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Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final

Final score

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 7–2 on Thursday, September 25, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Toronto Maple Leafs 7 32-36-14
at Montreal Canadiens 2 48-24-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 2 2 7
Montreal Canadiens 1 1 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 6 11 8 25
Montreal Canadiens 5 4 4 13

Three stars

  1. S. Laughton, Toronto Maple Leafs (2 goals, 2 assists)
  2. S. Lorentz, Toronto Maple Leafs (2 goals, 1 assist)
  3. M. Benning, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:35 Toronto Maple Leafs Scott Laughton (1) Unassisted Even strength TOR 1, MTL 0
1st 13:15 Toronto Maple Leafs Scott Laughton (2) Bobby McMann (1), Matias Maccelli (3) Even strength TOR 2, MTL 0
1st 16:26 Montreal Canadiens Mike Matheson (1) Nick Suzuki (2), Cole Caufield (2) Power play TOR 2, MTL 1
1st 16:57 Toronto Maple Leafs Bobby McMann (2) Matt Benning (1), Matias Maccelli (4) Even strength TOR 3, MTL 1
2nd 05:08 Montreal Canadiens Patrik Laine (1) Ivan Demidov (1), Filip Mesar (2) Power play TOR 3, MTL 2
2nd 08:32 Toronto Maple Leafs Steven Lorentz (1) Scott Laughton (1), Henry Thrun (1) Power play TOR 4, MTL 2
2nd 10:09 Toronto Maple Leafs Steven Lorentz (2) Scott Laughton (2) Even strength TOR 5, MTL 2
3rd 05:03 Toronto Maple Leafs Matt Benning (1) Steven Lorentz (1), Easton Cowan (2) Even strength TOR 6, MTL 2
3rd 12:23 Toronto Maple Leafs Ryan Tverberg (1) Philippe Myers (2) Even strength TOR 7, MTL 2

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

Team stats

Stat Toronto Maple Leafs Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 25 13
Power play 1 of 3 2 of 5
Penalty minutes 20 16
Hits 36 28
Blocked shots 10 13
Giveaways 10 13
Takeaways 1 0
Faceoffs won 29/55 (52.7%) 26/55 (47.3%)

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player
18 S. Lorentz C 2 1 3 +2 0 2 2 1 1 11:40
24 S. Laughton C 2 2 4 +4 0 2 0 1 0 33.3% 15:08
26 J. Quillan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 50% 14:41
29 B. Groulx C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 2 0 0 63.6% 15:51
53 E. Cowan R 0 1 1 +4 0 1 0 0 0 15:46
61 M. Pezzetta L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 6 0 0 50% 12:08
63 M. Maccelli L 0 2 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 12:43
64 D. Kampf C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 63.6% 15:23
71 V. Lettieri C 0 0 0 +1 2 4 3 0 0 100% 16:04
74 B. McMann C 1 1 2 +2 0 5 0 0 0 100% 14:52
77 R. Tverberg C 1 0 1 +1 2 2 0 0 0 13:53
81 D. Joshua C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 6 0 0 17:40
3 H. Thrun D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 2 1 0 22:15
33 M. Benning D 1 1 2 +3 0 1 0 1 0 22:45
36 D. Mermis D 0 0 0 +3 12 2 0 1 0 22:29
51 P. Myers D 0 1 1 +3 2 1 4 3 0 24:54
52 C. Webber D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 5 2 0 18:07
83 M. Rifai D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 04:35
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
35 D. Hildeby 13 11 2 .846 59:29 Win

