Toronto-- A combination of bad penalties, horrible giveaways and leaving Cristobal Huet by himself to face the Maple Leafs resulted in the Habs' first loss of the season.
Eventhough they started the game strong by scoring 2:43 minutes in, the Canadiens coughed up their early lead when Leafs defenceman Ian White ripped a shot past Cristobal Huet, after multiple unsuccessful clearing attempts by both Alexei Kovalev and Andrei Kostitsyn (Kastsitsyn).
Later in the opening frame, Andrei Markov played aggressively on the penalty kill and shot a puck past Vesa Toskala.
Andrei Kostitsyn (Kastsitsyn) added to the Tricolore's lead with his 1st goal of the new campaign.
Over the next 2 periods, one player would step up for the Leafs, scoring twice and leading his team to overtime, that one player being Alexei Ponikarovski.
A couple of moments into overtime, Mats Sundin was penalized, thus giving our dear Canadiens a 4-3 powerplay.
After numerous failed scoring attempts by Mark Streit and Alex Kovalev and after the Habs botched the aforementioned powerplay, Canadiens' defenceman Francis Bouillon was sent to the Sin Bin.
On the ensuing powerplay, Leafs' Montreal Canadiens Killer Tomas Kaberle one-timered a Mats Sundin pass past Huey.
The game was all over.
Today, Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake announced that he had been diagnosed with a rare kind of leukemia, blood cancer.
