Dobson nets two, Xhekaj earns first NHL point in Canadiens rout of Maple Leafs
MONTREAL – Noah Dobson scored his 2nd and 3rd goals of the season and Florian Xhekaj earned his first NHL point in his debut and the Canadiens stormed past the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 at the Bell Centre on Saturday.
Lane Hutson opened the scoring for Montreal, before Dobson (2) and Josh Anderson added to the tally.
Toronto responded with two goals of their own, but that’s all that would get past Jakub Dobes on Saturday.
Anderson put the game on ice with an empty netter late in the third period, making it a 5-2 final.
For more stats, check out the NHL’s Gamecenter summary here.
Florian Xhekaj’s NHL debut
The Xhekajs became the 14th set of brothers to play in the same game for the Canadiens.
See below for the full list:
Roster
Montreal goals
P1 12:11 0-[1] Hutson (Suzuki, Caufield)
TOR@MTL: Hutson scores goal against Joseph Woll
P1 13:33 0-[2] Dobson (Matheson, Demidov)
TOR@MTL: Dobson scores goal against Joseph Woll
P2 04:09 0-[3] Dobson (Demidov, Slafkovsky)
TOR@MTL: Dobson scores goal against Joseph Woll
P2 13:11 0-[4] Anderson (F. Xhekaj, Carrier)
Josh Anderson with a Goal vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
P3 17:50 2-[5] Anderson (Matheson, Evans) – ENG
TOR@MTL: Anderson scores empty-net goal
Toronto goal
P2 17:19 [1]-4 Ekman-Larsson (Cowan, Nylander)
P3 14:56 [2]-4 Nylander (Rielly, Maccelli) – PPG
What’s next
Montreal hits the road for a week-long road trip through Utah, Nevada and Colorado, starting in Salt Lake City against the Mammoth on Wednesday.
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