Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 7:00 PM ET Scotiabank Arena, Toronto Preseason Final

Final score

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 3–0 on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at home.

Final score, Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team	Goals	2022-2023 record
Montreal Canadiens	0	31-45-6
at Toronto Maple Leafs	3	50-21-11

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Montreal Canadiens	8	8	11	27
Toronto Maple Leafs	10	10	9	29

Three stars

D. Malgin, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal, 1 assist)
N. Robertson, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal)
M. Murray, Toronto Maple Leafs (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	06:53	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nick Robertson (1)	Mark Giordano (4), Matt Murray (1)	Even strength	MTL 0, TOR 1
2nd	19:15	Toronto Maple Leafs	Denis Malgin (2)	Alexander Kerfoot (1), Alex Steeves (1)	Power play	MTL 0, TOR 2
3rd	16:35	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nick Abruzzese (1)	William Nylander (2), Denis Malgin (1)	Power play	MTL 0, TOR 3

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	27	29
Power play	0 of 3	2 of 4
Penalty minutes	8	6
Hits	39	41
Blocked shots	14	15
Giveaways	8	9
Takeaways	8	12
Faceoffs won	22/55 (40%)	33/55 (60%)

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 M. Stephens	C	0	0	2	0	0	25%	13:17
Number 20 J. Slafkovský	L	-1	0	4	2	0		17:23
Number 32 R. Pitlick	C	-1	2	2	1	0	28.6%	17:36
Number 40 J. Armia	R	-1	0	3	4	3		18:32
Number 48 F. Mesar	R	0	0	2	1	1		12:58
Number 51 E. Heineman	L	0	2	6	3	0		16:08
Number 56 J. Ylonen	R	0	0	0	1	1		17:37
Number 62 O. Beck	C	0	0	0	2	2	53.8%	15:53
Number 71 J. Evans	C	0	0	1	1	0	33.3%	16:55
Number 75 N. Schnarr	C	0	0	1	0	1	50%	10:17
Number 80 G. Bourque	L	0	2	0	1	0		10:27
Number 82 L. Condotta	L	0	0	0	6	0		12:46
Number 6 C. Wideman	D	0	0	2	1	1		18:56
Number 47 O. Leskinen	D	0	0	0	5	0		18:20
Number 52 J. Barron	D	0	0	0	5	1		17:21
Number 54 J. Harris	D	-1	0	2	0	1		18:06
Number 64 C. Schueneman	D	0	0	1	0	2		21:12
Number 72 A. Xhekaj	D	-1	2	1	6	1		20:43

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 S. Montembeault	15	14	1	.933	31:10	Loss
Number 95 K. Poulin	14	12	2	.857	28:50

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	1	1	+1	0	1	2	2	0	100%	17:51
Number 19 C. Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	0	80%	18:26
Number 26 N. Abruzzese	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	28.6%	15:41
Number 28 J. Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		16:22
Number 29 P. Holmberg	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	62.5%	16:14
Number 43 K. Clifford	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0		15:05
Number 46 A. Steeves	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	2	0		16:53
Number 53 C. Douglas	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	50%	13:03
Number 62 D. Malgin	C	1	1	2	0	0	4	4	0	1	33.3%	18:00
Number 74 B. McMann	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	1	0		15:59
Number 88 W. Nylander	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	70%	20:23
Number 89 N. Robertson	L	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	1	0		16:19
Number 18 J. Benn	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		02:19
Number 44 M. Rielly	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		23:19
Number 48 C. Dahlstrom	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		03:49
Number 55 M. Giordano	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	3	0		22:24
Number 78 T. Brodie	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		23:06
Number 98 V. Mete	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1	0		19:22

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. Murray	16	16	0	1.000	40:00	Win
Number 50 E. Kallgren	11	11	0	1.000	19:52

Penalties

Penalties, Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	09:13	Montreal Canadiens	Gabriel Bourque	Tripping	2
1st	12:25	Montreal Canadiens	Rem Pitlick	Cross checking	2
2nd	07:08	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kyle Clifford	Hooking	2
2nd	12:54	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nick Robertson	Cross checking	2
2nd	18:27	Montreal Canadiens	Arber Xhekaj	Holding	2
3rd	13:30	Toronto Maple Leafs	Calle Jarnkrok	High sticking	2
3rd	16:11	Montreal Canadiens	Emil Heineman	Hooking	2

