Montréal took a 3-2 decision in Toronto in regulation, answering an early deficit with three unanswered goals. The Canadiens got the separation they needed in the third and had just enough cushion to survive a late Toronto push.
William Nylander struck in the first minute off a Morgan Rielly feed, but Josh Anderson tied it at 11 with Kirby Dach setting it up. Zachary Bolduc put Montréal ahead at 25, Anderson assisting, and Alexandre Carrier's unassisted goal at 54 made it 3-1 — the turning point, since Nylander's second, from John Tavares at 56, arrived too late to do more than tighten the scoreline.
Anderson was the difference-maker on the visitors' side with a goal and an assist, involved in the two Montréal goals that flipped the game. Nylander's two goals accounted for all of Toronto's offence.