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All of Montreal was waiting for Carey Price to show how terrible a move it was getting rid of Halak but it was the defense that let them down instead. Hal Gill and Tomas Plekanec both helped in giving up the first two goals. Gill pinched on a give-away and gave up the one on one with Kessel in which Price did well but couldn't keep his left leg from moving into the goal and letting in the puck. Price was great the rest of the game giving up only one more goal and keeping the Habs close. The last goal by MacArthur was possible because both Kostitsyn and Spacek let him walk right through the middle and he had his choice of which part of the net he should hit with the puck. If the Canadiens don't play better defense this year then it won't matter who is in the between the pipes it will be a long season.
For the Leafs it was a great win that set's them up for a much better start on the season. For whatever reason the team was never able to recover from last year's loss in OT.But the Leafs defense was solid for most of the time and what few lapses they had Giguere was there to keep the puck out of the net. They at least have matched  last years win total for October after game 1, gives them a lot of time to improve.