Canadiens vs Maple Leafs

Final · Wed Oct 8 · 7:00 PM ET · Scotiabank Arena

Montreal CanadiensCanadiens0-1-0

FinalOct 8, 2025

Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs1-0-0

StreamESPN+

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

MTL+145

TOR−170

Puck line

MTL +1.5−180

TOR −1.5+140

Total O/U

Over 5.5−135

Under 5.5+115

Puck line: Maple Leafs −1.5 covered.
Total O/U: over 5.5 (7 goals).

Recap

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Oct 8, 2025 to move to 1-0-0.

The go-ahead score came with 9:02 left in the third period: Morgan Rielly Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Knies (1), Matias Maccelli (1). The Maple Leafs won despite being outshot 31-27. They scored 3 unanswered goals in the third period.

Score by period

Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs, score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	0	2
TOR	1	1	3	5

W: Stolarz · L: Montembeault

Scoring plays

First Period

TORGoal · 1:00Bobby McMann Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: William Nylander (1), John Tavares (1)0-1
MTLGoal · 5:39Oliver Kapanen Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none1-1

Second Period

MTLGoal · 1:30Zachary Bolduc Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Brendan Gallagher (1), Kirby Dach (1)2-1
TORGoal · 5:40Calle Jarnkrok Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Morgan Rielly (1), Steven Lorentz (1)2-2

Third Period

TORGoal · 9:02Morgan Rielly Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Knies (1), Matias Maccelli (1)2-3
TORGoal · 18:28Auston Matthews Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: William Nylander (2)2-4
TORGoal · 19:45William Nylander Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Steven Lorentz (2), John Tavares (2)2-5

Team stats

MTLTOR

Shots: 31; 27
Power Play Goals: 0; 0
Faceoff Win Percent: 40.7; 59.3
Hits: 27; 35
Blocked Shots: 13; 17
Penalty Minutes: 4; 4

Top performers

Montreal CanadiensToronto Maple Leafs

Goals

Oliver Kapanen1

William Nylander1

Assists

Brendan Gallagher1

William Nylander2

Points

Zack Bolduc1

William Nylander3

Player stats

Canadiens · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Josh Anderson RW	0	4	0	0	12:59	0	0	1	0.0	0
Zack Bolduc RW	0	2	1	-1	13:34	1	0	3	50.0	0
Cole Caufield RW	0	1	2	-3	20:23	0	0	4	0.0	0
Kirby Dach C	3	0	0	-1	11:47	0	1	2	21.4	0
Ivan Demidov RW	0	1	0	-1	13:21	0	0	0	0.0	2
Jake Evans C	0	3	0	0	14:19	0	0	1	58.3	0
Brendan Gallagher RW	1	2	0	-1	13:32	0	1	1	100.0	0
Oliver Kapanen C	0	3	0	1	13:19	1	0	2	50.0	0
Patrik Laine RW	0	0	0	-2	12:51	0	0	1	100.0	2
Alex Newhook C	0	2	0	1	15:15	0	0	1	22.2	0
Juraj Slafkovsky LW	1	2	0	-3	19:42	0	0	6	0.0	0
Nick Suzuki C	1	1	0	-3	20:42	0	0	2	46.2	0

Canadiens · Defense

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	S
Alexandre Carrier D	0	1	-1	17:24	0
Noah Dobson D	1	0	-1	22:56	1
Kaiden Guhle D	2	2	-1	20:40	0
Lane Hutson D	2	1	-2	21:03	3
Mike Matheson D	0	1	0	22:32	1
Arber Xhekaj D	2	1	0	11:08	2

Canadiens · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Sam Montembeault G	3	25	22	.880	58:33	0

Maple Leafs · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Max Domi C	0	0	0	-1	12:52	0	0	4	73.3	0
Calle Jarnkrok C	0	0	0	1	11:10	1	0	1	0.0	0
Dakota Joshua C	0	3	0	-1	12:18	0	0	1	0.0	0
Matthew Knies LW	0	8	1	0	19:30	0	1	2	0.0	2
Steven Lorentz C	2	6	0	2	12:09	0	2	0	100.0	0
Matias Maccelli LW	0	0	0	1	14:37	0	1	0	0.0	0
Auston Matthews C	3	0	0	1	20:31	1	0	1	52.6	0
Bobby McMann C	0	4	0	1	15:54	1	0	1	0.0	0
William Nylander RW	0	0	1	2	18:40	1	2	1	50.0	2
Nick Robertson LW	0	2	0	-1	10:40	0	0	4	0.0	0
Nicolas Roy C	1	1	0	1	13:43	0	0	0	55.6	0
John Tavares C	0	1	0	2	17:33	0	2	2	53.8	0

Maple Leafs · Defense

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	G	A	S
Simon Benoit D	1	5	1	15:58	0	0	0
Brandon Carlo D	2	0	3	17:27	0	0	2
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	0	1	-1	15:21	0	0	1
Jake McCabe D	3	2	2	24:05	0	0	1
Morgan Rielly D	2	1	2	20:47	1	1	5
Chris Tanev D	3	1	0	23:03	0	0	1

Maple Leafs · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Anthony Stolarz G	2	31	29	.935	59:42	0

Three stars

William Nylander (TOR)
Morgan Rielly (TOR)
Bobby McMann (TOR)

Game info

VenueScotiabank Arena, Toronto

Attendance19,037

OfficialsLinesman: Mark Shewchyk · Referee: Trevor Hanson · Referee: Furman South · Linesman: James Tobias

Last and next games

Canadiens

Next game: W 5-1 at DETThu Oct 9

Maple Leafs

Next game: L 3-6 at DETSat Oct 11

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