There was a lot of expected rust and some kinks in the Montreal Canadiens’ play on Wednesday night in Toronto. Some lines seemed a bit off, some passes missed by just a bit, and across the board there were some things that needed to be smoothed out.
There were also some aspects that clicked almost immediately, most notably the Canadiens’ second line of Josh Anderson, Christian Dvorak, and Jonathan Drouin. From the opening puck drop the speed of Anderson stretched the Toronto defence with ease, while Drouin and Dvorak took that space to find open areas to occupy for scoring chances.