MONTREAL - Sam Montembeault made 48 saves, Cole Caufield scored the game-winning goal and the Montreal Canadiens opened the NHL season with a 1-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday at the Bell Centre.

Sam Montembeault made 47 saves as the Montreal Canadiens shut out the Toronto Maple Leafs 1-0 in the season opener!

BRANTFORD, Ont. - Nick Lardis scored a hat trick for the Brantford Bulldogs in a 5-1 win over the Sarnia Sting on Wednesday in the Ontario Hockey League.

Dylan Guenther and Clayton Keller and held off a late rally to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 in the season opener for both teams.

SEATTLE (AP) — Jordan Kyrou scored two goals less than two minutes apart late in the second period, and the St. Louis Blues rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 in the season opener for both National Hockey League teams on Tuesday.Philip Broberg also scored for St. Louis, his goal sandwiched between the two by Kyrou. All three goals came in a span of 1 minute, 55 seconds.Justin Faulk picked up assists on the first two goals. Robert Thomas, Dylan Holloway and Alexandre Texier also had assists.Vince Dunn and Eeli Tolvanen scored two minutes apart early in the second period for the Kraken.Blues goalie Jordan Binnington made 30 saves. Philipp Grubauer had 22 saves for Seattle.Elsewhere in the NHL:---PANTHERS 6 BRUINS 4SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Bennett scored twice, Sam Reinhart and Evan Rodrigues each had a goal and an assist, and the Florida Panthers opened defence of their Stanley Cup championship by topping the Boston Bruins 6-4 in the opener for both teams.Euto Luostarinen and…

SEATTLE (AP) — Jordan Kyrou scored two goals less than two minutes apart late in the second period, and the St. Louis Blues rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Seattle Kraken in the season opener for both teams on Tuesday, 3-2.Philip Broberg also scored for St. Louis, his goal sandwiched between the two by Kyrou. All three goals came in a span of 1 minute, 55 seconds.Justin Faulk picked up assists on the first two goals. Robert Thomas, Dylan Holloway and Alexandre Texier also had assists.Vince Dunn and Eeli Tolvanen scored two minutes apart early in the second period for the Kraken.Blues goalie Jordan Binnington made 30 saves. Philipp Grubauer had 22 saves for Seattle.TakeawaysBlues: Kyrou led the Blues with 31 goals last season, but is already off to a faster start. His first one last year came in St. Louis’ second game. It took another eight games to tally his second.Kraken: Assistant coach Jessica Campbell became the first woman to be behind the bench as an assistant or associate coach in NHL…