Game 49: Montreal 3 at Toronto 4

Sid Smith scored two goals and George Armstrong fired in the game-winner with 4:10 left in the third period, as Toronto Maple Leafs upset Montreal Canadiens, 4-3 at Maple Leaf Gardens.

Armstrong finished a nifty 3-on-2 with Tim Horton and Rudy Migay, beating Jacques Plante with a low wrist shot to the glove side. The goal provided Maple Leafs with their only lead of the game.

Toronto (9-6-2), with the victory, moved to within one point of second place Boston, though Bruins have a game in hand.

Montreal (13-4-0) remains five points in front of Boston.

Smith scored in the first and second periods as Toronto matched Montreal, goal-for-goal, all night.

Migay's power play goal, a deflection of Armstrong's shot, tied the game, 3-3, at 18:56 of the second period.

Bert Olmstead got Montreal on the board early, with a goal at 1:43 of the first period.

Smith's first goal tied the game at 5:01.

Jean Beliveau's power play goal at 17:46 put Montreal ahead, 2-1, heading into the first intermission.

Canadiens pulled Plante with just under two minutes to play but despite some intense pressure and near misses, Montreal couldn't net the equalizer.

The game featured just five minor penalties.

Maple Leafs' Tod Sloan suffered a lower body injury that may put him out for the final three games of the regular season and the playoffs.

1st Period
MON- Olmstead (H. Richard, Provost) 1:43
TOR- Smith (Baun, Morrison) 5:01
MON- Beliveau (St. Laurent, Moore) PPG 17:46

2nd Period
TOR- Smith (Morrison, Baun) 1:00
MON- Moore (Beliveau, Harvey) PPG 13:43
TOR- Migay (Armstrong, Duff) PPG 18:56

3rd Period
TOR- Armstrong (Horton, Migay) 15:50

SOG
MON 8-11-12 = 31
TOR 10-10-5 = 25

PP: MON 2-3; TOR 1-2

Goalies
MON- Plante
TOR- Chadwick


Armstrong's goal at 15:50 of the third period was Toronto's only lead