Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens

Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 7:30 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final

Final score

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 5–3 on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 on the road.

Final score, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2018-2019 record
Toronto Maple Leafs	5	46-28-8
at Montreal Canadiens	3	44-30-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	1	1	3	5
Montreal Canadiens	1	1	1	3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	8	7	11	26
Montreal Canadiens	14	14	8	36

Three stars

M. Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal, 3 assists)
V. Mete, Montreal Canadiens (2 assists)
A. Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	04:00	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Tatar (2)	Artturi Lehkonen (1), Brendan Gallagher (3)	Power play	TOR 0, MTL 1
1st	18:11	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nazem Kadri (1)	Auston Matthews (1), Mitch Marner (4)	Power play	TOR 1, MTL 1
2nd	01:14	Toronto Maple Leafs	Auston Matthews (3)	Mitch Marner (5), Jake Gardiner (1)	Power play	TOR 2, MTL 1
2nd	06:59	Montreal Canadiens	Brendan Gallagher (2)	Victor Mete (1), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2)	Even strength	TOR 2, MTL 2
3rd	00:16	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mitch Marner (2)	Unassisted	Shorthanded	TOR 3, MTL 2
3rd	00:36	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kasperi Kapanen (2)	Par Lindholm (1)	Shorthanded	TOR 4, MTL 2
3rd	01:16	Montreal Canadiens	David Schlemko (1)	Kenny Agostino (1), Victor Mete (2)	Power play	TOR 4, MTL 3
3rd	14:08	Toronto Maple Leafs	Patrick Marleau (1)	Mitch Marner (6)	Even strength	TOR 5, MTL 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Stat	Toronto Maple Leafs	Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal	26	36
Power play	2 of 6	2 of 4
Penalty minutes	10	14
Hits	16	23
Blocked shots	13	15
Giveaways	13	13
Takeaways	3	7
Faceoffs won	36/66 (54.5%)	30/66 (45.5%)

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 P. Marleau	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	66.7%	14:29
Number 16 M. Marner	R	1	3	4	+2	0	1	0	0	0	66.7%	20:04
Number 18 A. Johnsson	L	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0		11:21
Number 24 K. Kapanen	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0	0		13:31
Number 26 P. Lindholm	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	0	41.7%	13:12
Number 28 C. Brown	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	0		14:24
Number 32 J. Leivo	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	0		13:53
Number 34 A. Matthews	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	50%	18:29
Number 42 T. Moore	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		09:44
Number 43 N. Kadri	C	1	0	1	0	2	4	2	1	1	66.7%	15:41
Number 63 T. Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:37
Number 91 J. Tavares	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	59.1%	19:56
Number 2 R. Hainsey	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0	1	1	0		16:39
Number 22 N. Zaitsev	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	4	0	0		21:35
Number 44 M. Rielly	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	1	0		18:04
Number 48 C. Rosen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	0		16:47
Number 51 J. Gardiner	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		22:35
Number 92 I. Ozhiganov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	0		16:37

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 F. Andersen	36	33	3	.917	59:56	Win

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 B. Gallagher	R	1	1	2	-2	2	5	0	0	0	40%	15:18
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	38.5%	14:35
Number 15 J. Kotkaniemi	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	0	30.8%	13:52
Number 24 P. Danault	C	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	1	0	55%	14:17
Number 25 J. de la Rose	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	12:46
Number 38 N. Scherbak	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		11:54
Number 41 P. Byron	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	0		15:30
Number 43 M. Chaput	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	100%	13:19
Number 47 K. Agostino	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0		12:49
Number 62 A. Lehkonen	L	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	0	0		16:50
Number 90 T. Tatar	L	1	0	1	-3	4	4	1	0	1		13:48
Number 92 J. Drouin	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	0	100%	16:33
Number 8 J. Benn	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		18:28
Number 21 D. Schlemko	D	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1		18:33
Number 26 J. Petry	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1	0		20:52
Number 28 M. Reilly	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	0		17:14
Number 53 V. Mete	D	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	0		21:57
Number 58 N. Juulsen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	4	0		19:29

