Overview
- The Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs will play simultaneous split‑squad preseason games at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 19, so coaches can give game minutes to every player in their expanded training camps.
- The Maple Leafs’ Scotiabank Arena lineup features top stars Auston Matthews, John Tavares, William Nylander and Matthew Knies with Sergei Bobrovsky announced as the starting goaltender.
- Toronto’s road squad in Montreal is built around bottom‑six forwards and Toronto Marlies call‑ups, with players such as Easton Cowan, Colton Sissons, Nick Paul, Brandon Duhaime, Brendan Brisson and Teddy Blueger listed.
- Montreal split its 57‑player camp into groups and will ice a Bell Centre lineup that pairs newcomer Chris Kreider with captain Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield while defensive prospects Luke Mittelstadt, David Reinbacher and Adam Engstrom battle for minutes.
- Regional and national broadcast windows differ for each game — TSN 2/4 and RDSI for the home game and SN1, NHL Network and RDS for the other — which may limit availability outside local markets and will shape which players fans can see before final roster cuts.