Toronto Maple Leafs (1-0-1) at Montreal Canadiens (2-0-0)
Venue: Bell Centre
Date: Thursday, September 25
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+
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Toronto Maple Leafs News & Notes:
The Maple Leafs suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators last time out. They got goals from Auston Matthews and Bobby McMann. Dennis Hildeby got the start and stopped all 23 shots he faced, while Artur Akhtyamov made his second appearance, stopping 15 of the 18 shots he faced.
Montreal Canadiens News & Notes:
The Canadiens picked up their second win of the preseason with a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. They got goals from Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Florian Xhekaj, and Arber Xhekaj. Jakub Dobes stopped all nine shots he faced, while Kappo Kahkonen stopped ten of the 12 shots he faced.
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Knies-Matthews-Maccelli
Lorentz-Laughton-Cowan
Robertson-Kampf-Jarnkrok
Tverberg-Quillan-A. Nylander
Rielly-Carlo
Ekman-Larsson-Myers
Rifai-Sharpe
Hildeby
Akhtyamov
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Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines:
Slafkovsky-Suzuki-Caufield
Bolduc-Newhook-Roy
Blais-Veleno-Rohrer
Tuch-F. Xhekaj-Thorpe
Guhle-Hutson
A.Xhekaj-Carrier
Bisson-Reinbacher
Dobes
Kahkonen
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Players To Watch:
Toronto Maple Leafs
Matias Maccelli had a down year last season with just eight goals with Utah. This season, the Leafs are counting on Maccelli to get back to the form that allowed him to collect 57 points during the 2023-24 season. Maccelli has been spending time on the top line in preseason.
Montreal Canadiens
Florian Xhekaj last season in 69 games with the Laval Rocket in the AHL had 35 points on 24 goals and 11 assists. He scored a goal in the last preseason game. He was a plus-ten with four power-play goals, four shorthanded goals, and six game-winning goals last season. He finished tied for second on the Rocket in goals.
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