Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs roared from back from a 3-0 deficit, to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 7-3 at the Bell Centre on Saturday night.

The Maple Leafs went from being down 3-0 after the first to winning 7-3, and captain Auston Matthews revealed how the team stayed mentally strong. Being down 3-0 in the first is never the best way to start off a game,

Auston Matthews was named captain of Team USA for the 4 Nations Face-Off on Wednesday. The 27-year-old center is in his first season as captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 4 Nations Face-Off will be the first time Matthews will represent the United States since joining the NHL for the 2016-17 season.

Reaves dropped the gloves with Olivier less than two minutes into the first period of the Leafs' loss Wednesday.

MONTREAL -- Auston Matthews scored one of seven straight goals by the Toronto Maple Leafs in a come-from-behind 7-3 win against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Saturday.

MONTREAL — When Auston Matthews is lightning the lamp ... body injury this season and he confirmed that ahead of the Toronto's game against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Saturday. "It's been steady. I've been feeling good," Matthews said.

That wasn’t how Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube might have drawn up a victory. Fall into a hole, roar back, and never look back. In beating the Montreal Canadiens 7-3 on Saturday night, the Leafs stunned the Bell Centre crowd.

Martin St. Louis’ squad has won eight of its last 10 games, beating teams like the Florida Panthers, Washington Capitals, and Dallas Stars. During this stretch, it’s given up just 2.0 goals per game.

Bobby McMann, Nicholas Robertson, William Nylander, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Steven Lorentz, Auston Matthews and David Kampf ... a short-handed empty-netter at 18:26. Canadiens: Missed opportunities again made Montreal’s life more difficult than it needed ...

A 7-3 loss to Toronto on home ice is never good, but for the first time this season, Montreal has earned some benefit of the doubt.

The Mikko Rantanen trade undoubtedly ranks among the biggest in the salary cap era, but maybe recency bias plays a role in that perception. Let’s take a trip down memory lane and revisit some other blockbuster contenders.

Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period and Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots for Minnesota.