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Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 in overtime on Monday, October 2, 2023 on the road.

Team Goals 2023-2024 record
Montreal Canadiens 5 30-36-16
at Toronto Maple Leafs 4 46-26-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Montreal Canadiens 1 1 2 1 5
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 1 1 0 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Montreal Canadiens 8 6 11 1 26
Toronto Maple Leafs 9 9 11 0 29

Three stars

  1. K. Dach, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. N. Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. J. Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:24 Montreal Canadiens Mattias Norlinder (1) Nick Suzuki (3), Sean Monahan (2) Power play MTL 1, TOR 0
1st 07:13 Toronto Maple Leafs Noah Gregor (1) Ryan Reaves (1) Even strength MTL 1, TOR 1
1st 12:10 Toronto Maple Leafs John Tavares (1) Auston Matthews (1), Timothy Liljegren (1) Power play MTL 1, TOR 2
2nd 14:45 Toronto Maple Leafs Max Domi (2) William Nylander (1) Even strength MTL 1, TOR 3
2nd 19:48 Montreal Canadiens Kirby Dach (1) Sean Monahan (3), Johnathan Kovacevic (2) Shorthanded MTL 2, TOR 3
3rd 11:40 Toronto Maple Leafs John Tavares (2) Timothy Liljegren (2), Sam Lafferty (2) Even strength MTL 2, TOR 4
3rd 13:43 Montreal Canadiens Johnathan Kovacevic (1) Arber Xhekaj (1), Juraj Slafkovský (1) Even strength MTL 3, TOR 4
3rd 19:19 Montreal Canadiens Josh Anderson (3) Kirby Dach (2), Nick Suzuki (4) Even strength MTL 4, TOR 4
OT 00:31 Montreal Canadiens Nick Suzuki (1) Cole Caufield (2), Jordan Harris (1) Even strength MTL 5, TOR 4

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

Team stats

Stat Montreal Canadiens Toronto Maple Leafs
Shots on goal 26 29
Power play 1 of 3 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 12 8
Hits 25 31
Blocked shots 9 12
Giveaways 8 8
Takeaways 2 8
Faceoffs won 31/54 (57.4%) 23/54 (42.6%)

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
11 B. Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13:18
14 N. Suzuki C 1 2 3 +1 2 1 3 0 0 53.8% 19:11
17 J. Anderson R 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 15:41
20 J. Slafkovský L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 13:39
22 C. Caufield R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 16:31
49 R. Harvey-Pinard L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 0 13:12
51 E. Heineman L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 0 0 100% 11:25
56 J. Ylonen R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13:03
70 T. Pearson L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 1 0 14:59
71 J. Evans C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 53.8% 12:27
77 K. Dach C 1 1 2 +3 0 3 1 0 0 30% 18:09
91 S. Monahan C 0 2 2 +2 2 2 0 0 0 81.3% 16:36
26 J. Kovacevic D 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 16:47
54 J. Harris D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 2 2 0 23:02
58 D. Savard D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 0 20:54
59 M. Norlinder D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 18:57
72 A. Xhekaj D 0 1 1 -1 4 4 3 0 0 16:34
94 L. Mailloux D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 18:50
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
34 J. Allen 29 25 4 .862 59:22 Win

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player
11 M. Domi C 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 28.6% 11:28
16 M. Marner R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 21:31
18 N. Gregor L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 1 0 13:07
23 M. Knies L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 16:43
28 S. Lafferty C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 3 1 0 13:53
34 A. Matthews C 0 1 1 -1 0 8 0 0 0 30.8% 21:51
59 T. Bertuzzi L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 15:17
64 D. Kampf C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 36.4% 14:08
75 R. Reaves R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 0 0 11:03
88 W. Nylander R 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 25% 17:18
89 N. Robertson L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 1 0 10:13
91 J. Tavares C 2 0 2 0 2 5 2 1 1 70.6% 18:41
2 S. Benoit D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:20
22 J. McCabe D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 1 2 0 19:24
37 T. Liljegren D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 2 1 0 23:01
44 M. Rielly D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0 0 22:37
78 T. Brodie D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 0 19:35
84 M. Kokkonen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 12:46
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
35 I. Samsonov 26 21 5 .808 60:29 OT loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:59 Toronto Maple Leafs Max Domi Slashing 2
1st 10:43 Montreal Canadiens Nick Suzuki Hooking 2
1st 13:40 Montreal Canadiens Logan Mailloux Roughing 2
2nd 07:27 Montreal Canadiens Jake Evans Hooking 2
2nd 12:23 Toronto Maple Leafs John Tavares Interference 2
2nd 18:13 Montreal Canadiens Arber Xhekaj High sticking double minor 4
2nd 18:13 Toronto Maple Leafs Nick Robertson Slashing 2
3rd 03:35 Montreal Canadiens Sean Monahan Slashing 2
3rd 06:46 Toronto Maple Leafs William Nylander Delaying game puck over glass 2

