Bergeron's hat trick leads Habs past Leafs

Post date: Dec 2, 2017 12:57:06 PM

We close out Month 1 on the Game of the Week with a trip to the Montreal Forum. Michel Bergeron registered a hat trick, including the game winner with five seconds left, to lead the Canadiens to a 5-4 win over the Maple Leafs. Goaltender Michel Larocque stopped 40 shots in the victory. Nick Libett had a goal and an assist for the Leafs. Montreal finishes Month 1 tied with Pittsburgh for first in the Wales Conference. Toronto is fifth place in the Wales, but only five points behind the leaders.

Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens

DATE : 11/11/2017

GOALS 1 2 3 OT F

Toronto Maple Leafs 1 1 2 0 4

Montreal Canadiens 0 2 3 0 5

SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F

Toronto Maple Leafs 15 16 13 0 44

Montreal Canadiens 10 10 12 0 32

S C O R I N G S U M M A R Y

1. TOR. INGE HAMMARSTROM(1)( HILLIARD GRAVES, BOB NEELY ): 1st 12:56

MON. Unsuccessful Penalty Shot - MICHEL BERGERON 14:08

2. MON. MICHEL BERGERON(1)( DENNIS HEXTALL, GUY LAFLEUR ) (PP) : 2nd 7:08

3. TOR. ROD SEILING(1)( NICK LIBETT, TOM LYSIAK ) (PP) : 2nd 10:22

4. MON. BOB GAINEY(1)( DOUG JARVIS, JIM ROBERTS ): 2nd 11:54

5. MON. MICHEL BERGERON(2)( DENNIS HEXTALL, GUY LAPOINTE ): 3rd 3:09

6. TOR. NICK LIBETT(1)( LANNY McDONALD ): 3rd 3:55

7. TOR. DARRYL SITTLER(1)( LANNY McDONALD ): 3rd 8:57

8. MON. YVON LAMBERT(3)( GUY LAPOINTE ) (PP) : 3rd 14:44

9. MON. MICHEL BERGERON(3)( DENNIS HEXTALL ): 3rd 19:55

P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y

1. TOR. LANNY McDONALD - 2 Minutes: 1st 9:04

2. MON. BENCH PENALTY - 2 Minutes: 1st 15:54

EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY YVON LAMBERT

4. MON. SERGE SAVARD - 2 Minutes: 1st 18:41

5. TOR. BORJE SALMING - 2 Minutes: 2nd 1:27

6. MON. DOUG RISEBROUGH - 2 Minutes: 2nd 4:59

7. TOR. BOB MacMILLAN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 4:59

8. TOR. NICK LIBETT - 2 Minutes: 2nd 6:45

9. MON. GARY BERGMAN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 10:12

10. TOR. MIKE CHRISTIE - 2 Minutes: 2nd 12:29

11. MON. DANNY GRANT - 4 Minutes: 2nd 15:21

EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY YVON LAMBERT

13. TOR. GEORGE FERGUSON - 2 Minutes: 2nd 15:21

14. MON. GUY LAPOINTE - 2 Minutes: 3rd 6:43

15. TOR. BOB NEELY - 2 Minutes: 3rd 14:12

I N J U R I E S

1. TOR. Injury To GARY SIMMONS : 1st 7:21

Player Stats For Toronto Maple Leafs

PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS

DARRYL SITTLER 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 12-4 41 24:03 1 0 0 2

LANNY McDONALD 2 3 0 2 2 0 0 1-0 39 22:05 0 0 0 2

ERROL THOMPSON 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 33 19:40 0 0 2 3

TOM LYSIAK 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 10-6 35 19:48 0 0 0 2

TIGER WILLIAMS -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 12 7:19 0 0 0 1

IAN TURNBULL 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 55 31:20 0 2 1 2

HILLIARD GRAVES -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 28 15:31 0 0 0 0

BOB MacMILLAN -1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2-0 22 11:59 0 0 0 0

BORJE SALMING 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 52 29:20 0 2 0 2

NICK LIBETT 2 5 1 1 2 0 0 1-0 28 15:21 0 2 0 1

GEORGE FERGUSON 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1-0 26 14:59 1 0 0 0

INGE HAMMARSTROM -1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 22 11:59 2 0 0 0

PAT BOUTETTE -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 12 7:19 0 0 0 0

TERRY HARPER 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 34 18:52 1 1 0 0

BOB NEELY 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 31 17:20 1 0 0 0

MIKE CHRISTIE -1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 16 9:42 0 0 0 0

ROD SEILING -1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 22 13:14 0 0 0 0

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TOTAL 0 44 4 6 14 1 0 29-12 6 7 3 15

Player Stats For Montreal Canadiens

PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS

GUY LAFLEUR -3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 44 23:28 0 0 2 3

YVON LAMBERT -2 3 1 0 0 1 0 10-7 53 29:11 1 0 0 0

STEVE SHUTT -2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 13:13 0 1 1 2

PETE MAHOVLICH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6-3 13 8:41 0 0 0 2

DANNY GRANT 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 23 12:59 0 1 0 0

MICHEL BERGERON 3 9 3 0 0 1 0 0-0 31 18:31 0 1 1 6 GWG

GUY LAPOINTE 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0-0 41 22:58 1 0 0 1

MURRAY WILSON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 26 14:59 0 1 0 0

DOUG RISEBROUGH 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 26 14:02 0 0 0 0

JIM ROBERTS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 14 8:35 0 0 0 0

DENNIS HEXTALL 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 7-5 32 17:47 0 0 0 0

BOB GAINEY 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 22 14:05 0 0 0 0

LARRY ROBINSON -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 50 28:21 1 3 0 1

SERGE SAVARD -1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 49 27:40 2 1 0 0

GARY BERGMAN 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 31 17:26 0 1 0 0

DOUG JARVIS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5-2 13 7:46 0 0 0 0

PIERRE BOUCHARD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 16 9:31 0 2 0 0

BENCH 2

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TOTAL 0 32 5 8 14 2 0 29-17 5 11 4 15

Goalie Stats For Toronto Maple Leafs

PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS

GORD McRAE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GARY SIMMONS 60 32 5 0 5 3 105 LOSS GF

Goalie Stats For Montreal Canadiens

PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS

MICHEL LAROCQUE 60 44 4 0 7 6 105 WIN

GILLES MELOCHE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

POWER PLAY OPP GOALS

Toronto Maple Leafs 5 1

Montreal Canadiens 5 2

STARS OF THE GAME

1st star - MICHEL BERGERON from Montreal

2nd star - NICK LIBETT from Toronto

3rd star - DENNIS HEXTALL from Montreal

GAME STORY

On their home ice the Canadiens won a close one against the Maple Leafs

by the final score of 5 to 4. Montreal finished with a flurry scoring

3 times in the third period. In spectacular fashion MICHEL BERGERON lit

the lamp for the victory at 19:55 of the 3rd period. BERGERON came up

big, he dazzled with a hat-trick on 9 shots for Montreal. And DENNIS

HEXTALL contributed three assists. Other goal scorers were DARRYL SITTLER,

NICK LIBETT, INGE HAMMARSTROM and ROD SEILING for Toronto and YVON LAMBERT

and BOB GAINEY for Montreal.

Standings and League Leaders will be posted tomorrow.