Nov 9, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs center Max Domi (11) battles for the puck with Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson (48) during the third period at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images

Pre-season game 4: Montreal Canadiens @ Toronto Maple Leafs

Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT
In Canada: Sportsnet One
In Canadiens region: RDS (French)
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS,

The pre-season started off well with some spirited efforts, or at least strong finishes, in the opening two games. With a lineup a bit closer to what the Canadiens will see when the season starts, that wasn’t at all the case on Thursday night when the Toronto Maple Leafs dressed their bottom six and depth players for a game in Montreal. Seven goals against are one thing, but only mustering 13 shots was perhaps the better indicator of the effort.

Now the Canadiens have made the trip to Toronto for a rematch, and the tables are turned with Toronto having most of its stars (minus Auston Matthews) in the lineup and the Canadiens having their lower-tier forwards in action. Can the Habs replicate the effort their opponent put forth on Thursday by outplaying a better team on paper? That’s certainly what Martin St-Louis will be looking for.

The goaltenders for the game will be Kaapo Kähkönen and Jacob Fowler, the two goalies who will share the net in Laval this season. That likely means Samuel Montembeault and Jakub Dobeš will get the full 60 minutes in their starts over the last two games.

Montreal Canadiens projected lineup

Left Wing
Centre
Right Wing

#76 Zachary Bolduc
#15 Alex Newhook
#91 Oliver Kapanen

#27 Sammy Blais
#90 Joe Veleno
#62 Owen Beck

#57 Sean Farrell
#60 Alex Belzile
#24 Tyler Thorpe

#36 Laurent Dauphin
#82 Lucas Condotta
#86 Riley Kidney

Left Defence
Right Defence

#47 Jayden Struble
#48 Lane Hutson

#72 Arber Xhekaj
#45 Alexandre Carrier

#37 Marc Del Gaizo
#42 Adam Engström

Starter
Backup

#34 Kaapo Kähkönen
#32 Jacob Fowler

Toronto Maple Leafs projected lineup

Lines at Leafs skate
Game group

Jarnkrok – Tavares – Nylander
Knies – Domi – Robertson
Joshua – Roy – Maccelli
Pezzetta – Quillan – Valis
Matthews

McCabe – Tanev
Rielly – Carlo
Ekman-Larsson – Benning
Benoit 🛑

Stolarz starts
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