Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens

Saturday, September 28, 2024, 7:00 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final

Final score

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 2–1 on Saturday, September 28, 2024 on the road.

Final score, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2024-2025 record
Toronto Maple Leafs	2	52-26-4
at Montreal Canadiens	1	40-31-11

News about this game

Montreal Canadiens' Arber Xhekaj Receives Maximum Fine for Unsportsmanlike Behavior in Preseason Match

Sun, Sep 29, 2024

Montreal Canadiens' defenseman Arber Xhekaj was fined $3,385.42 for unsportsmanlike conduct against Toronto Maple Leafs' forward Cedric Pare in a preseason game.

Goals by period

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

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	10	5	7	22
Montreal Canadiens	6	9	12	27

Three stars

N. Robertson, Toronto Maple Leafs (2 goals)
D. Hildeby, Toronto Maple Leafs (goaltender)
D. Savard, Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

Every goal, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	09:17	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nick Robertson (2)	Easton Cowan (1), Conor Timmins (1)	Power play	TOR 1, MTL 0
3rd	03:26	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nick Robertson (3)	Pontus Holmberg (1), Matthew Knies (1)	Even strength	TOR 2, MTL 0
3rd	18:16	Montreal Canadiens	Kirby Dach (1)	Lane Hutson (2), Nick Suzuki (1)	Even strength	TOR 2, MTL 1

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	22	27
Power play	1 of 4	0 of 7
Penalty minutes	26	41
Hits	16	22
Blocked shots	17	15
Giveaways	7	13
Takeaways	7	7
Faceoffs won	29/50 (58%)	21/50 (42%)

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 18 S. Lorentz	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	60%	14:52
Number 23 M. Knies	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0		16:14
Number 26 N. Abruzzese	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		09:03
Number 29 P. Holmberg	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	62.5%	21:24
Number 33 R. Hirvonen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		07:42
Number 53 E. Cowan	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:02
Number 56 C. Pare	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50%	12:34
Number 61 J. Quillan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	50%	19:30
Number 71 N. Grebenkin	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	100%	13:18
Number 77 R. Tverberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		09:04
Number 89 N. Robertson	L	2	0	2	0	2	3	1	2	1	50%	17:39
Number 92 A. Nylander	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100%	14:27
Number 2 S. Benoit	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		18:30
Number 25 C. Timmins	D	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	5	0		23:42
Number 51 P. Myers	D	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	2	0		21:12
Number 54 N. Mattinen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1	0		16:03
Number 83 M. Rifai	D	0	0	0	+1	5	1	1	0	0		16:43
Number 84 M. Kokkonen	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0		16:01

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 D. Hildeby	27	26	1	.963	60:00	Win

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. Caufield	R	0	0	0	+1	0	6	2	0		24:05
Number 14 N. Suzuki	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	40%	26:47
Number 15 A. Newhook	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	28.6%	15:51
Number 17 J. Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	0		14:47
Number 20 J. Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	+1	5	1	2	2		20:06
Number 57 S. Farrell	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		10:17
Number 62 O. Beck	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	50%	14:35
Number 76 J. Davidson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	66.7%	14:02
Number 77 K. Dach	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	33.3%	21:19
Number 82 L. Condotta	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	50%	13:40
Number 89 J. Roy	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		14:15
Number 92 P. Laine	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		02:22
Number 8 M. Matheson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		27:07
Number 24 L. Mailloux	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		21:22
Number 48 L. Hutson	D	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	2		25:16
Number 58 D. Savard	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7		24:13
Number 64 D. Reinbacher	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		00:13
Number 72 A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0		01:29

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 C. Primeau	10	9	1	.900	27:04	Loss
Number 35 S. Montembeault	12	11	1	.917	30:10

Penalties

Penalties, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:07	Toronto Maple Leafs	Philippe Myers	Tripping	2
1st	04:47	Montreal Canadiens	Arber Xhekaj	Fighting (major)	5
1st	04:47	Montreal Canadiens	Arber Xhekaj	Instigator	2
1st	04:47	Montreal Canadiens	Arber Xhekaj	Instigator misconduct (misconduct)	10
1st	04:47	Montreal Canadiens	Arber Xhekaj	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
1st	11:29	Toronto Maple Leafs	Matthew Knies	Roughing	2
1st	15:00	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mikko Kokkonen	Cross checking	2
1st	18:49	Toronto Maple Leafs	Simon Benoit	Elbowing	2
2nd	04:06	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nicolas Mattinen	Tripping	2
2nd	07:49	Montreal Canadiens	Juraj Slafkovský	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	07:49	Toronto Maple Leafs	Marshall Rifai	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	10:50	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nikita Grebenkin	Roughing	2
2nd	10:50	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Newhook	Roughing	2
2nd	11:18	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nick Robertson	Tripping	2
2nd	17:12	Toronto Maple Leafs	Philippe Myers	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	17:12	Montreal Canadiens	Josh Anderson	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	12:15	Toronto Maple Leafs	Conor Timmins	Slashing	2
3rd	14:27	Montreal Canadiens	Lane Hutson	Hooking	2

