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Montreal Falls 7-1 to Devils - Recap

New Jersey earned a 7-1 victory over Montreal behind a 2-goal performance from Michael McLeod on Tuesday at Bell Centre.

New Jersey won as a -111 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 6.0 were rewarded at the payout window.

Michael McLeod(2), Jesper Boqvist, Tomas Tatar, Nico Hischier, Dawson Mercer, and Pavel Zacha each scored for the Devils in the victory. McLeod opened the scoring for New Jersey.

Jon Gillies stopped 30 of 31 Montreal shots in the victory.

Brett Kulak scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Jon Gillies.

Montreal got a 27-stop effort from Cayden Primeau in the loss.

New Jersey scored 1 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to New Jersey by a margin of 34-31.

New Jersey heads into a battle against the Blues. Montreal, meanwhile, will have their next action against Washington.