The Montreal Canadiens were hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre tonight and Martin St-Louis' men were ruthless, at the start of the game in any case.

MONTREAL — The Toronto Maple Leafs scored seven unanswered goals to overcome ... Joseph Woll made 32 saves. Kirby Dach, Patrik Laine, and Josh Anderson scored forst-period goals for Montreal. Sam Montembeault finished with 27 saves.

MONTREAL -- Auston Matthews scored one of seven straight goals by the Toronto Maple Leafs in a come-from-behind 7-3 win against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Saturday.

It was a tale of two games on Saturday night, as the Toronto Maple Leafs scored seven unanswered goals for a 7-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre.

The Toronto Maple Leafs scored seven unanswered goals to overcome a 3-0 first-period deficit and then skated to a 7-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night. Bobby McMann, Nicholas Robertson, William Nylander, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Steven Lorentz, Auston Matthews and David Kampf found the back of the net for Toronto (22-18-4).

MONTREAL (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs scored seven unanswered ... Joseph Woll made 32 saves. Kirby Dach, Patrik Laine, and Josh Anderson scored forst-period goals for Montreal.

The Montreal Canadiens were thoroughly outplayed by the Red Wings Thursday night, leading to a 4-2 loss and thus no progress in the standings."As a group, we've grown and matured enough to turn the page on this,

After winning with their B-game on Tuesday, the Canadiens didn't play much better on Thursday. Despite knowing their mistakes, it's going to take more than some candid self-reflection to get back to their previous level of play.

Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin discussed the team's improvement under new coach Todd McLellan, who was announced as head coach on December 26.

A rebuild in the NHL can be a grueling process. With the patience needed to develop prospects, and decide whether to add or subtract to the team and what each offseason has to offer, there aren’t many situations for a team to be in that are more stressful than this.

Minnesota fell back on depth, defense and Filip Gustavsson’s goaltending and improved its NHL-best road record.

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced they have sent goaltender Dennis Hildeby to the Toronto Marlies and recalled goaltender Matt Murray. Hildeby gave up four goals on 18 shots against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night, bringing his season record to 3-3 with a .878 SP and 3.33 GAA.