 At the end of the season Kennedy led the Leafs in points and they finished in second place to Montreal . In the first round of the playoffs Toronto faced Detroit . Except for a one @-@ sided 9 – 1 loss in the second game in Detroit , Toronto dominated the series and won in five games . Toronto now faced Montreal for the Stanley Cup . The match up was between the very young Maple Leafs and the veteran Montreal Canadiens who had dominated the NHL for the past four years . After Toronto lost the opening game by a one @-@ sided 6 – 0 , Canadien goaltender Bill Durnan was quoted in a Montreal newspaper as saying , " How did the Maple Leafs manage to get into the playoffs ? " Hap Day used the quote to inspire his team . In the second game , Kennedy opened the scoring at 1 : 12 of the game then assisted on line @-@ mate Lynn 's goal on the next face @-@ off putting the Leafs up 2 – 0 at less than 2 minutes into the game . Toronto went on to win the game 4 – 0 . In game 3 Toronto had built a 3 – 0 lead by halfway through the second , but Montreal battled back to close the gap to 3 – 2 . With Montreal pressing in the dying seconds of the game , Kennedy dug the puck out of a desperate scramble in front of the Toronto goalmouth , carried the puck up ice , then forcing goaltender Durnan to go down , he put the puck behind him to clinch the game . Toronto won game 4 in overtime 2 – 1 while the Canadiens won game 5 in Montreal 3 – 1 . Kennedy 's line came up with their best game of the series in game 6 . Montreal had taken an early two @-@ goal lead and appeared to be heading for a seventh game in Montreal . In the second period , Lynn tied the game with assists from Kennedy and Meeker . Then in the third with less than six minutes to go in the game Kennedy scored and Toronto held on to win the Stanley Cup . 
