Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs

Saturday, September 25, 2021, 7:00 PM ET Scotiabank Arena, Toronto Preseason Final

Final score

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 4–1 on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at home.

Final score, Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team	Goals	2021-2022 record
Montreal Canadiens	1	22-49-11
at Toronto Maple Leafs	4	54-21-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Montreal Canadiens	0	0	1	1
Toronto Maple Leafs	1	2	1	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Montreal Canadiens	5	2	10	0	17
Toronto Maple Leafs	9	15	8	0	32

Scoring summary

Every goal, Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	10:28	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jake Muzzin (1)	William Nylander (1), TJ Brodie (1)	Even strength	MTL 0, TOR 1
2nd	01:55	Toronto Maple Leafs	John Tavares (1)	William Nylander (2), Rasmus Sandin (1)	Power play	MTL 0, TOR 2
2nd	07:25	Toronto Maple Leafs	Michael Bunting (1)	TJ Brodie (2), Michael Amadio (1)	Even strength	MTL 0, TOR 3
3rd	15:12	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kurtis Gabriel (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	MTL 0, TOR 4
3rd	18:04	Montreal Canadiens	Tyler Toffoli (1)	Nick Suzuki (1), Alexander Romanov (1)	Even strength	MTL 1, TOR 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs
Stat	Montreal Canadiens	Toronto Maple Leafs
Shots on goal	17	32
Power play	0 of 2	1 of 4
Penalty minutes	23	9
Hits	32	24
Blocked shots	8	8
Giveaways	9	12
Takeaways	14	12
Faceoffs won	25/47 (53.2%)	22/47 (46.8%)

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 C. Paquette	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	1	22.2%	13:57
Number 14 N. Suzuki	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	56.3%	20:40
Number 22 C. Caufield	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		17:23
Number 25 R. Poehling	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	64.3%	16:19
Number 42 L. Vejdemo	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	10:14
Number 45 L. Dauphin	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1	100%	17:38
Number 60 A. Belzile	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	100%	12:57
Number 62 A. Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		17:26
Number 73 T. Toffoli	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0		18:14
Number 81 B. Baddock	L	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	0		08:30
Number 85 M. Perreault	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		14:05
Number 86 J. Beaudin	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	33.3%	11:17
Number 26 J. Petry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		21:46
Number 27 A. Romanov	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1		21:34
Number 36 G. Fairbrother	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0		19:24
Number 61 X. Ouellet	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1		18:37
Number 63 A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	1		15:53
Number 77 B. Kulak	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		19:28

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 C. Primeau	21	18	3	.857	33:38	Loss
Number 70 M. McNiven	11	10	1	.909	26:22

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 15 A. Kerfoot	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	28.6%	16:25
Number 19 J. Spezza	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	0	57.1%	16:20
Number 29 K. Gabriel	R	1	0	1	+1	5	2	4	0	0		10:21
Number 29 M. Amadio	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0	33.3%	15:50
Number 39 R. Clune	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		09:46
Number 52 J. Ho-Sang	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0		17:28
Number 58 M. Bunting	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0	0	100%	15:24
Number 65 I. Mikheyev	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	3	1	0		18:07
Number 85 S. Der-Arguchintsev	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50%	12:13
Number 88 W. Nylander	R	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	0	0		16:30
Number 89 N. Robertson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		15:58
Number 91 J. Tavares	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	53.3%	16:24
Number 8 J. Muzzin	D	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	1	0		20:26
Number 37 T. Liljegren	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	1	0		22:17
Number 38 R. Sandin	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	3	0		21:44
Number 78 T. Brodie	D	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0		18:11
Number 81 M. Hollowell	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	0		13:44
Number 82 F. Kral	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	0		18:52

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. Hutchinson	14	13	1	.929	55:37	Win
Number 70 I. Scott	3	3	0	1.000	04:23

