Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple LeafsDec 6, 2025

Final / SOSaturday, Dec 6, 2025· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	1	0	0	1	2		MTL	9	14	8	3	34
TOR	0	0	1	0	0	1		TOR	7	3	10	3	23

: MTL 61TOR 51
: MTL 3.35TOR 1.84
PP goals: MTL 1TOR 0
Hits: MTL 21TOR 28
Blocks: MTL 11TOR 8
PIM: MTL 6TOR 6
: MTL 42%TOR 58%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Montreal Canadiens edge Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 (SO)

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 in a shootout at TOR. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:31 together.

PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:31 together.Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský Demidov
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 3.35 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Nick Robertson (TOR) played 6:58, −5:46 down on his 12:44 season average over 77 games.Robertson
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Cole Caufield (MTL) played 21:20, +3:11 up on his 18:09 season average over 80 games.Caufield
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Juraj Slafkovský (MTL) played 21:36, +3:06 up on his 18:30 season average over 81 games.Slafkovský
Usage
Troy Stecher (TOR) played 23:24, +4:17 up on his 19:07 season average over 63 games.Stecher
Usage
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (TOR) played 23:58, +3:25 up on his 20:33 season average over 77 games.Ekman-Larsson
Usage
Dakota Joshua (TOR) played 15:12, +3:00 up on his 12:12 season average over 54 games.Joshua

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)TOR attacks right (top on phones) →

TOR
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · TOR 51 · MTL 61

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

TOR
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TOR pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 41% of the game, TOR 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

TOR

MTL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

TOR skaters (rows) against MTL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the TOR side.

Matchup matrix

TOR xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MTL	TOR
	53	48
	2.27	1.24
	2.18	1.23
	6	8
	2	5
	16	14
	−0.084	+0.084
	41%	30%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
13:1564% CF
L2Gallagher – Anderson – Evans
9:1457% CF
L3Texier – Kapanen – Demidov
8:5338% CF
L4Veleno – Bolduc – Davidson
6:5742% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
16:5560% CF
D2Struble – Hutson
12:3453% CF
D3Carrier – Xhekaj
9:5038% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
3:3183% CF
PP2Gallagher – Texier – Dobson – Bolduc – Kapanen
1:2475% CF
PK1FAnderson – Evans
3:27
PK2FVeleno – Kapanen
1:35
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
4:06
PK2DDobson – Hutson
0:22

Current MTL line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Domi – Matthews – Knies
9:5455% CF
L2Tavares – Nylander – Cowan
7:2233% CF
L3Joshua – Roy – McMann
6:1878% CF
L4Laughton – Lorentz – Robertson
5:0457% CF
D1McCabe – Stecher
15:2545% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Rielly
13:0167% CF
D3Myers – Benoit
9:0914% CF

PP1Tavares – Ekman-Larsson – Nylander – Matthews – Cowan
4:1380% CF
PP2Rielly – Domi – Roy – Robertson – Knies
0:52100% CF
PK1FLaughton – Lorentz
2:43
PK2FRoy – Matthews
1:30
PK1DMcCabe – Stecher
3:17
PK2DRielly – Benoit
1:22

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:25
MTLCole CaufieldPP (Juraj Slafkovský, Ivan Demidov)wrist0.26 xG
MTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský, DemidovTOR: Rielly, Laughton, Lorentz, Benoit
MTL 1 – 0 TOR

3rd period

10:28
TORScott LaughtonSH (Nicolas Roy)slap0.22 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Texier, Dobson, Bolduc, KapanenTOR: Rielly, Laughton, McCabe, Stecher
MTL 1 – 1 TOR

Decided in the shootout: MTL 2 – 1 TOR.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	23:12	—	—	61	69
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.23	2	0	2	21:36	—	—	64	76
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.54	3	0	0	21:20	—	—	65	76
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:45	—	—	57	61
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	4	1	0	15:36	—	—	57	67
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	0	0	12:59	—	—	63	53
Ivan Demidov R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.42	1	0	0	16:37	—	—	36	43
Oliver Kapanen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	2	0	16:06	—	—	38	44
Alexandre Texier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	43	49
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	1	0	11:12	—	—	47	97
Zachary Bolduc R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	10:31	—	—	39	78
Jared Davidson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	2	0	0	8:31	—	—	31	63
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	0	0	26:56	—	—	60	72
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	1	1	2	22:39	—	—	58	67
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	24:46	—	—	57	74
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:53	—	—	53	67
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	3	0	18:16	—	—	41	48
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	1	2	11:49	—	—	40	40

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.84	64:29

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	22:52	—	—	43	35
Matthew Knies L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	18:11	—	—	60	49
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.11	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	59	49
William Nylander R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	1	1	0	20:48	—	—	24	18
John Tavares C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	20:47	—	—	25	20
Easton Cowan R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	50	41
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	6	0	0	15:12	—	—	45	41
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	70	55
Bobby McMann C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	5	0	0	13:40	—	—	46	28
Scott Laughton C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.23	4	0	0	14:44	—	—	38	27
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	1	0	9:21	—	—	50	52
Nick Robertson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:58	—	—	67	79
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.23	0	3	0	25:30	—	—	51	35
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	23:24	—	—	41	35
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	23:58	—	—	56	40
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.39	0	1	0	19:30	—	—	68	59
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	28	8
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:02	—	—	20	5

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dennis Hildeby(start)	O	34	33	1	.971	3.35	64:43

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Cole Caufield (MTL PP) 2nd 8:25 · assists Juraj Slafkovský, Ivan Demidov · Cycle · 7.6 mph shot.

Cole Caufield · 2nd 8:25 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 7.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Scott Laughton · 3rd 10:28 · TOR SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 69.3 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.