Overview
- Alexandre Texier posted a goal and two assists for his first three-point NHL game, reaching 100 career points.
- Rookie goaltender Jacob Fowler made 28 saves in a winning start at the Bell Centre.
- Lane Hutson, Oliver Kapanen, and Cole Caufield scored for Montreal, with Joel Farabee netting Calgary's lone goal as Dustin Wolf stopped 31 shots.
- Montreal broke the game open with three goals in just over five minutes early in the second period, and a late Nazem Kadri goal was overturned on offside review.
- Calgary opened a five-game Eastern trip with a third straight loss as its power play went 0-for-4, William Stromgren debuted, and the teams head to Boston and a Montreal date with Florida on Thursday.