Newhook scores twice as Canadiens beat Maple Leafs 4-2

TORONTO – Alex Newhook scored twice in the first period and Jacob Fowler made 26 saves as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Saturday night.

Chris Kreider and Zachary Bolduc also scored for Montreal, which extended its point streak to 10 games and improved to 11-3-3.

Newhook opened the scoring at 5:56 of the first period, then made it 2-0 at 13:06 by deflecting a point shot from defenceman Kaiden Guhle. Kreider made it 3-0 at 12:57 of the second period after intercepting a Gavin McKenna pass and beating Sergei Bobrovsky.

Toronto pulled within a goal in the third. William Nylander scored on the power play at 6:19, and McKenna followed 55 seconds later. Bolduc restored the two-goal lead with a power-play goal at 12:15.

Bobrovsky stopped 24 shots for the Leafs, who fell to 8-8-2. Fowler, the Canadiens rookie goaltender, improved to 8-1-1.

Montreal is coming off a 5-4 overtime win over the Utah Mammoth earlier this week. Montreal also took a point from an earlier 5-4 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets.

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Via NHL.com and The Canadian Press.