Leafs Edge Habs In Season Opener

Steve Bell

am800-sports-hockey-nhl-leafs-toronto-canadiens-1.8477968 TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 3: John Tavares #91 of the Toronto Maple leafs wheels and fires a shot past Carey Price #31 of the Montreal Canadiens during an NHL game at Scotiabank Place on October 3, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) (John Tavares of the Maple leafs fires a shot past Carey Price of the Canadiens during an NHL game on October 3, 2018 in Toronto. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images))

Auston Matthews scores twice including the overtime winner as the Leafs trim Montreal 32

Auston Matthews scored his second goal of the night in overtime as the Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in the NHL's regular-season opener.

Matthews took a feed from Patrick Marleau and beat Carey Price upstairs 61 seconds into the extra period.

John Tavares, with his first for Toronto, also scored, while Frederik Andersen stopped 34 shots.

Artturi Lehkonen and Andrew Shaw scored for Montreal, which got 23 saves from Price.

Max Domi had two assists in his first game with the Canadiens.

Toronto hosts Ottawa on Saturday, while Montreal visits Pittsburgh.