Penalties

Penalties, Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:04	Toronto Maple Leafs	Rasmus Sandin	Interference	2
1st	06:27	Toronto Maple Leafs	Rich Clune	Boarding	2
2nd	01:45	Montreal Canadiens	Cedric Paquette	Holding	2
2nd	03:32	Montreal Canadiens	Brandon Baddock	Instigator	2
2nd	03:32	Montreal Canadiens	Brandon Baddock	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	03:32	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kurtis Gabriel	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	03:32	Montreal Canadiens	Brandon Baddock	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	09:21	Montreal Canadiens	J.C. Beaudin	Slashing	2
3rd	19:32	Montreal Canadiens	Arber Xhekaj	Slashing	2

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach: Dominique Ducharme
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach: Sheldon Keefe
Referees: Kevin Pollock, Mitch Dunning
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Caleb Apperson
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Shea Weber, Carey Price, Jake Allen, Kevin Poulin, Mike Hoffman, Gabriel Bourque, Ben Chiarot, Brendan Gallagher, Joel Edmundson, Joel Armia, Kevin Roy, Josh Anderson, Terrance Amorosa, Jonathan Drouin, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Christian Dvorak, Nikolas Koberstein, Jake Evans, Carl Neill, Charles-David Beaudoin, Danick Martel, Sami Niku, Brandon Gignac, Michael Pezzetta, Arvid Henrikson, Shawn Ouellette-St. Amant, Josh Brook, Joel Teasdale, Jacob Olofsson, Alexis Gravel, Jordan Harris, Jack Gorniak, Brett Stapley, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Tobie Paquette-Bisson, Justin Ducharme, Jake Lucchini, Corey Schueneman, Mattias Norlinder, Jayden Struble, Arsen Khisamutdinov, Rhett Pitlick, Frederik Dichow, Xavier Simoneau, Sean Farrell, Blake Biondi, Luke Tuch, Jan Mysak, Jakub Dobes, Alexander Gordin, Joe Vrbetic, Dmitri Kostenko, Logan Mailloux, Joshua Roy, Oliver Kapanen, William Trudeau, Riley Kidney, Cedric Desruisseaux, Ivan Zhigalov
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches: Alex Biega, Wayne Simmonds, Justin Holl, Jack Campbell, Petr Mrazek, Morgan Rielly, Teemu Kivihalme, Fabrice Herzog, Carl Dahlstrom, Nick Ritchie, Pierre Engvall, Ondrej Kase, Travis Dermott, Mitch Marner, Brett Seney, Erik Kallgren, Adam Brooks, Joey Anderson, Joseph Woll, Vladimir Bobylev, Nikolai Chebykin, Kristians Rubins, Brennan Menell, David Kampf, Vladislav Kara, Ryan O'Connell, Pontus Holmberg, Semyon Kizimov, Pavel Gogolev, Joseph Duszak, Taylor Gauthier, Michael Koster, Mikhail Abramov, Mikko Kokkonen, Nick Abruzzese, Kalle Loponen, Rodion Amirov, Roni Hirvonen, Topi Niemela, William Villeneuve, Theo Rochette, Wyatt Schingoethe, Axel Rindell, Dmitry Ovchinnikov, Artur Akhtyamov, Veeti Miettinen, Joe Miller, John Fusco, Ryan Tverberg, James Hardie, Alex Steeves, Matthew Knies, Braeden Kressler, Kirill Semyonov, Ty Voit, Vyacheslav Peksa, Brett Budgell, Orrin Centazzo, Braden Holt, Jordan Frasca, Francesco Lapenna, Lleyton Moore, Lawson Sherk, Landon Cato, Ethan Peters, Colby Saganiuk, Ryan Del Monte, Sam Sedley

2021-2022 season series

Every Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs game in the 2021-2022 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Sep 25, 2021
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 at Montreal Canadiens 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens, Mon, Sep 27, 2021
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Toronto Maple Leafs 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs, Tue, Oct 5, 2021

Other NHL games on Sep 25

Other NHL games on Saturday, September 25, 2021
Matchup	Status	Details
Minnesota Wild 2 at St. Louis Blues 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Sep 25, 2021