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Montréal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Preseason · Saturday, September 27, 2025 · Scotiabank Arena

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4–2

Final

29–23

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at Scotiabank Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Maple Leafs 29–23.

Goals came from Alex Newhook, Riley Kidney, John Tavares, Lane Hutson, Sean Farrell and William Nylander.

Kaapo Kahkonen made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Anthony Stolarz stopped 15 of 18.

Goals
Montréal CanadiensMTL121429
Toronto Maple LeafsTOR011223

Three stars

  1. ★1st starSean FarrellMTL · 1 goal, 1 assist
  2. ★2nd starAlex NewhookMTL · 1 goal, 1 assist
  3. ★3rd starJohn TavaresTOR · 1 goal, 1 assist

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:05

4–1 · 3rd 9:21 · Farrell. Domi had been on the ice for 1:05 when it went in.

GoalMTL TOR

1–0 MTL

1st 11:22 · Newhook

Maccelli 0:51

2–0 MTL

2nd 9:34 · · Kidney

Nylander 0:57

2–1 TOR

2nd 13:00 · · Tavares

Carrier 0:35

3–1 MTL

2nd 16:11 · · Hutson

Tanev 0:46

4–1 MTL

3rd 9:21 · Farrell

Long shift: Domi 1:05

4–2 TOR

3rd 16:07 · Nylander

Blais 0:43

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2025–26. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.

30%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

MTLTOR
2923
52%48%
2/31/3
88
3028
68
76
01

Penalties

  • 10:11 into the first periodJayden Struble · roughing2 min
  • 10:11 into the first periodMax Domi · interference2 min
  • 13:27 into the first periodLaurent Dauphin · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 7:56 into the second periodDakota Joshua · roughing2 min
  • 12:25 into the second periodTyler Thorpe · roughing2 min
  • 15:50 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 2:09 into the third periodAdam Engstrom · interference2 min
  • 10:08 into the third periodOliver Ekman-Larsson · hooking2 min