Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montréal Canadiens
Preseason · Thursday, September 25, 2025 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montréal Canadiens 7–2 on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at Centre Bell. The Maple Leafs outshot the Canadiens 25–13.
Scott Laughton scored twice and Steven Lorentz scored twice. Mike Matheson, Bobby McMann, Patrik Laine, Matt Benning and Ryan Tverberg also scored.
Dennis Hildeby made 11 saves on 13 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 12 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Scott Laughton (1)Unassisted1–004:35 TOR- Scott Laughton (2)Bobby McMann (1), Matias Maccelli (3)2–013:15 TOR
Mike Matheson (1)Nick Suzuki (2), Cole Caufield (2)2–116:26 MTL · 
Bobby McMann (2)Matt Benning (1), Matias Maccelli (4)3–116:57 TOR
2nd period
Patrik Laine (1)Ivan Demidov (1), Filip Mesar (2)3–205:08 MTL · 
Steven Lorentz (1)Scott Laughton (1), Henry Thrun (1)4–208:32 TOR · - Steven Lorentz (2)Scott Laughton (2)5–210:09 TOR
3rd period
Matt Benning (1)Steven Lorentz (1), Easton Cowan (2)6–205:03 TOR
Ryan Tverberg (1)Philippe Myers (2)7–212:23 TOR
Team stats
TORMTL
2513
53%47%
1/32/5
2016
3628
1013
1013
10
Penalties
- 14:34 into the first period
Vinni Lettieri · tripping2 min - 18:41 into the first period
Patrik Laine · slashing2 min - 3:23 into the second periodDakota Mermis · hooking2 min
- 6:32 into the second periodFlorian Xhekaj · boarding2 min
- 13:38 into the second periodFlorian Xhekaj · roughing2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodHenry Thrun · tripping2 min
- 6:44 into the third periodRyan Tverberg · high sticking2 min
- 9:41 into the third periodPhilippe Myers · hooking2 min
- 18:06 into the third periodLuke Tuch · misconduct10 min
- 18:06 into the third periodDakota Mermis · misconduct10 min
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 24Scott LaughtonC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 2 | 15:08 |
| 18Steven LorentzC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 11:40 |
| 63Matias MaccelliL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 74Bobby McMannC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 14:52 |
| 33Matt BenningD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 22:45 |
| 53Easton CowanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 77Ryan TverbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:53 |
| 3Henry ThrunD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:15 |
| 51Philippe MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 24:54 |
| 26Jacob QuillanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 29Bo GroulxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 61Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:08 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 71Vinni LettieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 16:04 |
| 81Dakota JoshuaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:40 |
| 36Dakota MermisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 22:29 |
| 52Cade WebberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 83Marshall RifaiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Dennis HildebyG | W | 13 | 2 | .846 |
| 50Vyacheslav PeksaG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 13Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 46Filip MesarR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:24 |
| 92Patrik LaineL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 93Ivan DemidovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 24:48 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 49Jared DavidsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 63Florian XhekajL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 77Kirby DachC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 88Luke TuchL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 10:45 |
| 89Joshua RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 96Vinzenz RohrerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:53 |
| 37Marc Del GaizoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 44Nathan ClurmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 53Noah DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 64David ReinbacherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 65Ryan O'RourkeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jacob FowlerG | 8 | 2 | .750 | |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | L | 17 | 5 | .706 |