TOR@MTL: Game recap

MONTREAL – Noah Dobson scored his 2^nd and 3^rd 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 14^th 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)

P1 13:33 0-[2] Dobson (Matheson, Demidov)

P2 04:09 0-[3] Dobson (Demidov, Slafkovsky)

P2 13:11 0-[4] Anderson (F. Xhekaj, Carrier)

P3 17:50 2-[5] Anderson (Matheson, Evans) – ENG

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.