back to the line, Riley across for Brody.
There's TJ Brody, his shot blocked in front place of hard that hits Brody on the clear.
He'll keep it in knee.
Lander unable to reach that.
And now the Canadians up with it.
Then ahead it goes for Brendan Gallagher trying to hit Tanner Pearson.
Pearson deep in leaf ice.
Both Toronto defenseman surrounding him, the former Perry Colt holding it up there in the Leaf zone.
Suzuki's moved in to help out now trying to take it away from camp and does kicks it free.
Gregor couldn't get a stick on it, kept in by Kovacevich and now Suzuki tried to center.
Here's Anderson in front.
Caulfield unable to get a stick on that now Suzuki.
Caulfield had a couple of shots on Saturday.
Nine shot attempts.
Up high is Josh Anderson.
Here's Caulfield.
Two goals in the opening game of last year against Toronto now bump back ahead.
Caulfield at the line moves in the along with Suzuki jumping up was Kilda Santa to got by him and now Prager starts back the other way.
We're kicking, start with Jack, guys score North Drinker surprises Alan and the game is tied on the Leafs first shot on goal.
That's one for Alan that he he's going to want to have that one back.
But Noah Gregor another example of a guy getting an opportunity coming in on APTO all kinds of pressure.
Watch the fake hit there by Anderson in a quick little pass by Reeves.
But this is one just around the stick and he's able to get it through and underneath the glove.
I think Gregor has been given every chance to try to find a place on this lineup and you can see the reaction of Allen, Little deflection off of his defender stick and never a bad thing.
Use your speed to the outside to get a little separation of curled it in and able to get that shot on goal and Gregor, it's his first goal of training King.
So the Keith said earlier, we made it clear to him there's an opportunity and it looks like Gregor's made the most of it so far here in his pre season game now for the Maple Leafs.
Isn't that the key?
You give the kid the opportunity to play?
I mean, you don't want to be sitting watching these games if you're Noah Gregor on APTO.
And to his credit, he's done a lot to be noticed when he's been out here.
And Willigan feeding it ahead to Pertussi, unable to reel that in, Harris will send it back across.
And here's the youngster, Logan Mayew, who has earned good reviews for his work in the preseason.
There's an icing call against Montreal.
So Norlander and Gregor, the goal scores here in the opening.
It's 11.
There's a Molson with your name on it, Marty Saint Louise Crew down to 28 on the roster now, and now the coach can get into more details of the.
Game yeah, and you have to think for him, he's got to look as this season goes along and say can I keep some bodies healthy?
I mean, there's one thing tearing your team down to try to get ready for the season Last year, though, just injuries, such a big part of the story and not able to feel the team that he would have liked and hopes that he can get a little bit more development out of this group.
You know the one thing when you're a new coach yourself, you you think of how you reacted when you were a youngster and when you look in front of him on the bench last year, so many rookies in the lineup and guys with injury playing higher than they can.
It's all about protecting them.
I think this year has to be more development a little bit and pushing them a little bit harder.
And I, I think that's what'll be interesting to watch how Marty handles that scenario if this team stays healthy and gets a little traction.
Come Sam Lafferty out along with Nice and Sabaris.
Lafferty's had a good training camp.
He'll work it across.
And Miko Kokoda.
Moved up.
Speaking of good camp, Sheldon Keith said today that coconut's been the surprise of camp so far here tonight with Simone Benoit vacuumed up by Allen with Lafferty crashing the net.
Chris, just getting back to Marty Saint Louis, when you look at last year, I mean, these numbers are, are just incredible.
The, the amount of percent of time with rookie demon and other than maybe goaltender is, you know, a rookie coming in the hardest is playing defense.
I mean, all the different reads that you have to have handling the pressure.
And last year was just a such a challenge for this team to to handle it.
I, I think the way the Jack guy was able to handle himself was very solid.
And you, you got to figure this year he'll just be that much better because of that experience.
And hopefully, again, a much more healthier line.
And that young blue line gets a little deeper with David Reinbacher, who has been sent back to Switzerland but got very positive notice for his first Canadians training camp.
And Logan May, you in the line up here tonight.
Gallagher, one of the players that missed a lot of time with injury last year, it'll be scooped in by Pearson and Pearson coming off an injury with Vancouver, which happened in Montreal, that's kicked away by Simpson up look.
At that trio, yeah.
Gallagher, Monahan and Pearson All all of.