Toronto Maple Leafs @ Montreal Canadiens

Preseason

2-0-1, 2-0-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Maple Leafs TOR	3	2	2	7
Canadiens MTL	1	1	0	2

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

2-1-0, 2-1-0 Home

Bell Centre

7:00 AM, 26 September 2025

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 20,962

Referees:
Eric Furlatt
Justin Kea

Linesmen:
Jonny Murray
Jeremy Faucher

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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Golden Knights rally again, swipe Game 1 from Hurricanes

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Toronto Maple Leafs @ Montreal Canadiens

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Brett Howden: Leadership and experience carried Knights

Golden Knights-Hurricanes Game 1 takeaways, grades, questions

Golden Knights rally again, swipe Game 1 from Hurricanes