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Philadelphia Flyers at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Philadelphia Flyers 2 43-27-12
at Montreal Canadiens 4 48-24-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Philadelphia Flyers 0 2 0 2
Montreal Canadiens 2 1 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Philadelphia Flyers 5 7 9 21
Montreal Canadiens 9 2 12 23

Three stars

  1. N. Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. C. Caufield, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. F. Xhekaj, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:53 Montreal Canadiens Cole Caufield (1) Lane Hutson (1), Nick Suzuki (1) Even strength PHI 0, MTL 1
1st 09:58 Montreal Canadiens Florian Xhekaj (1) Tyler Thorpe (1), Luke Tuch (1) Even strength PHI 0, MTL 2
2nd 11:11 Philadelphia Flyers Anthony Richard (1) Dennis Gilbert (1) Even strength PHI 1, MTL 2
2nd 16:05 Montreal Canadiens Nick Suzuki (1) Juraj Slafkovský (1), Cole Caufield (1) Even strength PHI 1, MTL 3
2nd 17:35 Philadelphia Flyers Owen Tippett (1) Christian Dvorak (1), Travis Sanheim (1) Power play PHI 2, MTL 3
3rd 19:46 Montreal Canadiens Arber Xhekaj (1) Unassisted Shorthanded, Empty net PHI 2, MTL 4

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

Team stats

Stat Philadelphia Flyers Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 21 23
Power play 1 of 4 0 of 1
Penalty minutes 14 20
Hits 30 35
Blocked shots 21 14
Giveaways 10 11
Faceoffs won 18/47 (38.3%) 29/47 (61.7%)

Box score

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters
Player
10 B. Brink R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 20:20
14 S. Couturier C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 1 0 47.1% 20:16
17 J. Luchanko C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 0 20% 15:40
18 R. Abols C 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 13:22
20 A. Bump L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 1 0 15:29
22 C. Dvorak C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 2 0 42.1% 19:58
43 O. Eklind L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 11:37
44 N. Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 5 0 6 0 0 12:17
74 O. Tippett R 1 0 1 -2 0 2 3 0 1 18:59
78 J. Gaucher C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 1 0 11:44
86 M. Gard C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20% 11:11
90 A. Richard C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:11
3 H. Grans D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0 20:20
6 T. Sanheim D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 4 0 25:50
24 N. Seeler D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 0 18:19
41 H. McDonald D 0 0 0 -1 7 2 3 1 0 14:44
48 D. Gilbert D 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 20:15
75 E. Samson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 15:19
Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
33 S. Ersson 9 7 2 .778 20:00
35 A. Kolosov 13 12 1 .923 39:09 Loss

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
13 C. Caufield R 1 1 2 +1 0 3 0 0 0 15:04
14 N. Suzuki C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 71.4% 14:13
15 A. Newhook C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 66.7% 15:28
20 J. Slafkovský L 0 1 1 +2 0 1 2 0 0 50% 12:00
24 T. Thorpe R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 6 0 0 16:06
27 S. Blais L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 14:28
63 F. Xhekaj L 1 0 1 +1 5 2 2 1 0 80% 13:49
76 Z. Bolduc R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 13:08
88 L. Tuch L 0 1 1 +1 5 0 5 1 0 14:22
89 J. Roy R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 2 0 12:37
90 J. Veleno C 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 38.5% 18:07
96 V. Rohrer C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 100% 15:04
21 K. Guhle D 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 21:52
45 A. Carrier D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 0 0 17:19
48 L. Hutson D 0 1 1 +1 2 2 0 1 0 21:26
64 D. Reinbacher D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 2 0 19:13
72 A. Xhekaj D 1 0 1 +2 4 3 2 2 0 18:23
79 T. Paquette-Bisson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 20:26
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
34 K. Kahkonen 12 10 2 .833 29:03 Win
75 J. Dobes 9 9 0 1.000 30:57

