TORONTO (AP) -- The Montreal Canadiens against the Toronto Maple Leafs is the premier NHL matchup in Canada, but it was a bunch of Europeans who stole the show Saturday night.

Russian Sergei Berezin's end-to-end goal late in the second period gave the Leafs a 3-2 victory in a game that marked the debut of free-agent signee Dmitri Khristich.

	Tie Domi and the Maple Leafs dumped captain Saku Koivu's Canadiens Saturday.

"We played pretty good," said fellow Russian Igor Korolev, the game's first star. "We've been struggling a bit, so this was a good game for us."

Korolev and Alyn McCauley had the other goals for Toronto.

With the score 2-2, Berezin took a pass from goalie Curtis Joseph and streaked down the ice. Against four defenders, he took a shot from the blue line, picked up his own rebound, deked goalie Jeff Hackett and snapped it into the empty net.

"I think we caught them on a change. Cujo (Joseph) made a good play," said Berezin, who leads the NHL with 44 shots. "I've been getting a lot of shots. I'm always looking for rebounds."

Brian Savage continued his early-season tear with his league-leading 10th goal for Montreal (3-7-0-0). Rookie Mike Ribeiro scored Montreal's other goal, the first of his NHL career.

Khristich had a strong game playing left wing with rookie center Nikolai Antropov and Mike Johnson.

"I felt fine out there," said Khristich, who had 29 goals in both of his seasons with the Boston Bruins. "There were a couple shots I made that I didn't put where I wanted to, but it will come."

Although Khristich, a six-time 20-goal-scorer, was held off the scoreboard, he had five shots and eight good scoring opportunities on Hackett.

"He reminded me a lot of Sergei with the number of shots he tried," McCauley said.

Leafs coach-GM Pat Quinn was also impressed.

"He did well for a first outing," Quinn said. "He got himself in good spots and had some good chances. It didn't show up on the scoreboard, but those things will come."

Joseph, who made a couple big stops late in the game while shorthanded, made 20 saves for his fifth win. Hackett also stopped 20 shots.

Savage opened the scoring on a strong drive to the net 8:48 into the game. Holding off Toronto defenseman Cory Cross, Savage lifted the puck over Joseph while on both knees to extend his goal-scoring streak to five games.

Savage, noted for his strong starts and late-season fizzles, had only 16 goals last season, but has just as many as the rest of his teammates combined this year.

McCauley tied it later in the period, but Ribiero put the Canadiens back on top 24 seconds into the second.

Korolev's game-tying goal midway through the second had Montreal coach Alain Vigneault riled up after the game. Hackett appeared to have the puck smothered, but Korolev crashed into the netminder and when the whistle wasn't blown, dug it out for his second goal of the season.

"There are rules," Vigneault said. "And if refs don't do it, then the players on the ice will have to do it and we know where that will wind up."