The Toronto Maple Leafs are left with zero room for error ahead of Monday's decisive Game 7 (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET) in its first-round playoff series with Montreal after failing to match the Canadiens' intensity and desire twice in 48 hours.
Despite the storied history of both clubs, the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Montreal Canadiens to face off in Game 7 for just the second time in 16 playoff series (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET).
Montreal's 4-3 OT victory in Toronto on Thursday, one that kept the club alive in its first-round playoff series with the Maple Leafs, paved the way for 2,500 fans to be allowed inside the Bell Centre for Saturday's Game 6 the first Canadian NHL crowd since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
Nick Suzuki scored 59 seconds into overtime as Montreal survived a blown 3-0 lead to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Thursday and force Game 6 of this Original Six first-round playoff matchup.