Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montréal Canadiens
Preseason · Friday, September 29, 2023 · Centre Bell
TSN2 · TSN4 · RDS
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montréal Canadiens 2–1 on Friday, September 29, 2023 at Centre Bell. The Maple Leafs outshot the Canadiens 26–25.
Goals came from Matthew Knies, Mikko Kokkonen and Josh Anderson.
Ilya Samsonov made 17 saves on 17 shots for the win; Cayden Primeau stopped 24 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Matthew Knies (1)Fraser Minten (2)1–010:23 TOR · 
Mikko Kokkonen (1)Noah Gregor (2)2–016:34 TOR
3rd period
Josh Anderson (2)Sean Monahan (1), Gustav Lindstrom (1)2–114:39 MTL
Team stats
TORMTL
2625
43%57%
0/20/6
124
1211
2019
1512
14
Penalties
- 9:08 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 18:59 into the first periodWilliam Lagesson · hooking2 min
- 2:27 into the second period
Gustav Lindstrom · holding2 min - 9:25 into the second periodWilliam Lagesson · interference2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodTimothy Liljegren · hooking2 min
- 18:33 into the second periodArber Xhekaj · cross checking2 min
- 6:16 into the third periodSam Lafferty · tripping2 min
- 18:49 into the third periodTimothy Liljegren · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 18Noah GregorC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:38 |
| 23Matthew KniesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:49 |
| 39Fraser MintenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:37 |
| 84Mikko KokkonenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:40 |
| 15Logan ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 26Nick AbruzzeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:03 |
| 28Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 29Pontus HolmbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:37 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:59 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 89Nick RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:14 |
| 90Max EllisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:17 |
| 25Conor TimminsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 23:59 |
| 37Timothy LiljegrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:16 |
| 55Mark GiordanoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:08 |
| 61Spencer SovaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 85William LagessonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Ilya SamsonovG | W | 17 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 80Keith PetruzzelliG | 8 | 1 | .875 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 17Josh AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:00 |
| 27Gustav LindstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:12 |
| 13Mitchell StephensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:29 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:22 |
| 53Jan MysakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:22 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 62Owen BeckC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:24 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:16 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 97Joshua RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:04 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 85John Parker-JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:43 |
| 92Nicolas BeaudinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:32 |
| 94Logan MaillouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cayden PrimeauG | L | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 95Strauss MannG | 0 | 0 | .000 |