Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 22, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	0	1	1	2		TOR	11	6	9	26
MTL	2	2	1	5		MTL	9	17	3	29

: TOR 55MTL 61
: TOR 1.61MTL 4.28
PP goals: TOR 0MTL 0
Hits: TOR 20MTL 25
Blocks: TOR 14MTL 17
PIM: TOR 35MTL 33
: TOR 55%MTL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 at home. Noah Dobson (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Anderson–Evans–Xhekaj skated 8:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Josh Anderson had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:01.Anderson
Points
Noah Dobson had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:44.Dobson
Points
William Nylander had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:53.Nylander
Points
Ivan Demidov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:39.Demidov
Points
Mike Matheson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:26.Matheson
New line
New look for MTL: Anderson–Evans–Xhekaj skated 8:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Evans Xhekaj
Usage
Jake McCabe (TOR) played 12:37, −9:55 down on his 22:32 season average over 79 games.McCabe
New line
New look for TOR: Domi–Blais–Maccelli skated 4:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Domi Blais Maccelli

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

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

MTL
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · MTL 61 · TOR 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 26% of the game, MTL 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

TOR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

MTL 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	TOR	MTL
	56	48
	1.26	2.07
	1.24	2.02
	6	2
	1	5
	19	23
	+0.021	−0.021
	26%	43%

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Tavares – Nylander – Cowan
8:3755% CF
L2Domi – Blais – Maccelli
4:3950% CF
L3Laughton – Lorentz – McMann
2:5578% CF
L4Jarnkrok – Joshua – Robertson
1:350% CF
D1Ekman-Larsson – Rielly
11:5650% CF
D2Mermis – Stecher
7:4653% CF
D3McCabe – Benoit
6:1338% CF

PP1Tavares – Jarnkrok – Rielly – Nylander – Cowan
2:4575% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Domi – Robertson – Maccelli – McMann
1:07100% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Joshua
2:44
PK2FLaughton – Lorentz
2:32
PK1DMcCabe – Benoit
1:37
PK2DMermis – Stecher
1:13

Current TOR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Evans – Xhekaj
8:5546% CF
L2Suzuki – Caufield – Bolduc
8:5550% CF
L3Gallagher – Veleno – Davidson
7:5148% CF
L4Kapanen – Slafkovský – Demidov
6:4141% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
12:5553% CF
D2Struble – Hutson
11:5250% CF
D3Carrier – Xhekaj
11:1617% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Bolduc – Hutson – Demidov
3:27100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Dobson – Caufield – Kapanen – Slafkovský
2:04100% CF
PK1FAnderson – Evans
3:03
PK2FVeleno – Kapanen
0:59
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
2:25

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
John Tavares C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	2	22:40	—	—	51	32
William Nylander R	L1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.14	1	0	2	19:53	—	—	50	32
Easton Cowan R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	19:34	—	—	55	51
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	15:08	—	—	42	12
Matias Maccelli L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	12:41	—	—	67	29
Sammy Blais L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:39	—	—	64	24
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	0	0	16:29	—	—	68	52
Bobby McMann C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	2	1	0	13:26	—	—	69	60
Steven Lorentz C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.32	1	0	10	13:03	—	—	79	67
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	2	1	10	14:11	—	—	42	22
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:34	—	—	36	16
Nick Robertson L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	0	0	10:38	—	—	32	15
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.28	0	1	0	22:25	—	—	50	22
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.20	4	2	2	21:21	—	—	67	59
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	1	0	22:20	—	—	60	50
Dakota Mermis D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	7	14:29	—	—	62	43
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	1	0	21:04	—	—	47	18
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	2	2	12:37	—	—	30	12

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joseph Woll(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	3.30	33:11
Dennis Hildeby	—	3	3	0	.1000	0.37	24:37

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Evans C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	44	37
Josh Anderson R	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.82	5	1	0	18:01	—	—	44	56
Florian Xhekaj L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	3	1	7	9:48	—	—	43	39
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.76	2	1	0	20:27	—	—	52	73
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.50	1	0	0	18:13	—	—	50	73
Zachary Bolduc R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	1	1	0	16:51	—	—	48	64
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.21	2	0	2	15:08	—	—	48	63
Joseph Veleno C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	11:24	—	—	44	58
Jared Davidson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:52	—	—	48	59
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.33	0	1	0	15:23	—	—	42	65
Ivan Demidov R	L4	0	2	2	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	42	64
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	0	0	0	+2	3	0.34	1	1	0	14:14	—	—	42	70
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.03	1	2	0	23:26	—	—	58	83
Noah Dobson D	D1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.20	0	1	0	20:44	—	—	50	69
Lane Hutson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.39	0	2	0	20:24	—	—	53	61
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	14	15:48	—	—	48	51
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	3	0	17:28	—	—	32	49
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	3	10	15:10	—	—	22	52

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	1.61	58:14

Goal anatomy

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

Lane Hutson (MTL) 1st 12:11 · assists Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield · Rush · carried in · 69.4 mph shot · 5.3 s from entry to goal.

Lane Hutson · 1st 12:11 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.4 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 5.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Noah Dobson · 1st 13:33 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 49.2 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: deflection

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Noah Dobson · 2nd 4:09 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 63.1 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Josh Anderson · 2nd 13:11 · MTL

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 49.2 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Oliver Ekman-Larsson · 2nd 17:19 · TOR

Play: point-shot
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 74.4 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 6.5 s

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William Nylander · 3rd 14:55 · TOR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 68.6 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Josh Anderson · 3rd 17:50 · MTL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.2 mph
Distance: 100 ft

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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.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 22, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Toronto Maple Leafs

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Lane Hutson · 1st 12:11 · MTL

Noah Dobson · 1st 13:33 · MTL

Noah Dobson · 2nd 4:09 · MTL

Josh Anderson · 2nd 13:11 · MTL

Oliver Ekman-Larsson · 2nd 17:19 · TOR

William Nylander · 3rd 14:55 · TOR

Josh Anderson · 3rd 17:50 · MTL EN