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Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 10, 2026

Final· Centre Bell
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TOR
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MTL
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Goals123TShots123T
TOR0101TOR511218
MTL2013MTL186933
TOR 48MTL 68
TOR 1.53MTL 5.47
PP goals
TOR 0MTL 0
Hits
TOR 23MTL 20
Blocks
TOR 15MTL 18
PIM
TOR 11MTL 11
TOR 51%MTL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 at home. Jake Evans (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for TOR: Joshua–Lorentz–Quillan skated 5:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. New line
    New look for TOR: Joshua–Lorentz–Quillan skated 5:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.JoshuaLorentzQuillan
  2. Luck
    MTL scored 3 goals on 5.47 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
  3. Usage
    Cole Caufield (MTL) played 10:27, −7:50 down on his 18:17 season average over 80 games.Caufield
  4. New line
    New look for TOR: Groulx–Robertson–Maccelli skated 4:22 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GroulxRobertsonMaccelli
  5. Usage
    Easton Cowan (TOR) played 18:21, +3:42 up on his 14:39 season average over 65 games.Cowan
  6. Usage
    Kaiden Guhle (MTL) played 22:26, +3:03 up on his 19:23 season average over 38 games.Guhle
  7. Usage
    Dakota Joshua (TOR) played 8:56, −3:23 down on his 12:19 season average over 54 games.Joshua
  8. Usage
    Jake McCabe (TOR) played 19:03, −3:24 down on his 22:27 season average over 79 games.McCabe

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.

Shot map, TOR at MTL: 116 attempts, 51 on goal, 4 goals, 7.00 expected goals; best chance Jake Evans at 0.98 xG.

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 68 · TOR 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, TOR at MTL: expected goals 5.47 to 1.53 (MTL led the chances), shot attempts 68 to 48, 4 goals.

0.02.04.06.01st2nd3rdMTLTORKDNEnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • MTL
  • TOR
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
MTLTORcontrol2nd3rdKapanen · 1st 4:46Danault · 1st 14:41Nylander · 2nd 14:33Evans · 3rd 19:32
  • 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 10% of the game, MTL 69%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, TOR at MTL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jakub Dobes (59:56) for MTL and Joseph Woll (57:59) for TOR, 4 goals.

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

Head-to-head matrix, MTL rows versus TOR columns: 250 matchups; most common Suzuki vs Matthews, 11:46 at 55% xGF.

MTL ↓ · TOR →MatthewsKniesDomiLorentzJoshuaQuillanGroulxMaccelliRobertsonTavaresNylanderCowanEkman-LarssonMcCabeRiellyCarloBenoitStecherL1 DemidovL1 KapanenL1 NewhookL2 EvansL2 BolducL2 DachL3 DanaultL3 AndersonL3 GallagherL4 SuzukiL4 SlafkovskýL4 CaufieldD1 GuhleD1 HutsonD2 MathesonD2 DobsonD3 CarrierD3 Xhekaj
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
StatTORMTL
4768
1.574.35
1.544.08
717
24
1620
−0.002+0.002
10%69%

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

Current TOR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 4:46
    MTLOliver Kapanen (Alex Newhook, Ivan Demidov)snap0.21 xG
    TOR: Tavares, Ekman-Larsson, McCabe, Nylander, MaccelliMTL: Carrier, Newhook, Kapanen, Hutson, Demidov
    TOR 0 – 1 MTL
  2. 14:41
    MTLPhillip Danault (Kaiden Guhle, Lane Hutson)snap0.26 xG
    TOR: Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Carlo, MaccelliMTL: Gallagher, Danault, Anderson, Guhle, Hutson
    TOR 0 – 2 MTL

2nd period

  1. 14:33
    TORWilliam Nylander (Easton Cowan)snap0.17 xG
    TOR: Ekman-Larsson, McCabe, Nylander, Matthews, CowanMTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Dobson, Dach, Slafkovský
    TOR 1 – 2 MTL

3rd period

  1. 19:32
    MTLJake EvansEN (Mike Matheson)wrist0.98 xG
    TOR: Tavares, Ekman-Larsson, Nylander, Matthews, Knies, CowanMTL: Danault, Matheson, Anderson, Evans, Guhle
    TOR 1 – 3 MTL

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Auston Matthews CL1000020.3131022:28——3636
Matthew Knies LL1000-100.0010219:04——289
Max Domi CL1000000.0020014:37——3814
Steven Lorentz CL2000000.0001010:38——3311
Dakota Joshua CL2000010.051108:56——2610
Jacob Quillan CL2000010.023008:25——4311
Bo Groulx CL3000020.1760014:13——4636
Matias Maccelli LL3000-210.2100013:46——5333
Nick Robertson LL3000000.1200012:47——5544
John Tavares CL4000-320.1600020:14——3918
William Nylander RL4101-230.2300020:03——4840
Easton Cowan RL4011010.0401018:21——4743
Oliver Ekman-Larsson DD1000-100.0313224:02——3933
Jake McCabe DD1000010.1621719:03——4343
Morgan Rielly DD2000-100.0011019:10——318
Brandon Carlo DD2000-120.0322019:00——4326
Simon Benoit DD3000010.0210016:28——4726
Troy Stecher DD3000010.0104016:21——4118
TOR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joseph Woll(start)L32302.9384.1157:59

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ivan Demidov RL1011+110.1800017:31——5782
Oliver Kapanen CL1101+130.6610015:07——5974
Alex Newhook CL1011+100.0110014:20——5968
Jake Evans CL2101+141.7831015:06——6474
Zachary Bolduc RL2000010.1120014:24——5369
Kirby Dach CL2000-110.2030011:36——6460
Phillip Danault CL3101+210.2601015:12——5784
Josh Anderson RL3000+220.5410013:58——7492
Brendan Gallagher RL3000+100.0010711:06——6590
Nick Suzuki CL4000-110.0921020:05——5865
Juraj Slafkovský LL4000-140.4400019:51——5372
Cole Caufield RL4000020.2702010:27——6569
Kaiden Guhle DD1011+210.1022022:26——5981
Lane Hutson DD1011+240.4900221:33——6990
Mike Matheson DD2011020.1513023:49——5059
Noah Dobson DD2000-130.0704019:13——6269
Alexandre Carrier DD3000+120.1003018:56——5064
Arber Xhekaj DD3000010.0231210:59——6577
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jakub Dobes(start)W18171.9441.5359:56

Goal anatomy

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

Oliver Kapanen (MTL) 1st 4:46 · assists Alex Newhook, Ivan Demidov · Forecheck turnover · 11.9 mph shot.

Jake Evans · 3rd 19:32 · MTL EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
16.0 mph
Distance
23 ft
Entry to goal
3.0 s

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Phillip Danault · 1st 14:41 · MTL

Play
dump-and-chase
Entry
dump
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
17.2 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
3.1 s

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