Montréal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Preseason · Monday, October 2, 2023 · Scotiabank Arena
SN · RDS
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 in overtime on Monday, October 2, 2023 at Scotiabank Arena. The Maple Leafs outshot the Canadiens 29–26.
John Tavares scored twice. Mattias Norlinder, Noah Gregor, Max Domi, Kirby Dach, Johnathan Kovacevic, Josh Anderson and Nick Suzuki also scored.
Jake Allen made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 21 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mattias Norlinder (1)Nick Suzuki (3), Sean Monahan (2)1–003:24 MTL · 
Noah Gregor (1)Ryan Reaves (1)1–107:13 TOR
John Tavares (1)Auston Matthews (1), Timothy Liljegren (1)1–212:10 TOR ·
2nd period
Max Domi (2)William Nylander (1)1–314:45 TOR
Kirby Dach (1)Sean Monahan (3), Johnathan Kovacevic (2)2–319:48 MTL ·
3rd period
- John Tavares (2)Timothy Liljegren (2), Sam Lafferty (2)2–411:40 TOR
Johnathan Kovacevic (1)Arber Xhekaj (1), Juraj Slafkovský (1)3–413:43 MTL
Josh Anderson (3)Kirby Dach (2), Nick Suzuki (4)4–419:19 MTL
Overtime
Nick Suzuki (1)Cole Caufield (2), Jordan Harris (1)5–400:31 MTL
Team stats
MTLTOR
2629
57%43%
1/31/5
128
2531
912
88
28
Penalties
- 2:59 into the first period
Max Domi · slashing2 min - 10:43 into the first period
Nick Suzuki · hooking2 min - 13:40 into the first periodLogan Mailloux · roughing2 min
- 7:27 into the second periodJake Evans · hooking2 min
- 12:23 into the second periodJohn Tavares · interference2 min
- 18:13 into the second periodArber Xhekaj · high sticking double minor4 min
- 18:13 into the second periodNick Robertson · slashing2 min
- 3:35 into the third periodSean Monahan · slashing2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodWilliam Nylander · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 77Kirby DachC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 18:09 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:36 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:41 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:39 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:02 |
| 59Mattias NorlinderD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:57 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 16:34 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 49Rafael Harvey-PinardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 51Emil HeinemanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 11:25 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:03 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 94Logan MaillouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cayden PrimeauG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 34Jake AllenG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 91John TavaresC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18:41 |
| 37Timothy LiljegrenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 23:01 |
| 11Max DomiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:28 |
| 18Noah GregorC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 28Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:53 |
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8 | 21:51 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:03 |
| 88William NylanderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 16Mitch MarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:31 |
| 23Matthew KniesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:17 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 89Nick RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 2Simon BenoitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 22Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:37 |
| 78TJ BrodieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 84Mikko KokkonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Ilya SamsonovG | O | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 80Keith PetruzzelliG | 0 | 0 | .000 |