Preseason Game 62
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1
Monday, October 3, 2022
Centre Bell, Montréal, Québec
Toronto Maple Leafs winger Nick Robertson stacked up three points for the second consecutive NHL pre-season game.
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Preseason Game 61
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
Matt Murray was perfect in making 16 saves over two periods of action in his Maple Leafs debut as short-handed Toronto defeated the Montréal Canadiens 3-0 in pre-season play Wednesday.
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Preseason Game 60
Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 2
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
Nick Ritchie has already developed some nice chemistry with Mitch Marner.
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Preseason Game 59
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Monday, September 27, 2021
Centre Bell, Montréal, Québec
A new line combination of Jonathan Drouin, Christian Dvorak and Josh Anderson quickly gelled for the Montréal Canadiens.
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Preseason Game 58
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 1
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe joked his focus early Saturday wasn’t on the ice.
It’s easy to understand why.
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Preseason Game 57
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
Ilya Mikheyev scored 33 seconds into the first period, and Morgan Rielly had a goal and two assists for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 4-2 win against the Montréal Canadiens in an exhibition game at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday.
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Preseason Game 56
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
Auston Matthews scored and Frederik Andersen made 26 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montréal Canadiens 3-0 in pre-season play Wednesday.
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Preseason Game 55
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0
Monday, September 23, 2019
Centre Bell, Montréal, Québec
Michael Hutchinson made 38 saves for the shutout and Yegor Korshkov scored twice as the Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the Montréal Canadiens 3-0 on Monday in pre-season play.
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Preseason Game 54
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 3
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Centre Bell, Montréal, Québec
Mitch Marner scored and added three assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-3 Wednesday to improve to 5-1-0 in pre-season play.
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Preseason Game 53
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 1
Monday, September 24, 2018
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
Xavier Ouellet and Artturi Lehkonen each scored twice as the Montréal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 in pre-season play on Monday.
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Preseason Game 52
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Centre Vidéotron, Québec, Québec
Andreas Johnsson scored and added two assists to power the Toronto Maple Leafs past the Montréal Canadiens 4-2 on Wednesday night in pre-season action.
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Preseason Game 51
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1
Monday, September 25, 2017
Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto, Ontario
Auston Matthews and William Nylander are showing no signs of any sophomore slump so far through the pre-season.
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Preseason Game 50
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Centre Bell, Montréal, Québec
Andrew Shaw scored twice and Shea Weber got a goal in his first game in a Canadiens uniform as Montréal defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1 in an NHL pre-season game on Thursday night.
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Preseason Game 49
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Auston Matthews didn’t score a point in his Toronto Maple Leafs debut, but his gifts were easily apparent at the Air Canada Centre on Sunday night.
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Preseason Game 48
Canadiens 1, Maple Leafs 0
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Mike Condon continues to make his case to be the Montréal Canadiens’ backup goaltender.
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Preseason Game 47
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1 (OT)
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Centre Bell, Montréal, Québec
Jake Gardiner already likes the NHL’s new overtime format.
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Preseason Game 46
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Centre Bell, Montréal, Québec
He was deft, decisive, and acrobatic.
Leaf goalie Andrew Raycroft had his mojo working last night. Thankfully, too, since it took a spectacular night from the Leafs’ new goaltending acquisition to help his penalty-happy mates rescue what looked like a disappointing evening here with a 4-3 win at the Bell Centre.
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Preseason Game 45
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1
Friday, September 22, 2006
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Head coach Paul Maurice thinks he’s found a winning unit with Kyle Wellwood playing on Mats Sundin’s right wing.
That suits Wellwood, generally a centre, just fine.
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Preseason Game 44
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 2
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Centre Bell, Montréal, Québec
After three preseason games of finding their way around the new NHL, the Maple Leafs spent last night looking a lot like somebody driving an unfamiliar country road at night without headlights.
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Preseason Game 43
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Former Windsor Spitfires general manager Mike Kelly, who once traded Jason Spezza for Kyle Wellwood straight up in junior, was opining recently to television analyst Gary Green that Wellwood will wind up with as many points as Spezza when the two finish their National Hockey League careers.
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Preseason Game 42
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Monday, September 29, 2003
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Matt Stajan made it more difficult for Toronto to send him to St. John’s, scoring a goal and adding an assist Monday night as the Maple Leafs beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 in a sleepy preseason affair.
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Preseason Game 41
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Centre Bell, Montréal, Québec
Goaltending stole the spotlight at the Bell Centre Tuesday night.
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Preseason Game 40
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
Centre Bell, Montréal, Québec
At a training camp destined to be devoid of deep drama, there does remain one competition that could have a dramatic impact on the Maple Leafs’ Stanley Cup aspirations.
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Preseason Game 39
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 0
Monday, September 17, 2001
Mile One Stadium, St. John’s, Newfoundland
When matters of the world are put aside for thoughts of sport, not that it matters all that much, the Montréal Canadiens try hard to think well of themselves.
To an outsider, it appears an impossible task.
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Preseason Game 38
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3 (OT)
Wednesday, September 30, 1998
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Instead of a revival of hockey’s greatest rivalry, last night’s tilt between the Leafs and Canadiens was like a visit to a discount department store.
It was mostly about seconds.
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Two Solitudes 