Game 640
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 2
Saturday, April 17, 1999
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
Sergei Berezin does not chew tobacco. Considering the health risks involved, this is a good thing.
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Game 639
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Saturday, March 13, 1999
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
This was one night the man in the mask couldn’t mask the Maple Leafs’ problems.
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Game 638
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)
Saturday, February 20, 1999
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
New building; familiar hero.
On a night in which choppy ice, an oddly disconnected crowd and a continuing Maple Leafs lethargy threatened to ruin the opening of the Air Canada Centre, it was veteran Steve Thomas who salvaged what could have been a disheartening and unsteady step into history for Toronto.
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Game 637
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Saturday, December 26, 1998
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Stéphane Quintal ensured the Montréal Canadiens’ final game at Maple Leaf Gardens last night was not a low point for the franchise.
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Game 636
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3 (OT)
Saturday, December 5, 1998
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
Alain Vigneault stood there, his face drained of colour, trying to say all of the right things – but what was he really thinking?
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Preseason Game 38
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3 (OT)
Wednesday, September 30, 1998
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Instead of a revival of hockey’s greatest rivalry, last night’s tilt between the Leafs and Canadiens was like a visit to a discount department store.
It was mostly about seconds.
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Preseason Game 37
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Saturday, September 26, 1998
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
Mats Sundin will have to get plenty of sleep at night, judging by how much work he’s going to do carrying the Leafs’ offence.
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Two Solitudes 