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach: Martin St. Louis
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach: Sheldon Keefe
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Cody Beach
Linesmen: Derek Nansen, David Brisebois
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Carey Price, Paul Byron, Evgenii Dadonov, Jake Allen, Mike Hoffman, David Savard, Brendan Gallagher, Alex Belzile, Joel Edmundson, Mike Matheson, Josh Anderson, Madison Bowey, Philippe Desrosiers, Emile Poirier, Jonathan Drouin, Sean Monahan, Christian Dvorak, Nikolas Koberstein, Danick Martel, Anthony Richard, Brandon Gignac, Michael Pezzetta, Arvid Henrikson, Santino Centorame, Olivier Galipeau, Nick Suzuki, Joel Teasdale, Cayden Primeau, Anthony Beauregard, Cam Hillis, Jack Gorniak, Alexander Green, Brett Stapley, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Peter Abbandonato, Kirby Dach, Cole Caufield, Mattias Norlinder, Jayden Struble, Gianni Fairbrother, Rhett Pitlick, Frederik Dichow, Xavier Simoneau, Tory Dello, Sean Farrell, Kaiden Guhle, Ty Smilanic, Ryan Francis, Blake Biondi, Luke Tuch, Jan Mysak, Brennan Saulnier, Jakub Dobes, Alexander Gordin, Jack Smith, Joe Vrbetic, Dmitri Kostenko, Daniil Sobolev, Logan Mailloux, Joshua Roy, Oliver Kapanen, William Trudeau, Riley Kidney, Miguel Tourigny, Lane Hutson, Vinzenz Rohrer, Adam Engstrom, Cedrick Guindon, Petteri Nurmi, Jared Davidson, Emmett Croteau, John Parker-Jones, Riley Mercer, Antoine Coulombe
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches: Jake Muzzin, Wayne Simmonds, John Tavares, Justin Holl, Fabrice Herzog, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Michael Bunting, Pierre Engvall, Mitch Marner, Ilya Samsonov, Adam Gaudette, Auston Matthews, Joseph Woll, Vladimir Bobylev, Nikolai Chebykin, Timothy Liljegren, David Kampf, Vladislav Kara, Ryan O'Connell, Mac Hollowell, Filip Kral, Semyon Der-Arguchintsev, Semyon Kizimov, Pavel Gogolev, Michael Koster, Mikhail Abramov, Mikko Kokkonen, Kalle Loponen, Rodion Amirov, Roni Hirvonen, Topi Niemela, William Villeneuve, Wyatt Schingoethe, Axel Rindell, Dmitry Ovchinnikov, Artur Akhtyamov, Veeti Miettinen, Joe Miller, John Fusco, Ryan Tverberg, Matthew Knies, Braeden Kressler, Ty Voit, Vyacheslav Peksa, Avery Hayes, Pano Fimis, Fraser Minten, Nicholas Moldenhauer, Max Ellis, Brandon Lisowsky, Dennis Hildeby, Nikita Grebenkin, Rayan Bettahar, Sean McGurn, Matthew Ward, Grayden Siepmann, Marcus Nguyen, Kasper Larsen, Noah Van Vliet, Marco Costantini

2022-2023 season series

Every Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs game in the 2022-2023 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 0 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs, Wed, Sep 28, 2022
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens, Mon, Oct 3, 2022

Other NHL games on Sep 28

Other NHL games on Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets, Wed, Sep 28, 2022
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Washington Capitals 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Philadelphia Flyers, Wed, Sep 28, 2022
Chicago Blackhawks 4 at Detroit Red Wings 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings, Wed, Sep 28, 2022
Edmonton Oilers 0 at Calgary Flames 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Calgary Flames, Wed, Sep 28, 2022
Arizona Coyotes 1 at Anaheim Ducks 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Arizona Coyotes at Anaheim Ducks, Wed, Sep 28, 2022
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 7	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights, Wed, Sep 28, 2022
San Jose Sharks 3 at Los Angeles Kings 1	Final Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings, Wed, Sep 28, 2022