Montreal Canadiens 3 - Toronto Maple Leafs 2: Final score, results, recap, box score, stats

Montreal Canadiens

MTL MTL

1-0-0

3 3

Final

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR TOR

0-1-0

2 2

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The puck has officially dropped on the 2026-26 NHL campaign for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who are featuring many new players thanks to a summer of change under the leadership of general manager John Chayka. And while they got off to a good start thanks to a tally from forward Willian Nylander shortly into their […] The post Maple Leafs Lose $22.56 Million Defenseman In Season Opener appeared first on HEAVY.
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	1	2	3	T
Montreal Canadiens	1	1	1	3
Toronto Maple Leafs	1	0	1	2

Three Stars of the Game

A. Carrier

1

G
1

A
2

Pts

W. Nylander

2

G
0

A
2

Pts

J. Anderson

1

G
1

A
2

Pts

Player Stats

Forwards

Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	TOI	Shift	SOG	Blk	Hits	GA	TA	FOW	FOL	FO%
N. Suzuki C	0	0	0	-1	0	18:43	23	2	1	2	3	1	7	5	58.3
J. Slafkovský LW	0	0	0	0	0	17:53	20	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
A. Newhook C	0	0	0	0	2	16:11	24	1	1	3	1	0	7	2	77.8
C. Caufield RW	0	0	0	-1	2	15:55	21	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	100.0
P. Danault C	0	0	0	+1	0	15:37	21	0	0	1	1	0	5	5	50.0
I. Demidov RW	0	0	0	-1	2	15:11	19	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
J. Evans C	0	0	0	+1	0	14:50	22	1	1	3	0	1	10	7	58.8
C. Kreider LW	0	0	0	0	0	14:21	20	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0.0
J. Anderson RW	1	1	2	+2	0	12:53	22	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
A. Texier LW	0	0	0	0	2	12:13	16	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
K. Dach C	0	1	1	+1	0	11:07	14	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	100.0
Z. Bolduc RW	1	0	1	+1	0	11:04	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
F. Xhekaj LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O. Kapanen C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defense

Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI	Shift	SOG	Blk	Hits	GA	TA
M. Matheson D	0	1	1	+1	25:07	31	3	2	0	1	1
L. Hutson D	0	0	0	0	24:07	25	0	1	0	2	0
N. Dobson D	0	0	0	0	21:56	32	1	2	0	3	1
A. Carrier D	1	1	2	+1	21:54	28	3	1	1	1	0
A. Xhekaj D	0	0	0	0	12:20	16	0	1	0	1	1
J. Struble D	0	0	0	0	11:02	14	0	0	2	1	1
A. Engstrom D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI
J. Dobes G	2	28	26	.929	59:36
S. Montembeault G	0	0	0	0	0

Scratches

Florian Xhekaj, Oliver Kapanen, Adam Engstrom

Stat Leaders

Goals

1 G

A. Carrier

2 G

W. Nylander
Assists

1 A

M. Matheson

1 A

J. Tavares
Saves

26 SV

J. Dobes

21 SV

S. Bobrovsky
Points

2 Pts

A. Carrier

2 Pts

W. Nylander

Plays

All Plays

Scoring Plays

15:46
Goal

William Nylander 2 (Assists: Easton Cowan 1, John Tavares 1)

MTL
3

TOR
2

13:12
Goal

Alexandre Carrier 1 (Unassisted)

MTL
3

TOR
1
4:52
Goal

Zachary Bolduc 1 (Assists: Mike Matheson 1, Josh Anderson 1)

MTL
2

TOR
1
10:53
Goal

Josh Anderson 1 (Assists: Alexandre Carrier 1, Kirby Dach 1)

MTL
1

TOR
1

0:48
Goal

William Nylander 1 (Assists: Morgan Rielly 1, Kirill Marchenko 1)

MTL
0

TOR
1

Penalty Summary

3rd 20:00

John Tavares (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Jakub Dobes

3rd 9:16

Alexandre Texier (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Nick Paul

3rd 7:01

Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Jake Evans

2nd 17:45

Cole Caufield (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Colton Sissons

2nd 12:56

Alex Newhook (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Jake McCabe

2nd 12:56

Jake McCabe (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Alex Newhook

1st 11:42

Ivan Demidov (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Auston Matthews

1st 8:33

Nick Paul (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Jayden Struble

Win Probability

MTL 100%

Final

MTL 3

TOR 2

MTL

100 50 100

TOR

Shot Chart

0:13

1st

Jack Roslovic shot on goal

0:48

1st

William Nylander 1 (Assists: Morgan Rielly 1, Kirill Marchenko 1)

2:54

1st

Chris Kreider shot on goal

3:03

1st

Auston Matthews shot on goal

3:57

1st

Oliver Ekman-Larsson shot on goal

6:12

1st

Auston Matthews shot on goal

6:55

1st

Darren Raddysh shot on goal

9:43

1st

Juraj Slafkovský shot on goal

10:50

1st

Josh Anderson shot on goal

10:53

1st

Josh Anderson 1 (Assists: Alexandre Carrier 1, Kirby Dach 1)

12:39

1st

William Nylander shot on goal

12:46

1st

John Tavares shot on goal

14:50

1st

Mike Matheson shot on goal

16:12

1st

Juraj Slafkovský shot on goal

17:33

1st

Nick Suzuki shot on goal

18:14

1st

Cole Caufield shot on goal

18:28

1st

Kirill Marchenko shot on goal

18:29

1st

Darren Raddysh shot on goal

18:30

1st

Darren Raddysh shot on goal

19:38

1st

Josh Anderson shot on goal

19:54

1st

Kirby Dach shot on goal

0:17

2nd

Kirill Marchenko shot on goal

0:37

2nd

Zachary Bolduc shot on goal

1:03

2nd

Gavin McKenna shot on goal

1:48

2nd

Jake McCabe shot on goal

3:23

2nd

Chris Tanev shot on goal

4:24

2nd

Noah Dobson shot on goal

4:30

2nd

Morgan Rielly shot on goal

4:52

2nd

Zachary Bolduc 1 (Assists: Mike Matheson 1, Josh Anderson 1)

11:13

2nd

John Tavares shot on goal

11:53

2nd

Mike Matheson shot on goal

12:10

2nd

Cole Caufield shot on goal

12:54

2nd

Alex Newhook shot on goal

13:08

2nd

Mike Matheson shot on goal

13:48

2nd

Alexandre Carrier shot on goal

0:21

3rd

Kirill Marchenko shot on goal

1:24

3rd

William Nylander shot on goal

2:45

3rd

Teddy Blueger shot on goal

3:39

3rd

Jack Roslovic shot on goal

4:05

3rd

William Nylander shot on goal

4:22

3rd

Alexandre Carrier shot on goal

5:34

3rd

Easton Cowan shot on goal

6:30

3rd

Jake Evans shot on goal

7:27

3rd

Cole Caufield shot on goal

7:46

3rd

Ivan Demidov shot on goal

9:29

3rd

John Tavares shot on goal

9:33

3rd

John Tavares shot on goal

11:35

3rd

Nick Suzuki shot on goal

13:12

3rd

Alexandre Carrier 1 (Unassisted)

15:12

3rd

Kirill Marchenko shot on goal

15:46

3rd

William Nylander 2 (Assists: Easton Cowan 1, John Tavares 1)

19:09

3rd

Auston Matthews shot on goal

Shot Made

Shot Saved

Shot Made

Shot Saved

Odds

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Spread Spread	Total Total	Money Line Money
Montreal Canadiens MTL	+1.5	O 6.5	-110
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	-1.5	U 6.5	-110

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