Game information

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach: Craig Berube
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Martin St. Louis
Referees: Francis Charron, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Mark Shewchyk
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches: Ryan Reaves, Max Pacioretty, Kyle Clifford, John Tavares, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Chris Tanev, Calle Jarnkrok, Jani Hakanpää, Logan Shaw, Morgan Rielly, Matt Murray, Jon Gillies, Jake McCabe, Anthony Stolarz, Joseph Blandisi, Max Domi, Dakota Mermis, William Nylander, Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, Joseph Woll, Vladimir Bobylev, Nikolai Chebykin, Timothy Liljegren, Thomas Miller, David Kampf, Vladislav Kara, Connor Dewar, Semyon Kizimov, Robert Mastrosimone, Michael Koster, Cade Webber, Kirill Slepets, Topi Niemela, William Villeneuve, Wyatt Schingoethe, Bobby McMann, Veeti Miettinen, Joe Miller, John Fusco, Alex Steeves, Braeden Kressler, Zach Solow, Ty Voit, Ryan McCleary, Vyacheslav Peksa, Matt Pietroniro, Jacob Frasca, Fraser Minten, Nicholas Moldenhauer, Brandon Lisowsky, Chas Sharpe, Matt Anderson, Hudson Malinoski, Ben Danford, Matthew Barbolini, Mathieu Gosselin, Sam Stevens, Marko Sikic, Victor Johansson, Timofei Obvintsev, Miroslav Holinka, Alexander Plesovskikh, Nathan Mayes, Matt Lahey, Sam McCue, Jacob Bengtsson, Dominik Petr, Rhett Parsons, Marshall Finnie, Maxim Muranov
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Carey Price, Brendan Gallagher, Tyler Wotherspoon, Joel Armia, Vincent Arseneau, Laurent Dauphin, Josh Jacobs, Christian Dvorak, Jake Evans, Brandon Gignac, Michael Pezzetta, Alex Barré-Boulet, Jakov Novak, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Hunter Jones, Jayden Struble, Alex Beaucage, Vincent Sevigny, Xavier Simoneau, Zack Hayes, Kaiden Guhle, Ty Smilanic, Justin Barron, Luke Tuch, Jacob Perreault, Emil Heineman, Jakub Dobes, Alexander Gordin, Jack Smith, Joe Vrbetic, Luke Mittelstadt, Dmitri Kostenko, Daniil Sobolev, Oliver Kapanen, William Trudeau, Riley Kidney, Simon Motew, Logan Nijhoff, Filip Mesar, Vinzenz Rohrer, Adam Engstrom, Emmett Croteau, Maxime Pellerin, Jacob Fowler, Chris Jandric, Samuel Richard, Florian Xhekaj, Bogdan Konyushkov, Quentin Miller, Sam Harris, Yevgeni Volokhin, Filip Eriksson, Israel Mianscum, Tyler Thorpe, Michael Hage, Aatos Koivu, Connor Hughes, Ivan Demidov, Logan Sawyer, Owen Protz, Mikus Vecvanags, Ben Merrill, Makar Khanin, Rasmus Bergqvist, Justin Larose, Charles Savoie, Emanuelson Charbonneau, Matteo Drobac

2024-2025 season series

Every Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens game in the 2024-2025 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs, Thu, Sep 26, 2024
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Sep 28, 2024

Other NHL games on Sep 28

Other NHL games on Saturday, September 28, 2024
Matchup	Status	Details
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Boston Bruins 2 at Philadelphia Flyers 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Boston Bruins at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Sep 28, 2024
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets, Sat, Sep 28, 2024
Chicago Blackhawks 2 at St. Louis Blues 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Sep 28, 2024
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 at Nashville Predators 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators, Sat, Sep 28, 2024
Seattle Kraken 4 at Edmonton Oilers 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Seattle Kraken at Edmonton Oilers, Sat, Sep 28, 2024
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Calgary Flames 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames, Sat, Sep 28, 2024