Game 555
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Wednesday, March 7, 1973
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Canadiens aren’t perfect after all. Last night, with a 4-1 lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs, Claude Larose wound up for a slap-shot from excellent range – and missed, and the 4-1 score was the final count.
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Game 554
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Sunday, February 18, 1973
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Ken Dryden had a visitor yesterday, not long after the frantic finish of the Montréal Canadiens’ 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, which ended with Darryl Sittler and assorted others whacking at the puck from close range in a futile leap for a tie.
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Game 553
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Saturday, January 27, 1973
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
John McLellan shook his head, still stunned by the numbers of Montréal Canadiens either flying or in the reserve corps in a 4-2 win over his Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Game 552
Canadiens 8, Maple Leafs 4
Wednesday, January 3, 1973
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Jacques Plante had the flu, Ron Low had brochitis and by the end of last night’s 8-4 loss to the Montréal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leaf coach John McLellan and general manger Jim Gregory had a rather sickly feeling themselves.
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Game 551
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, November 8, 1972
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Canadiens didn’t find their 5-2 win last night satisfying, and naturally the Toronto Maple Leafs felt worse.
It was a game only a winning gambler could love.
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Game 550
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, October 11, 1972
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
It wasn’t the Montréal Canadiens who gave the Maple Leafs their major headaches at the Gardens last night.
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Preseason Game 09
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 4
Wednesday, October 4, 1972
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Exhibition hockey games rarely show anything to management of which they are not already aware and last night’s encounter between the Montréal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs at the Forum was no different.
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Preseason Game 08
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 0
Saturday, September 23, 1972
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs carefully camouflaged their National Hockey League intentions in two games at the Gardens on the weekend.
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Two Solitudes 