Game 259
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, March 17, 1949
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Gloom which hung in clouds over the Forum tonight, even as the Canadiens were whipping their intracity NHL enemies the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1, was dispelled at game’s end, when examination proved Elmer Lach had not suffered a fractured jaw.
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Game 258
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 0
Wednesday, March 2, 1949
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Montréal’s big Bill Durnan, as calm and calculating a netminder as there is in the major loop, was materially aided by a comedy of Toronto errors, as he recorded his seventh shutout of the season last night.
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Game 257
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 0
Thursday, February 17, 1949
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs suffered their first loss in seven games tonight, absorbing a 3-0 whitewashing from the Montréal Canadiens.
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Game 256
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, February 9, 1949
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The final minutes of a hockey game jinxed the Toronto Maple Leafs for the third consecutive time on home ice, as they were forced to a 2-2 draw with the Montréal Canadiens last night.
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Game 255
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 1
Thursday, February 3, 1949
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Max Bentley fired two quick first period goals tonight, and the Toronto Maple Leafs went on to a 4-1 triumph over the Montréal Canadiens. The battle, mightily rugged in spots, was enlivened by a middle frame free-for-all that began when Rocket Richard loosed a vicious right at Bill Ezinicki.
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Game 254
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, January 19, 1949
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
A remarkable display of netminding and the polished playmaking of one forward line proved a potent combination, as the Montréal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 at the Gardens last night.
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Game 253
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 3
Saturday, January 1, 1949
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Amid wild stick slugging scenes reminiscent of the infamous Gaye Stewart-Jimmy Orlando bloodletting, the suddenly aroused Toronto Maple Leafs outfought and outplayed the Montréal Canadiens 5-3 at the Gardens Saturday night.
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Game 252
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, December 30, 1948
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
A last period power play with the Toronto Maple Leafs shorthanded produced the goal that gave the Montréal Canadiens a 3-2 triumph here tonight. The defeat sunk the Leafs deeper into fifth place in the National Hockey League standing.
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Game 251
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 0
Thursday, November 25, 1948
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Toronto Maple Leafs ended their winless ways amid two wild, fist swinging free-for-alls tonight, beating the Montréal Canadiens 2-0.
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Game 250
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 3
Wednesday, November 24, 1948
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Can you tie that? Five split decisions in eight games, and nary a win. In picking up their third single point in as many games, the Toronto Maple Leafs last night shared a 3-3 verdict with the Montréal Canadiens, this time blowing an early two goal lead and failing to stay in front after leading 3-2 at the end of the second period.
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Game 249
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, October 27, 1948
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
A couple of spirited kids combined with a brace of bruising blue line belters to provide the spark which fired the Toronto Maple Leafs to a close 3-2 victory over the Montréal Canadiens last night.
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Game 248
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 0
Thursday, October 21, 1948
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Displaying the speed, fight and strength that carried them to multiple championships in the war years, the Montréal Canadiens overwhelmed the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-0 tonight.
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Two Solitudes 