Game 170
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3
Thursday, December 12, 1940
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
An early first period goal by Sweeney Schriner gave every indication of signalling a royal shellacking for the Montréal Canadiens at Maple Leaf Gardens last night.
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Game 169
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Saturday, November 16, 1940
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Harvesting two goals in the first period, one in the second and another in the third, before getting a single reply from the opposition, the Toronto Leafs hauled themselves into first place in the early 1940-41 National Hockey League derby here Saturday night.
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Game 168
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 2
Thursday, November 14, 1940
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs made use of their greater experience tonight to score their second National Hockey League victory in three starts, defeating the rookie-stocked Montréal Canadiens 6-2 before about 7,000 fans.
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Game 167
Maple Leafs 8, Canadiens 4
Thursday, March 14, 1940
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Led by Robert “Red” Heron, who equaled a season’s mark by scoring four goals, the Toronto Maple Leafs ran wild in the third period tonight to trounce the Montréal Canadiens 8-4 in a National Hockey League game before about 4,500 fans.
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Game 166
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Sunday, February 18, 1940
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
In one of the hardest bumping and roughest National Hockey League games seen in Montréal in a good many seasons, the Toronto Maple Leafs scored a 2-1 victory tonight over the Montréal Canadiens as the second largest crowd of the local season – 10,320 paid admissions – looked on.
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Game 165
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Saturday, February 17, 1940
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
It was “red hot pepper night” at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday, as the Toronto Leafs collected a 3-1 decision at the expense of the Montréal Canadiens, and thus fortified their third place spot in the National Hockey League.
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Game 164
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Saturday, January 27, 1940
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Syl Apps fired the Toronto Leafs with a greatly improved offensive spark as they fought their way to a well earned 3-1 victory over the Montréal Canadiens at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night.
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Game 163
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Saturday, January 6, 1940
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Slogging grimly ahead on the treacherous treadmill that is the National Hockey League’s upper bracket, the Toronto Maple Leafs used the Montréal Canadiens and a 3-1 victory for traction Saturday night, and slithered back for a short term stay in first place beside the New York Rangers.
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Game 162
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 4
Thursday, December 28, 1939
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs took over sole possession of second place, breaking a tie with the idle New York Rangers, by defeating the Montréal Canadiens 6 to 4 here tonight in a hectic National Hockey League game before about 8,500 fans.
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Game 161
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0
Saturday, December 9, 1939
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Well beaten at their own game of speed and backchecking, Montréal’s Flying Frenchmen were victims in a forced landing and 3-to-0 defeat on Maple Leaf Gardens ice Saturday night.
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Game 160
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, December 7, 1939
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The old halcyon days of hockey came back to this city tonight, when an overflow crowd of 11,300 wildly cheering fans saw their surprising Canadiens defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs by 4 to 1, and pull up into a tie with the Leafs for first place in the National Hockey League race.
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Game 159
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, March 2, 1939
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens, playing desperately and effectively to preserve their slender hold on sixth place in the National Hockey League, were successful tonight when they outscored the Toronto Maple Leafs by 3 to 1, for their first home ice win over the Torontonians this season.
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Game 158
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3
Sunday, February 12, 1939
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs snapped out of it here tonight and really gave a battling display to defeat Les Canadiens by 4 to 3 in the second game staged by these teams in two nights.
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Game 157
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 3
Saturday, February 11, 1939
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Les Canadiens of Montréal, the National Hockey League tail enders, looked every inch the part until late in the third period of a poor game at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night. Trailing the Leafs by 3 to 1, and rather lucky that it was not at least 6 to 1, the harassed Habitants suddenly came to life with a two goal outburst that required only twenty two seconds and got them a 3-all tie.
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Game 156
Maple Leafs 9, Canadiens 4
Thursday, January 12, 1939
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Led by the brilliant Syl Apps, who scored four goals in the first two periods, the Toronto Maple Leafs broke out in a general scoring rash and ran up the season’s high score of 9 to 4 over the hapless Canadiens tonight.
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Game 155
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Tuesday, January 3, 1939
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Inspired by Syl Apps, who got out of his sickbed and insisted on playing, the Toronto Maple Leafs almost made a definite comeback along the National Hockey League victory trail in Maple Leaf Gardens last night when playing against Les Canadiens of Montréal.
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Game 154
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Saturday, December 3, 1938
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs, well rested and at full strength, gave their poorest home ice display of the National Hockey League campaign in Maple Leaf Gardens on Saturday night while bowing to the lowly but up and coming Montréal Canadiens by a score of 3 to 1.
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Game 153
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 1
Saturday, November 12, 1938
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Harvey “Busher” Jackson was the Busher of old at Maple Leaf Gardens on Saturday night, as he sparked the Leafs to a decisive 4-1 victory over Les Canadiens of Montréal.
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Game 152
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 0
Thursday, November 10, 1938
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Bill Thoms, Nick Metz and Gus Marker were the “Three Horsemen” of your hockey apocalypse in the 2-0 defeat administered to the Canadiens.
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Game 151
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 3
Saturday, March 12, 1938
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
After gaining a first period lead, the Toronto Maple Leafs twice had to come from behind to get out with a 3-all tie in a rather carelessly played game with Les Canadiens of Montréal at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night.
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Game 150
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 3
Sunday, March 6, 1938
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
It was a triumphant group of Leafs that detrained from Montréal this morning. After a light breakfast they all went up to Benny Stockley’s, and shortly after 10 o’clock were riding the Smytheian hobby horses, with Benny giving them the paternal once-over through sleep-laden eyes.
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Game 149
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0
Thursday, February 3, 1938
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Coming back to form with a remarkable bang, the Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the speedy Montréal Canadiens by 3 to 0 here tonight in a thrilling and hard played game before 11,266 overjoyed fans.
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Game 148
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 1
Tuesday, February 1, 1938
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The birthday of Conn Smythe, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ manager, was turned into a Habitant, if not Roman, holiday here tonight, when Les Canadiens trimmed the Leafs by 6 to 1 in an NHL fixture that was almost as one-sided as the score would indicate.
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Game 147
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 4
Saturday, January 1, 1938
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Professional hockey at its crowd-pleasing best – fast, open and outwardly clean – was the New Year treat provided for 13,488 cash customers in Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night, as the Toronto Maple Leafs strengthened their hold on first place in the NHL’s Canadian section by outscoring Les Canadiens of Montréal 6 to 4.
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Game 146
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Thursday, December 16, 1937
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs came back to form tonight with a decisive 4-2 win over Les Canadiens. Charlie Conacher led the Leafs’ attack on the Flying Frenchmen, who were well outflown, by netting two goals.
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Two Solitudes 