New Canadiens goalie Samuel Montembeault receives a rude reception in Toronto

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Samuel Montembeault’s first game in the Canadiens uniform was a game he would have preferred to forget.

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Montembeault, who was acquired on waivers from the Florida Panthers this weekend, found himself in a shooting range as the Toronto Maple Leafs outscored Montreal 44-22 en route to a 6-2 victory on Tuesday. evening at Scotiabank Arena.

The plan is for Montembeault to back Jake Allen if Carey Price isn’t ready for the regular season opener next Wednesday in Toronto and the Canadiens need to figure out how much of the loss goes to Montembeault and how much of the blame should be. blamed on what was generally a below-average performance for the team. If it’s the first, Cayden Primeau could be back in the spotlight.

“I was nervous, it’s different to play in Florida, but I was ready for the game,” said Montembeault. “I did some good things and I just need to get back to work and be ready for the next game.”

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Defenseman David Savard said the Canadiens made it difficult for the goalkeeper.

“We had a lot of turnovers and gave them too many A-grade chances,” said Savard. “We have spent too much time in our zone.

And coach Dominique Ducharme described it as one of the games you see in the preseason. He wasn’t happy with the loss, said Montembeault made some good saves, had some bad luck and let in a softy or two.

After limiting Ottawa to 20 shots in a 2-1 victory on Saturday, the Canadiens’ defense was in disarray.

Toronto had 24 shots on goal in the first period and scored three goals, including two from Nick Ritchie. The Bruins free agent redirected a pass from Mitch Marner for his first goal, then took advantage of a broken stick to score a power play goal from the lunge. Ryan Poehling defeated Ritchie, but he gave his stick to defenseman Alexander Romanov, who broke his stick early in favor of the Leafs.

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The Leafs added two more goals on 14 shots in the second period, with Brennan Menell and Semyon Der-Arguchintsev making it 5-2.

The Canadians had the chance to bounce back to take a 1-0 lead early in the game. Ben Chiarot threw the puck into the net from the left board and Joel Armia deflected it. He was straying from goal when he deflected Leafs defenseman Mac Hollowell’s skate.

Montreal scored a power-play goal in the first period as Alex Belzile scored from the face-off circle. Belzile is heading for Laval, but the Canadiens will remember that goal when they need help. the farm. Mathieu Perreault didn’t score the scoresheet for this goal, but he increased his stock by standing in front of the net and protecting Toronto goaltender Petr Mrazek.

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Belzile’s goal tied the game for the Canadians at 2-2, but the Leafs regained the lead and momentum when Ilya Mikheyev scored late in the period. After Belzile scored at 4:32 PM, the Canadians went more than 16 minutes without a shot on goal.

The Leafs took advantage of an errant pass from Romanov as Brett Seney came out of the penalty area early in the third period and beat Montembeault with a backhand,

The Canadiens end their preseason schedule Thursday as they face the Senators at the Bell Center (7 p.m., TSN, RDS, TSN-690 Radio, 98.5 FM).

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