TORONTO (AP) — Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist to extend his point streak to eight games, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Saturday night.

William Nylander also had a goal and an assist in Toronto’s third straight victory. John Tavares and Conor Timmins also scored and Joseph Woll made 20 saves.

Morgan Rielly had an assist to become the third Leafs defenseman to reach 400 in his career, joining Borje Salming (620) and Tomas Kaberle (437).

Brendan Gallagher scored for Montreal. Sam Montembeault stopped 23 shots as the Canadiens fell to 0-5-1 in their last six games.

Toronto captain Auston Matthews missed a third straight game with an upper-body injury. He was on the ice Saturday morning and is eligible to return to the lineup Tuesday.

Takeaways

Canadiens: The club was dominated 29-12 during its losing streak.

Maple Leafs: The power play connected twice to improve to 8-for-14 since last weekend after starting the season 3-for-39.

Key moment

With the Leafs making it a 2-0 penalty in the second period, David Kampf appeared to run out of space before serving Marner up front so the winger could bury his fourth goal of the season.

Key statistic

Toronto earned a ninth straight regular season home win against Montreal since April 7, 2021, matching the longest home winning streak between the clubs. The Canadiens dominated the Leafs three times in the 2021 playoffs at Scotiabank Arena, en route to erasing a 3-1 series deficit and winning in seven games.

To be continued

The Canadiens visit the Buffalo Sabers for a Monday matinee. The Maple Leafs host the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.

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