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MONTREAL -- A night that celebrated the opening of the 2013-14 NHL season with one of the League's oldest rivalries turned somber when that rivalry got a little nasty in the third period.
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 to kick off the NHL season Tuesday night, but the game became somewhat of an afterthought following an injury to Canadiens forward George Parros.
Engaged in their second fight of the game at 2:34 of the third period, Parros and Toronto Maple Leafs tough guy Colton Orr were grappling when Orr suddenly lost his balance and fell. Orr had a hold of Parros' jersey, so as he fell he brought Parros down with him, sending Parros tumbling down and causing him to land on the ice face first. He remained motionless on the ice as Orr called to the Canadiens' bench to send the training staff.
Blood was on the ice as the Canadiens medical staff sat Parros up and tried to get his teammates to take him off the ice before ultimately deciding to bring the stretcher out. Parros was conscious as he left the ice in a stunned Bell Centre with 21,273 fans barely making a sound other than chants of "Parros, Parros!" as he was wheeled to the Montreal dressing room.
Parros was taken to hospital for further examination, and the Canadiens announced following the game that he was alert and conscious.
The incident put a bit of a damper on what was a very entertaining hockey game, with the Maple Leafs getting goals from James van Riemsdyk, Dion Phaneuf, Tyler Bozak and Mason Raymond to win the opener in Montreal for the second season in a row. James Reimer finished with 34 saves after earning the opening-night start; offseason acquisition Jonathan Bernier is scheduled to start Wednesday against the Philadelphia Flyers.
The line of Lars Eller (two goals, one assist), Ales Galchenyuk (two assists) and Brendan Gallagher (one goal) provided all the offense for the Canadiens. Montreal went 0-for-4 on the power play and allowed Bozak to score on a shorthanded breakaway off an Andrei Markov turnover at 17:19 of the second to give the Maple Leafs a 3-2 lead they would not relinquish.
Montreal also showed a tremendous lack of discipline, giving the Maple Leafs seven power-play opportunities and giving up a goal to van Riemsdyk on a two-man advantage at 8:01 of the first period that gave Toronto a 1-0 lead.
Eller tied it at 10:08 of the first off a great feed from Raphael Diaz, and Gallagher gave the Canadiens the lead 2-1 at 13:54. But a goal by Phaneuf at 8:36 of the second tied the game, and Bozak's shorthanded goal gave the Maple Leafs a 3-2 lead heading into the second intermission.
Raymond's goal at 5:10 of the third, his first in a Maple Leafs uniform, made the score 4-2 just after the fight between Parros and Orr, causing the Bell Centre to grow even more silent. Montreal made an effort at a comeback when Eller got his second of the game off a Jake Gardiner turnover at 17:38, and a final-minute flurry forced Reimer into a number of big saves to preserve the win.
Carey Price, seeking to rebound from a poor late-season showing and an injury that knocked him out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, made 34 saves.
The Canadiens began the evening with what has now become a tradition of passing a torch from player to player as they are introduced to the crowd, a play on the famous passage written in the Montreal dressing room. It began with a little twist this time as Hall of Fame member Guy Lafleur brought the torch out from the Montreal room and handed it to free agent signing Daniel Briere, who received a loud ovation from the fans who booed him for years when he was with the Philadelphia Flyers for choosing to sign with them instead of the Canadiens in 2007.
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