Preseason Game 69
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

Riley Kidney and Lane Hutson each scored power-play goals in the second period and the visiting Montréal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 in NHL preseason action on Saturday.

Alex Newhook had a goal and assist for the Canadiens, who outshot the Maple Leafs 29-23 at Scotiabank Arena. Sean Farrell also scored for the visitors.

John Tavares scored a second-period power-play goal for the Maple Leafs, who went 1-for-3 with the man advantage, while the visitors were 2-for-3. William Nylander scored with under four minutes left.

The Canadiens led 1-0 after the first period and 3-1 heading into the third.

The Canadiens outhit the Maple Leafs 30-28, and the Leafs blocked more shots (8-6).

Montréal goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 21 of 23 shots, while Anthony Stolarz stopped 15 of 18 shots before giving way to Artur Akhtyamov, who stopped 10 of 11 shots in the third period.

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BOXSCORE
1st Period
MTL PEN – 10:11 – Struble, roughing
TOR PEN – 10:11 – Domi, interference
MTL GOAL – 11:22 – Newhook (Carrier, Bolduc)
MTL PEN – 13:27 – Dauphin, interference

2nd Period
TOR PEN – 07:56 – Joshua, roughing
MTL PP GOAL – 09:34 – Kidney (Farrell, Blais)
MTL PEN – 12:25 – Thorpe, roughing
TOR PP GOAL – 13:00 – Tavares
TOR PEN – 15:50 – team, too many players
MTL PP GOAL – 16:10 – Hutson (Thorpe, Newhook)

3rd Period
MTL PEN – 02:09 – Engstrom, interference
MTL GOAL – 09:21 – Farrell (Belzile)
TOR PEN – 10:08 – Ekman-Larsson, hooking
TOR EA GOAL – 16:07 – Nylander (Tavares, Rielly)

GOALTENDERS
MTL – Kahkonen (W, 20-22)
TOR – Stolarz (L, 15-18), Akhtyamov (10-11)

SHOTS ON GOAL
MTL – 8+10+11 = 29
TOR – 5+8+9 = 22

ROSTERS
MTL – Goaltenders: Jacob Fowler, Kaapo Kahkonen. Defence: Alexandre Carrier (A), Marc Del Gaizo, Adam Engstrom, Lane Hutson, Jayden Struble, Arber Xhekaj (A). Forwards: Owen Beck, Alex Belzile, Sammy Blais, Zack Bolduc, Lucas Condotta, Laurent Dauphin, Sean Farrell, Oliver Kapanen, Riley Kidney, Alex Newhook (A), Tyler Thorpe, Joe Veleno.
TOR – Goaltenders: Artur Akhtyamov, Anthony Stolarz. Defence: Matt Benning, Brandon Carlo, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jake McCabe, Morgan Rielly (A), Chris Tanev. Forwards: Max Domi, Calle Jarnkrok, Dakota Joshua, Matthew Knies, Matias Maccelli, William Nylander (A), Michael Pezzetta, Jacob Quillan, Nick Robertson, Nicolas Roy, John Tavares (A), Borya Valis.

ATTENDANCE
18,216

THREE STARS
⭐ Sean Farrell (MTL)
⭐⭐ Alex Newhook (MTL)
⭐⭐⭐ John Tavares (TOR)