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Price	26	21	5	.808	59:10	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:55	Toronto Maple Leafs	Andreas Johnsson	Tripping	2
1st	16:51	Montreal Canadiens	Paul Byron	Tripping	2
1st	19:17	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Tatar	High sticking	2
2nd	04:00	Montreal Canadiens	Phillip Danault	High sticking	2
2nd	04:00	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nazem Kadri	Interference	2
2nd	05:16	Toronto Maple Leafs	Morgan Rielly	Interference	2
2nd	05:28	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Tatar	Delaying game face off violation	2
2nd	11:05	Montreal Canadiens	David Schlemko	Cross checking	2
2nd	19:55	Toronto Maple Leafs	Josh Leivo	Slashing	2
3rd	06:57	Toronto Maple Leafs	Andreas Johnsson	Interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	10:02	Montreal Canadiens	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
3rd	18:30	Montreal Canadiens	Brendan Gallagher	Interference goalkeeper	2

Game information

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach: Mike Babcock
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Claude Julien
Referees: Garrett Rank, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Jesse Marquis
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches: Curtis McElhinney, Nathan Horton, Adam Cracknell, Chris Mueller, Martin Marincin, Justin Holl, Zach Hyman, Garret Sparks, Connor Carrick, Vincent LoVerde, Fabrice Herzog, Eamon McAdam, Jordan Subban, Frederik Gauthier, Josh Jooris, John Piccinich, Dakota Joshua, Pierre Engvall, Jeremy Bracco, Travis Dermott, Jesper Lindgren, Andrew Nielsen, Martins Dzierkals, Dmytro Timashov, Mason Marchment, Adam Brooks, Kasimir Kaskisuo, Carl Grundstrom, Joseph Woll, James Greenway, Egor Korshkov, Vladimir Bobylev, Noah Carroll, Nikolai Chebykin, Kristians Rubins, Ian Scott, Eemeli Rasanen, Timothy Liljegren, Andreas Borgman, Fedor Gordeev, Ryan McGregor, Vladislav Kara, Ryan O'Connell, Sean Durzi, Mac Hollowell, Riley Stotts, Filip Kral, Rasmus Sandin, Semyon Der-Arguchintsev, Pontus Holmberg, Zachary Bouthillier, Semyon Kizimov, Thomas Fergus, Adam Holwell, Drew Hunter, Brett Neumann, German Poddubnyi, Eli Zummack, Roman Pucek, Owen Lalonde
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Shea Weber, Karl Alzner, Antti Niemi, Matt Taormina, Nicolas Deslauriers, Byron Froese, Matthew Peca, Andrew Shaw, Xavier Ouellet, Joel Armia, Charles Hudon, Hunter Shinkaruk, Michael McCarron, Max Domi, Rinat Valiev, Brett Lernout, Nikolas Koberstein, Daniel Audette, Jake Evans, Lukas Vejdemo, Jeremiah Addison, Michael McNiven, Alexandre Alain, William Bitten, Michael Pezzetta, Arvid Henrikson, Antoine Waked, Cale Fleury, Josh Brook, Jarret Tyszka, Nick Suzuki, Joel Teasdale, Joni Ikonen, Cayden Primeau, Ryan Poehling, Scott Walford, Hayden Verbeek, Cole Fonstad, Jacob Olofsson, Allan McShane, Cam Hillis, Jordan Harris, Jack Gorniak, Michal Moravcik, David Sklenicka, Samuel Houde, Alexander Romanov, Jesse Ylonen, Brett Stapley, Otto Leskinen, Vladimir Bryukvin, Samuel Harvey, Morgan Adams-Moisan

2018-2019 season series

Every Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens game in the 2018-2019 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 5 at Toronto Maple Leafs 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs, Mon, Sep 24, 2018
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens, Wed, Sep 26, 2018

Other NHL games on Sep 26

Other NHL games on Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Matchup	Status	Details
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Boston Bruins 2	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Boston Bruins, Wed, Sep 26, 2018
New York Islanders 4 at New York Rangers 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at New York Rangers, Wed, Sep 26, 2018
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins, Wed, Sep 26, 2018
Winnipeg Jets 3 at Minnesota Wild 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Winnipeg Jets at Minnesota Wild, Wed, Sep 26, 2018
Dallas Stars 3 at Colorado Avalanche 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche, Wed, Sep 26, 2018
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Anaheim Ducks 7	Final Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks, Wed, Sep 26, 2018