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Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, September 19, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 3-3-2
at Montreal Canadiens 4 3-3-1

Goals by period

Team Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 0 3 0 0 3
Montreal Canadiens 2 0 1 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 13 5 1 21
Montreal Canadiens 13 6 9 2 30

Three stars

  1. C. Caufield, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal)
  2. I. Demidov, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal)
  3. L. Hutson, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:27 Montreal Canadiens Juraj Slafkovský (1) Luke Mittelstadt (1), Ethan Samson (1) Even strength TOR 0, MTL 1
1st 12:04 Montreal Canadiens Ivan Demidov (1) Lane Hutson (1) Power play TOR 0, MTL 2
2nd 03:56 Toronto Maple Leafs Henrik Rybinski (1) Ryan Tverberg (1), Brendan Brisson (1) Power play TOR 1, MTL 2
2nd 08:32 Toronto Maple Leafs Colton Sissons (1) Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1), Easton Cowan (1) Power play TOR 2, MTL 2
2nd 16:21 Toronto Maple Leafs Marc Johnstone (1) Henrik Rybinski (1), Michael Pezzetta (1) Even strength TOR 3, MTL 2
3rd 02:43 Montreal Canadiens Lane Hutson (1) Jared Davidson (1), Alex Belzile (1) Even strength TOR 3, MTL 3
OT 04:22 Montreal Canadiens Cole Caufield (1) Lane Hutson (2), Alexandre Carrier (1) Even strength TOR 3, MTL 4

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

Team stats

Stat Toronto Maple Leafs Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 21 30
Power play 2 of 4 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 28 22
Hits 25 43
Blocked shots 24 5
Giveaways 19 7
Takeaways 3 3
Faceoffs won 30/57 (52.6%) 27/57 (47.4%)

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player
12 L. Shaw R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 2 0 30% 14:20
15 C. Sissons C 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 90% 23:09
20 N. Paul L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 38.5% 22:58
24 B. Duhaime L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 100% 18:40
53 E. Cowan R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:51
54 H. Rybinski R 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 11:14
57 M. Johnstone R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 0 100% 05:43
61 M. Pezzetta L 0 1 1 0 17 1 0 0 0 04:50
71 V. Lettieri C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 21:14
73 T. Blueger C 0 0 0 -1 7 1 0 0 0 50% 16:19
77 R. Tverberg C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 0 0 13:38
90 B. Brisson C 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 2 0 15:10
3 N. Blankenburg D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 8 0 24:47
28 T. Stecher D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 21:24
36 D. Mermis D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 21:08
58 N. Chadwick D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 14:12
82 C. McWard D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 3 0 15:36
95 O. Ekman-Larsson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 5 2 0 23:53
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
31 S. Hlavaj 15 13 2 .867 34:18 OT loss
70 A. Akhtyamov 15 13 2 .867 29:50

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
13 C. Caufield R 1 0 1 +1 0 4 3 0 0 16:53
14 N. Suzuki C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 0 36.8% 20:10
20 J. Slafkovský L 1 0 1 +1 2 3 2 0 0 16:37
22 C. Kreider L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 17:05
40 S. Pastujov R 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 100% 11:57
49 J. Davidson C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 12:39
54 T. Thorpe R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 5 0 0 11:34
60 A. Belzile R 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 11:04
62 O. Beck C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 1 0 69.2% 14:23
82 L. Condotta L 0 0 0 -1 7 0 6 0 0 71.4% 11:16
91 O. Kapanen C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 0 0 35.7% 18:58
93 I. Demidov R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 0 1 18:59
45 A. Carrier D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 0 0 22:23
47 J. Struble D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 1 0 20:51
48 L. Hutson D 1 2 3 +2 0 1 0 0 0 24:50
65 L. Mittelstadt D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 18:59
72 A. Xhekaj D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 8 1 0 21:31
74 E. Samson D 0 1 1 +1 5 4 1 0 0 15:39
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
32 J. Fowler 10 9 1 .900 34:18 Win
75 J. Dobes 11 9 2 .818 30:04

