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Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto Preseason Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 on Saturday, September 27, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Montreal Canadiens 4 48-24-10
at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 32-36-14

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Montreal Canadiens 8 10 11 29
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 8 10 23

Three stars

  1. S. Farrell, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. A. Newhook, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. J. Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 11:22 Montreal Canadiens Alex Newhook (1) Alexandre Carrier (1), Zachary Bolduc (1) Even strength MTL 1, TOR 0
2nd 09:34 Montreal Canadiens Riley Kidney (1) Sean Farrell (1), Sammy Blais (1) Power play MTL 2, TOR 0
2nd 13:00 Toronto Maple Leafs John Tavares (1) Unassisted Power play MTL 2, TOR 1
2nd 16:11 Montreal Canadiens Lane Hutson (1) Tyler Thorpe (2), Alex Newhook (1) Power play MTL 3, TOR 1
3rd 09:21 Montreal Canadiens Sean Farrell (1) Alex Belzile (1) Even strength MTL 4, TOR 1
3rd 16:07 Toronto Maple Leafs William Nylander (1) John Tavares (1), Morgan Rielly (1) Even strength MTL 4, TOR 2

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

Team stats

Stat Montreal Canadiens Toronto Maple Leafs
Shots on goal 29 23
Power play 2 of 3 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 8 8
Hits 30 28
Blocked shots 6 8
Giveaways 7 6
Takeaways 0 1
Faceoffs won 33/64 (51.6%) 31/64 (48.4%)

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
15 A. Newhook C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 50% 19:06
24 T. Thorpe R 0 1 1 +1 2 1 5 0 0 15:55
27 S. Blais L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 7 0 0 12:00
36 L. Dauphin C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 13:08
57 S. Farrell C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 15:36
60 A. Belzile R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 58.3% 15:07
62 O. Beck C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 0 50% 14:30
76 Z. Bolduc R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 15:29
82 L. Condotta L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 42.9% 10:40
86 R. Kidney C 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 11:51
90 J. Veleno C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 0 0 69.2% 15:36
91 O. Kapanen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 17:49
37 M. Del Gaizo D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:59
42 A. Engstrom D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 17:51
45 A. Carrier D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 20:45
47 J. Struble D 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 19:56
48 L. Hutson D 1 0 1 +1 0 5 0 1 1 20:34
72 A. Xhekaj D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 1 0 21:33
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
34 K. Kahkonen 23 21 2 .913 60:00 Win

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player
11 M. Domi C 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 80% 16:00
19 C. Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 66.7% 13:56
23 M. Knies L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20:37
26 J. Quillan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 40% 12:20
39 B. Valis R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 09:12
55 N. Roy C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 0 41.2% 17:23
61 M. Pezzetta L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 08:53
63 M. Maccelli L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 15:28
81 D. Joshua C 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 15:11
88 W. Nylander R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 18:22
89 N. Robertson L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 1 0 50% 18:32
91 J. Tavares C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 2 2 1 42.9% 19:07
8 C. Tanev D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 15:52
22 J. McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 19:15
25 B. Carlo D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 17:11
33 M. Benning D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 15:46
44 M. Rielly D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 21:47
95 O. Ekman-Larsson D 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 22:31
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
41 A. Stolarz 18 15 3 .833 40:00 Loss
70 A. Akhtyamov 11 10 1 .909 16:38

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 10:11 Montreal Canadiens Jayden Struble Roughing 2
1st 10:11 Toronto Maple Leafs Max Domi Interference 2
1st 13:27 Montreal Canadiens Laurent Dauphin Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 07:56 Toronto Maple Leafs Dakota Joshua Roughing 2
2nd 12:25 Montreal Canadiens Tyler Thorpe Roughing 2
2nd 15:50 Toronto Maple Leafs Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 02:09 Montreal Canadiens Adam Engstrom Interference 2
3rd 10:08 Toronto Maple Leafs Oliver Ekman-Larsson Hooking 2

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach
Martin St. Louis
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
Craig Berube
Referees
Garrett Rank, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen
Andrew Smith, David Brisebois
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Brendan Gallagher, Mike Matheson, Josh Anderson, Vincent Arseneau, Josh Jacobs, Jake Evans, Samuel Montembeault, Patrik Laine, Nathan Clurman, Nick Suzuki, Noah Dobson, Kevin Mandolese, Wyatte Wylie, Tobie Paquette-Bisson, Kirby Dach, Cole Caufield, Hunter Jones, Xavier Simoneau, Kaiden Guhle, Ty Smilanic, Luke Tuch, Ryan O'Rourke, Jakub Dobes, Alexander Gordin, Jack Smith, Luke Mittelstadt, Dmitri Kostenko, Daniil Sobolev, Benjamin Gaudreau, Joshua Roy, William Trudeau, Gannon Laroque, Filip Mesar, Vinzenz Rohrer, Juraj Slafkovský, Simon Lavigne, Jared Davidson, Emmett Croteau, David Reinbacher, Florian Xhekaj, 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
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches
James Reimer, Travis Boyd, Logan Shaw, Scott Laughton, Dakota Mermis, Brandon Baddock, Steven Lorentz, Kenneth Appleby, Philippe Myers, Auston Matthews, Joseph Woll, Alex Nylander, Vladimir Bobylev, Nikolai Chebykin, Vinni Lettieri, David Kampf, Cedric Pare, Vladislav Kara, Bo Groulx, Semyon Kizimov, Simon Benoit, Reese Johnson, Henry Thrun, Cade Webber, Kirill Slepets, William Villeneuve, Wyatt Schingoethe, Bobby McMann, Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, Veeti Miettinen, Joe Miller, Ryan Tverberg, Braeden Kressler, Ryan McCleary, Vyacheslav Peksa, Ben King, Marc Johnstone, Nicholas Moldenhauer, Marshall Rifai, Dennis Hildeby, Landon Sim, Chas Sharpe, Easton Cowan, 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, 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

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 7 at Montreal Canadiens 2 Final Preseason Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Final Preseason Game page

Other NHL games on Sep 27

Matchup Status Details
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Anaheim Ducks 5 at Los Angeles Kings 3 Final Preseason Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 4 at St. Louis Blues 2 Final Preseason Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Preseason Game page
Dallas Stars 1 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Preseason Game page
Nashville Predators 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final Preseason Game page
Calgary Flames 2 at Winnipeg Jets 4 Final Preseason Game page

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