Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Clarke MacArthur scored the game-winner early in the third as the Toronto Maple Leafs took a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in the season opener for both squads. Montreal Canadiens Scott Gomez Jersey . Tim Brent and Phil Kessel each scored a goal for the Maple Leafs, who finished last in the Eastern Conference with 74 points last season and missed the playoffs for a franchise-record fifth straight season. Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 26 shots for Toronto, which improved to 43-32-15-3 in home openers and 35-41-14-3 in season openers. I felt pretty good and was seeing the puck well out there, said Giguere. We knew they were gonna come out hard in the third. In all, it was a good game by both teams and a nice way to start the season. Jeff Halpern and Dustin Boyd each had a goal for the Canadiens, who made it to the Eastern Conference finals last season, but fell to the Philadelphia Flyers. Carey Price stopped 21 shots in the loss. He made the saves he needed to and made two big saves on me there at the end of the game, said Montreal forward Brian Gionta about Giguere. We played a hard game out there, but of course we wanted to come away with the win. The Maple Leafs got the first goal of the game at the 6:42 mark of the first period when Dion Phaneuf threw a quick shot on net from the left boards that Brent redirected past Price. A bit over two minutes later, Toronto took a 2-0 lead when Kessel took a pass near the right blueline, skated in alone and went backhand to forehand to get the puck past Price. Montreal, though, got one back at the 12:19 mark of the first. Boyd got the puck behind the net and attempted a wraparound from the right side before his second attempt slid past Giguere. The Habs controlled the middle period, skating on three power plays and outshooting Toronto, 10-5, but the Maple Leafs maintained their one-goal lead after 40 minutes of play. Just 96 seconds into the final stanza the Leafs grabbed a 3-1 lead. MacArthur took a pass along the left boards, went to the backhand to get past Jaroslav Spacek then lifted a backhander past Price. Montreal, though, answered less than a minute later when Halpern, from the low left side, put the puck on net during a jam in front that saw the disc hit off the left post, redirect off the skate of a Leaf and slide past Giguere. The Habs continued to apply pressure to get the equalizer, but Giguere stood tall and made several saves in the waning moments for the win. GAME NOTES:Last season, each team won three times with five of the six games going to overtime or a shootout. 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They can claim their second series triumph tonight in the second installment of a three-game set against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Milwaukee has won two straight and three of five games, and opened this series against the Pirates with an 8-1 drubbing Tuesday night. Dave Bush started for the Brewers and earned his first win of the season by hurling seven shutout innings of three-hit ball. Chris Narveson and Manny Parra split the next two innings to preserve the win. Today, we put it all together. We played nice defense, we scored early and added a couple of more as the game went on and we got good pitching, Bush said on the teams site. Thats the kind of game were capable of playing. Rickie Weeks, Ryan Braun, Casey McGehee and Corey Hart all finished with two RBI, with Weeks hitting his second home run of the season. Milwaukee is 3-4 on a nine-game road trip. Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo is still looking for his first win of the 2010 season and is 0-2 with a 5.50 earned run average in three starts. He lost his season debut on April 5 versus Colorado, then dropped his next outing five days later against St. Louis. Gallardo tried to bounce back in his most recent start on Friday at Washington, but did not factor in the outcome of a 5-3 loss despite limiting the Nationals to two runs in six frames. The right-hander has faced Pittsburgh several times throughout his career, going 3-2 witth a 2. Patriots BenJarvus Green-Ellis Jersey. 96 ERA in eight appearances, seven of which have been starts. Pittsburgh entered last nights series opener fresh off a three-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds, but witnessed starting pitcher Charlie Morton fall to 0-3 after giving up six runs -- five earned -- and six hits in one inning. The worst part is that I know what Im capable of doing and that Im not coming anywhere near it, Morton said on the teams site. Yes, it might frustrate me. It might frustrate people to see me not have that success. But the most frustrating part is that the team needs me to go out there and not only do a good job, but eat innings. And I didnt do it. Lastings Milledge provided the scoring with an RBI double in the eighth inning and Andrew McCutchen finished with a game-high three hits for the Pirates, who had won four of five games. Zach Duke hopes to continue his strong beginning to the season Wednesday, when he makes his fourth start tonight in front of the home crowd. Duke won his first two starts against the Dodgers and Diamondbacks, but did not record a decision the previous time out on Friday versus Cincinnati. Duke had his best outing against the Reds by allowing just one run in seven innings of a 4-3 victory. The left-hander, off to his best start since going 6-0 in nine trips to the hill in 2005, is 3-5 with a 5.38 earned run average in 13 career starts against Milwaukee. 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