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:32 Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Pezzetta Instigator 2
1st 05:32 Montreal Canadiens Lucas Condotta Interference 2
1st 05:32 Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Pezzetta Fighting (major) 5
1st 05:32 Montreal Canadiens Lucas Condotta Fighting (major) 5
1st 05:32 Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Pezzetta Instigator misconduct (misconduct) 10
1st 10:07 Toronto Maple Leafs Teddy Blueger Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
1st 10:07 Montreal Canadiens Ethan Samson Fighting (major) 5
1st 10:07 Toronto Maple Leafs Teddy Blueger Fighting (major) 5
1st 11:19 Toronto Maple Leafs Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
1st 18:48 Montreal Canadiens Oliver Kapanen Tripping 2
2nd 01:56 Montreal Canadiens Sasha Pastujov High sticking 2
2nd 06:38 Montreal Canadiens Alex Belzile Tripping 2
3rd 17:06 Montreal Canadiens Arber Xhekaj Roughing 2
3rd 17:06 Toronto Maple Leafs Brendan Brisson Roughing 2
OT 01:46 Montreal Canadiens Juraj Slafkovský Roughing 2

Game information

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
Jim Hiller
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Martin St. Louis
Referees
Pierre Lambert, Riley Brace
Linesmen
Shawn Oliver, Jonathan Deschamps
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches
John Tavares, Sergei Bobrovsky, Chris Tanev, Morgan Rielly, Jake McCabe, Anthony Stolarz, Max Domi, William Nylander, Dakota Joshua, Darren Raddysh, Jack Roslovic, Steven Lorentz, Kenneth Appleby, Philippe Myers, Auston Matthews, Vladimir Bobylev, Nikolai Chebykin, Zack MacEwen, Matthew Hellickson, Vladislav Kara, Bo Groulx, Semyon Kizimov, Reese Johnson, Cade Webber, Kirill Slepets, Emil Andrae, William Villeneuve, Jackson Kunz, Wyatt Schingoethe, Ben Meehan, Veeti Miettinen, Joe Miller, Matthew Knies, Nicholas Moldenhauer, Marshall Rifai, Landon Sim, Matt Anderson, Hudson Malinoski, Blake Smith, Ben Danford, Matthew Barbolini, Jacob Quillan, Sam Stevens, Victor Johansson, Timofei Obvintsev, Miroslav Holinka, Alexander Plesovskikh, Matt Lahey, Sam McCue, Borya Valis, Sawyer Boulton, Tyler Hopkins, William Belle, Luke Haymes, Ryan Kirwan, Ross Mitton, Tinus Luc Koblar, Harry Nansi, Rylan Fellinger, Ethan MacKenzie, Alexander Bilecki, Mans Gudmundsson, Gavin McKenna, Zach Olsen, Cooper Williams, Vinny Borgesi, Brandon Buhr, Hayes Hundley, Frank Djurasevic, Kaidan Mbereko, Juuso Ainasto, Patriks Plumins, Yaroslav Fedoseyev, Brody Pepoy, Adam Kydd, Max Smolinski
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Phillip Danault, Mike Matheson, Josh Anderson, Vincent Arseneau, Laurent Dauphin, Kaapo Kahkonen, Jake Evans, Samuel Montembeault, Reilly Walsh, Alexandre Texier, Noah Dobson, Kevin Mandolese, Kirby Dach, Hunter Jones, Samuel Poulin, Alex Newhook, Xavier Simoneau, Kaiden Guhle, Ty Smilanic, Brett Berard, Alexander Gordin, Jack Smith, Dmitri Kostenko, Daniil Sobolev, Zachary Bolduc, Braden Hache, Francesco Lapenna, Filip Mesar, Adam Engstrom, Maksymilian Szuber, Emmett Croteau, Hunter McKown, David Reinbacher, Florian Xhekaj, Quentin Miller, Sam Harris, Yevgeni Volokhin, Filip Eriksson, Kale McCallum, Israel Mianscum, Michael Hage, Aatos Koivu, Logan Sawyer, Owen Protz, Mikus Vecvanags, Ben Merrill, Makar Khanin, Rasmus Bergqvist, Bryce Pickford, Hayden Paupanekis, Carlos Handel, Alexander Zharovsky, Arseni Radkov, John Mooney, Alexis Cournoyer, Andrew MacNiel, Maxon Vig, Jacob Dion, Gleb Pugachyov, Wesley Royston, Timofei Runtso, Dillan Bentley, Josh Nadeau, Aiden Dubinsky, Cooper Cleaves, Brayden Klimpke, Parker Trottier, Jean-Samuel Daigneault, Tyler Deakos, Alexandr Legkov

2026-2027 season series

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

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Matchup Status Details
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