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach
Martin St. Louis
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
Sheldon Keefe
Referees
Corey Syvret, Pierre Lambert
Linesmen
Shandor Alphonso, Steve Barton
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Carey Price, Chris Wideman, Joel Armia, Mike Matheson, Philippe Maillet, Christian Dvorak, Samuel Montembeault, Mitchell Stephens, Michael Pezzetta, Lias Andersson, Gustav Lindstrom, Nicolas Beaudin, Jakov Novak, Brady Keeper, Jayden Struble, Nathan Légaré, Alex Newhook, Rhett Pitlick, Xavier Simoneau, Sean Farrell, Kaiden Guhle, Ty Smilanic, Justin Barron, Blake Biondi, Luke Tuch, Jan Mysak, Jakub Dobes, Alexander Gordin, Jack Smith, Joe Vrbetic, Luke Mittelstadt, Dmitri Kostenko, Daniil Sobolev, Joshua Roy, Oliver Kapanen, William Trudeau, Riley Kidney, Miguël Tourigny, Owen Beck, Lane Hutson, Filip Mesar, Vinzenz Rohrer, Lucas Condotta, Adam Engstrom, Cedrick Guindon, Petteri Nurmi, Jared Davidson, Emmett Croteau, Jacob Fowler, David Reinbacher, Florian Xhekaj, Bogdan Konyushkov, Quentin Miller, Sam Harris, Yevgeni Volokhin, Filip Eriksson, Isaac Dufort
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches
Mark Giordano, Jake Muzzin, Martin Jones, Kyle Clifford, Calle Jarnkrok, John Klingberg, Matt Murray, Fabrice Herzog, William Lagesson, Maxime Lajoie, Joseph Woll, Vladimir Bobylev, Dylan Gambrell, Nikolai Chebykin, Conor Timmins, Vladislav Kara, Pontus Holmberg, Semyon Kizimov, Michael Koster, Nick Abruzzese, Roni Hirvonen, Topi Niemela, William Villeneuve, Wyatt Schingoethe, Bobby McMann, Dmitry Ovchinnikov, Artur Akhtyamov, Veeti Miettinen, Joe Miller, John Fusco, Ryan Tverberg, Alex Steeves, Braeden Kressler, Ty Voit, Vyacheslav Peksa, Landon McCallum, Jacob Frasca, Fraser Minten, Nicholas Moldenhauer, Marshall Rifai, Max Ellis, Brandon Lisowsky, Dennis Hildeby, Nikita Grebenkin, Spencer Sova, Easton Cowan, Hudson Malinoski, Noah Chadwick, Matthew Sop, Pier-Olivier Roy, Lucas Moore, Marco Mignosa, Deagan McMillan, Tyson Greenway, Mazden Leslie

2023-2024 season series

Matchup Status Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 at Montreal Canadiens 1 Final Preseason Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Montreal Canadiens 1 Final Preseason Game page
Montreal Canadiens 5 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Final/OT Preseason Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 2

Matchup Status Details
Ottawa Senators 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 0 Final Preseason Game page
Boston Bruins 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 3 Final Preseason Game page
New York Islanders 5 at New Jersey Devils 6 Final Preseason Game page
St. Louis Blues 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 5 Final Preseason Game page
Winnipeg Jets 4 at Calgary Flames 5 Final Preseason Game page
Edmonton Oilers 4 at Seattle Kraken 1 Final Preseason Game page

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