Chicago Blackhawks And Maple Leafs Win National Hockey League Openers!

Chicago Blackhawks, Maple Leafs Win NHL Openers!

Chicago Blackhawks players celebrated the particular team's fifth Stanley Cup title won last June having a championship banner-raising ceremony, then beat Washington 6-4 from the National Hockey League season opener.

Getting started with them in triumph were the particular Toronto Maple Leafs, who captured the very first NHL game of the time of year played in Canada by beating the host Montreal Canadiens 4-3.

With Chicago, the tone was set prior to a game as fans cheered the commemoration of the team's NHL Final triumph over Boston just over three months ago.

Contrary to the Capitals, Johnny Oduya obtained the go-ahead purpose with 6: 07 to play and the Blackhawks also had goals via Brandon Saad, Marian Hossa, Brent Seabrook, Brandon Bollig in addition to Patrick Kane.

Corey Crawford stopped 28 shots from the victory, although he surrendered any hat trick to Washington's Mikhail Grabovski.

Ruskies star Alex Ovechkin, who received the Olympic flame in Greece last weekend to help launch its journey to Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics next February, also scored a goal for the Capitals.

At Montreal Canadiens, Toronto's Tyler Bozak have scored a short-handed goal to set the Maple Leafs ahead, nevertheless it was Mason Raymond who netted the eventual game-winner from the third period.

James van Riemsdyk and Dion Phaneuf also scored for the Maple Leafs, who earlier from the day had signed star Phil Kessel a great eight-year contract extension worth $64 million. The deal came on the particular eve of Kessel's 27th birthday.

Maple Leafs goaltender James Reimer made 34 saves.

Lars Eller scored two ambitions and Brendan Gallagher added another for the Canadiens.

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