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
13 C. Caufield R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 100% 17:00
14 N. Suzuki C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 52.9% 19:15
20 J. Slafkovský L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16:54
46 F. Mesar R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 13:24
49 J. Davidson C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 5 1 0 100% 13:15
63 F. Xhekaj L 0 0 0 -3 4 1 4 1 0 30% 12:29
77 K. Dach C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 0 0 46.7% 18:20
88 L. Tuch L 0 0 0 -2 10 0 6 0 0 10:45
89 J. Roy R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 17:45
92 P. Laine L 1 0 1 -3 2 2 1 0 1 17:13
93 I. Demidov R 0 1 1 -3 0 1 0 0 0 16:09
96 V. Rohrer C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 44.4% 11:53
8 M. Matheson D 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 1 1 24:48
37 M. Del Gaizo D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 2 0 20:17
44 N. Clurman D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 1 0 16:19
53 N. Dobson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 15:16
64 D. Reinbacher D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 3 0 17:40
65 R. O'Rourke D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 3 0 16:22
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
32 J. Fowler 8 6 2 .750 20:00
35 S. Montembeault 17 12 5 .706 38:56 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 14:34 Toronto Maple Leafs Vinni Lettieri Tripping 2
1st 18:41 Montreal Canadiens Patrik Laine Slashing 2
2nd 03:23 Toronto Maple Leafs Dakota Mermis Hooking 2
2nd 06:32 Montreal Canadiens Florian Xhekaj Boarding 2
2nd 13:38 Montreal Canadiens Florian Xhekaj Roughing 2
2nd 17:02 Toronto Maple Leafs Henry Thrun Tripping 2
3rd 06:44 Toronto Maple Leafs Ryan Tverberg High sticking 2
3rd 09:41 Toronto Maple Leafs Philippe Myers Hooking 2
3rd 18:06 Montreal Canadiens Luke Tuch Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 18:06 Toronto Maple Leafs Dakota Mermis Misconduct (misconduct) 10

Game information

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
Craig Berube
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Martin St. Louis
Referees
Eric Furlatt, Justin Kea
Linesmen
Jonny Murray, Jeremy Faucher
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches
John Tavares, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Chris Tanev, Calle Jarnkrok, Travis Boyd, Logan Shaw, Morgan Rielly, Jake McCabe, Anthony Stolarz, Max Domi, Brandon Baddock, William Nylander, Brandon Carlo, Nicolas Roy, Kenneth Appleby, Auston Matthews, Joseph Woll, Alex Nylander, Vladimir Bobylev, Nikolai Chebykin, Cedric Pare, Vladislav Kara, Semyon Kizimov, Simon Benoit, Reese Johnson, Nick Robertson, Kirill Slepets, William Villeneuve, Wyatt Schingoethe, Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, Artur Akhtyamov, Veeti Miettinen, Joe Miller, Matthew Knies, Braeden Kressler, Ryan McCleary, Ben King, Marc Johnstone, Nicholas Moldenhauer, Landon Sim, Chas Sharpe, Alex Pharand, Hudson Malinoski, Noah Chadwick, Blake Smith, Ben Danford, Matthew Barbolini, Luke Grainger, Sam Stevens, Marko Sikic, Victor Johansson, Timofei Obvintsev, Miroslav Holinka, Alexander Plesovskikh, Nathan Mayes, Matt Lahey, Sam McCue, Borya Valis, Rhett Parsons, Tyler Hopkins, William Belle, John Prokop, Luke Haymes, Ryan Kirwan, Tinus Luc Koblar, Harry Nansi, Rylan Fellinger, Matthew Hlacar, Nick Rheaume, Owen Conrad
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Brendan Gallagher, Alex Belzile, Josh Anderson, Vincent Arseneau, Laurent Dauphin, Josh Jacobs, Kaapo Kahkonen, Sammy Blais, Jake Evans, Alexandre Carrier, Joseph Veleno, Kevin Mandolese, Wyatte Wylie, Tobie Paquette-Bisson, Hunter Jones, Jayden Struble, Alex Newhook, Xavier Simoneau, Sean Farrell, Kaiden Guhle, Ty Smilanic, Jakub Dobes, Alexander Gordin, Jack Smith, Luke Mittelstadt, Dmitri Kostenko, Daniil Sobolev, Benjamin Gaudreau, Zachary Bolduc, Oliver Kapanen, William Trudeau, Riley Kidney, Gannon Laroque, Arber Xhekaj, Owen Beck, Lane Hutson, Lucas Condotta, Simon Lavigne, Adam Engstrom, Emmett Croteau, Bogdan Konyushkov, Quentin Miller, Sam Harris, Yevgeni Volokhin, Filip Eriksson, Israel Mianscum, Tyler Thorpe, Charles Martin, Michael Hage, Aatos Koivu, 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

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
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