Final
TOR at MTL game report
Maple Leafs
3–4
Canadiens
Saturday, September 19, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. ET · Centre Bell
Canadiens beat the Maple Leafs 4–3 in overtime and earned it, out-chancing them 3.8–3.0 in expected goals and 15–12 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
MTLTOR
- 4Goals3
- 3.77Expected goals3.02
- 2.525-on-5 expected goals1.74
- 15High-danger chances12
- 30Shots on goal21
- 72Shot attempts37
- 545-on-5 shot attempts23
- 3:16Power-play time8:21
5-on-5 shares for MTL: 70.1% of shot attempts, 59.1% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
CanadiensMaple LeafsCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Maple Leafs shooting ←→ Canadiens shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| MTL at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 47:56 | 54–23 | 2.52–1.74 | 2–1 |
| Power play | 3:16 | 8–14 | 0.78–1.28 | 1–2 |
| Shorthanded | 8:21 | 0–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 4:49 | 10–0 | 0.48–0.00 | 1–0 |
Read pairs as MTL–TOR. “Power play” means MTL had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes MTL | 9/11 | .818 | 1.90 | -0.10 |
| Artur Akhtyamov TOR | 13/15 | .867 | 1.79 | -0.21 |
| Samuel Hlavaj TOR | 13/15 | .867 | 1.97 | -0.03 |
| Jacob Fowler MTL | 9/10 | .900 | 1.12 | +0.12 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Caufield MTL | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0.91 |
| Juraj Slafkovský MTL | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0.57 |
| Marc Johnstone TOR | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.48 |
| Ivan Demidov MTL | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0.45 |
| Henrik Rybinski TOR | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.42 |
| Colton Sissons TOR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.42 |
| Lane Hutson MTL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.36 |
| Sasha Pastujov MTL | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0.32 |
| Teddy Blueger TOR | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0.31 |
| Nick Paul TOR | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.25 |
Three stars
- ★C. CaufieldMTL · 1G 0A
- ★★I. DemidovMTL · 1G 0A
- ★★★L. HutsonMTL · 1G 2A
Scoring
Period 1
- 04:27MTL J. Slafkovský (from L. Mittelstadt, E. Samson)0–1
- 12:04MTL I. Demidov pp (from L. Hutson)0–2
Period 2
- 03:56TOR H. Rybinski pp (from R. Tverberg, B. Brisson)1–2
- 08:32TOR C. Sissons pp (from O. Ekman-Larsson, E. Cowan)2–2
- 16:21TOR M. Johnstone (from H. Rybinski, M. Pezzetta)3–2
Period 3
- 02:43MTL L. Hutson (from J. Davidson, A. Belzile)3–3
Overtime
- 04:22MTL C. Caufield (from L. Hutson, A. Carrier)3–4