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It didn't take long for the Montreal Canadiens to put the Toronto Maple Leafs in their place.

Alex Tanguay had a goal and three assists Saturday to help his team hammer the Leafs 6-1 and register the first win of their centennial season.

The game got blown open early in the second period, when the Canadiens scored three power-play goals - two off Sergei Kostitsyn's stick, the other from Tanguay - during a stretch of five minutes 28 seconds to take a 5-0 lead.

Tanguay assisted on both of Kostitsyn's power-play goals.

Roman Hamrlik, Alex Kovalev and Guillaume Latendresse also scored for the Canadiens (1-0-1). Koivu added three assists. Jason Blake had the lone goal in reply for Toronto (1-1-0).

Elsewhere in the NHL it was: Detroit 3, Ottawa 2; New York Rangers 4, Philadelphia 3; New York Islanders 5, St. Louis Blues 2; Washington 4, Chicago 2; Florida 3, Atlanta 2; New Jersey 2, Pittsburgh 1; Carolina 4, Tampa Bay 3; Nashville 3, Dallas 1; Minnesota 4, Boston 3; Phoenix 3, Columbus 1; San Jose 3, Los Angeles 1; and Vancouver 5, Calgary 4.

At Ottawa, Johan Franzen scored twice in the third period to rally Detroit past the Senators. At Calgary, Pavol Demitra scored with 1:06 left in overtime to lead Vancouver .