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 03:43 Montreal Canadiens Alexandre Carrier Holding 2
2nd 04:25 Montreal Canadiens Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 07:17 Philadelphia Flyers Nicolas Deslauriers Fighting (major) 5
2nd 07:17 Montreal Canadiens Florian Xhekaj Fighting (major) 5
2nd 16:40 Montreal Canadiens Arber Xhekaj Roughing 2
2nd 16:40 Montreal Canadiens Arber Xhekaj Roughing 2
2nd 16:40 Philadelphia Flyers Rodrigo Abols Tripping 2
3rd 13:54 Philadelphia Flyers Hunter McDonald Cross checking 2
3rd 13:54 Philadelphia Flyers Hunter McDonald Fighting (major) 5
3rd 13:54 Montreal Canadiens Luke Tuch Fighting (major) 5
3rd 17:53 Montreal Canadiens Lane Hutson Hooking 2

Game information

Philadelphia Flyers head coach
Rick Tocchet
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Martin St. Louis
Referees
Mitch Dunning, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen
Devin Berg, Mark Shewchyk
Philadelphia Flyers scratches
Ryan Ellis, Garrett Wilson, Rasmus Ristolainen, Garnet Hathaway, Dan Vladar, Travis Konecny, Cooper Marody, Noah Juulsen, Matej Tomek, Lane Pederson, Keith Petruzzelli, Noah Cates, Adam Ginning, Egor Zamula, Trevor Zegras, Cam York, Massimo Rizzo, Emil Andrae, Jamie Drysdale, Tyson Foerster, Zayde Wisdom, Samu Tuomaala, Owen McLaughlin, Ty Murchison, Tucker Robertson, Devin Kaplan, Alexis Gendron, Santeri Sulku, Nikita Grebenkin, Cole Knuble, Denver Barkey, Carson Bjarnason, Oliver Bonk, Alex Ciernik, Yaniv Perets, Matvei Michkov, Egor Zavragin, Ryan MacPherson, Spencer Gill, Jack Berglund, Heikki Ruohonen, Noah Powell, Ilya Pautov, Austin Moline, Sawyer Boulton, Shane Vansaghi, Carter Amico, Porter Martone, Jack Murtagh, Jack Nesbitt, Karsen Dorwart, Max Westergard, Luke Vlooswyk, Nathan Quinn, Andre Mondoux
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Brendan Gallagher, Alex Belzile, Mike Matheson, Josh Anderson, Vincent Arseneau, Laurent Dauphin, Josh Jacobs, Jake Evans, Samuel Montembeault, Patrik Laine, Nathan Clurman, Noah Dobson, Kevin Mandolese, Wyatte Wylie, Kirby Dach, Hunter Jones, Jayden Struble, Marc Del Gaizo, Xavier Simoneau, Sean Farrell, Ty Smilanic, Ryan O'Rourke, Alexander Gordin, Jack Smith, Luke Mittelstadt, Dmitri Kostenko, Daniil Sobolev, Benjamin Gaudreau, Oliver Kapanen, William Trudeau, Riley Kidney, Gannon Laroque, Owen Beck, Filip Mesar, Lucas Condotta, Simon Lavigne, Adam Engstrom, Jared Davidson, Emmett Croteau, Jacob Fowler, Bogdan Konyushkov, Quentin Miller, Sam Harris, Yevgeni Volokhin, Filip Eriksson, Israel Mianscum, Charles Martin, Michael Hage, Aatos Koivu, Ivan Demidov, Logan Sawyer, Owen Protz, Mikus Vecvanags, Ben Merrill, Makar Khanin, Rasmus Bergqvist, Darick Louis-Jean, Bryce Pickford, Hayden Paupanekis, Carlos Handel, Will Dineen, Mark Estapa, Joseph Dunlap, Egor Goriunov, Alexander Zharovsky, Arseni Radkov, John Mooney, Alexis Cournoyer, Andrew MacNiel, Maxon Vig, Maleek McGowan, Matthew Wang

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