 Newsy Lalonde opened the scoring for Montreal in the third period, his second goal of the game, giving the Canadiens a 5-3 lead, however, Darragh scored his second goal midway through the period, cutting the Canadiens lead to 5-4.This would be as close as Ottawa could get, as Montreal scored three goals in a 40 second span later in the period, leading them to a victory of 8-4 and a 1-0 series lead.The series shifted to Ottawa for game two on February 27.