Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montréal Canadiens

Preseason · Saturday, September 30, 2023 · Centre Bell

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3–1

22–34

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Game summary

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Maple Leafs 34–22.

Goals came from Matthew Knies, Fraser Minten, Nick Robertson and Kaiden Guhle.

Martin Jones made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 12 of 15.

Goals
TOR	1	2	0	3	22
MTL	0	0	1	1	34

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Matthew Knies (2)Fraser Minten (3), Alex Steeves (1)1–006:30 TOR

2nd period

Fraser Minten (1)Alex Steeves (2), Nick Abruzzese (2)2–010:33 TOR ·
Nick Robertson (1)Marshall Rifai (1)3–019:47 TOR

3rd period

Kaiden Guhle (1)Johnathan Kovacevic (1), Alex Newhook (2)3–111:32 MTL ·

Team stats

TORMTL

2234

39%61%

1/40/5

108

2020

2613

1914

37

Penalties

16:14 into the first periodLias Andersson · interference2 min
17:13 into the first periodPontus Holmberg · holding2 min
4:53 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
8:39 into the second periodKirby Dach · high sticking2 min
12:05 into the second periodMarshall Rifai · interference2 min
17:39 into the second periodNick Robertson · interference goalkeeper2 min
1:44 into the third periodMarshall Rifai · cross checking2 min
7:46 into the third periodRyan Tverberg · high sticking2 min
11:17 into the third periodJustin Barron · interference2 min

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

39Fraser MintenC	1	1	2	0	3	3	0	0	48	1	0	22	17:17
46Alex SteevesC	0	2	2	+1	0	3	1	0	–	0	0	15	13:58
23Matthew KniesL	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	–	0	0	22	21:29
26Nick AbruzzeseC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	1	0	15	11:41
89Nick RobertsonL	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	–	0	1	18	15:24
83Marshall RifaiD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	4	–	3	0	24	16:40
18Noah GregorR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	100	1	1	21	16:51
29Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	42	0	0	21	17:49
33Roni HirvonenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	14	08:57
36Josiah SlavinC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	33	1	0	13	12:05
43Kyle CliffordL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	1	0	13	10:58
53Easton CowanR	0	0	0	−1	4	1	1	0	–	0	1	19	18:02
77Ryan TverbergC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	1	0	15	11:17
2Simon BenoitD	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	–	2	0	23	15:47
22Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	6	0	–	3	0	29	22:16
44Morgan RiellyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	2	0	28	23:34
47Topi NiemelaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	22	14:14
78TJ BrodieD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	–	2	0	26	21:47

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
31Martin JonesG	W	34	33	1	.971	59:54
41Dennis HildebyG		0	0	0	.000	00:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

15Alex NewhookC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	75	0	1	20	16:33
21Kaiden GuhleD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	4	0	–	1	1	22	19:36
26Johnathan KovacevicD	0	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	–	2	0	21	18:29
14Nick SuzukiC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	64	0	1	22	21:05
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	–	2	0	17	17:14
22Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	1	1	19	19:26
24Lias AnderssonC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	67	0	1	20	13:32
49Rafael Harvey-PinardL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	0	0	18	21:30
51Emil HeinemanL	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	1	0	21	13:36
55Michael PezzettaL	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	100	0	0	13	08:31
57Sean FarrellC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	14	11:11
61Philippe MailletC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	67	2	0	13	09:41
77Kirby DachC	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	29	1	0	17	23:20
86Riley KidneyC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	60	1	0	12	09:28
52Justin BarronD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	0	0	20	15:15
59Mattias NorlinderD	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	0	–	1	0	21	20:47
64David ReinbacherD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	1	1	21	16:27
84William TrudeauD	0	0	0	−1	3	1	2	0	–	0	1	23	18:35

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
35Samuel MontembeaultG	L	15	12	3	.800	40:00
75Jakub DobesG		7	7	0	1.000	17:53