The Habs were looking to end a five-game losing streak tonight against the Maple Leafs.
Jakub Dobes returned to goal on this occasion.
Here are the lineups.
Tonight's lineup
Tonight composition#GoHabsGo | @mtlgazette pic.twitter.com/18YbfvmZXa
– Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) November 23, 2025
Leafs warm up in Montreal
Nylander – Tavares – Jarnkrok
Joshua – Domi – Robertson
McMann–Laughton–Cowan
Blaise – Lorenz – MaccelliRielly – Ekman-Larsson
Benoit – McCabe
Mermis – engraverWall starts
Hildeby@TSN_Sports– Mark Masters (@marchmasters) November 22, 2025
It should be noted that Auston Matthews and Matthew Nice were not on Toronto's roster.
In any case, this was evident in the first period. The Habs scored two goals and dominated.
First, Lane Hutson scored his third goal of the season.
Nick Suzuki is better than most players on one leg
– /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) November 23, 2025
1:22 minutes later, Noah Dobson doubled his team's lead.
He paid tribute to R. A. Dickey.
Noah finds the other side of the net!
No (ah) way! #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/fBX29K9HQ3
– Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) November 23, 2025
In the second period, the hosts did not take their foot off the gas.
They scored two more goals, including another great goal from Noah Dobson.
Dobson got his second of the night pic.twitter.com/7zgtZauYtu
– B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) November 23, 2025
Josh Anderson then caught Joseph Wall with a shot from the top corner.
Florian Czekai earned his first NHL point in this series. He became the 728th player in team history to put his name on the scoresheet.
Davidson and Matheson on deck. https://t.co/h99XALQ7vN
– Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) November 23, 2025
Before the end of the second period, the Leafs came alive with a late goal.
Dobes, of course, would like to see Oliver Ekman-Larsson shoot himself again.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson breathes life into the Leafs
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– Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 23, 2025
At the end of the match, Florian threw off his gloves.
Point and fight: not a bad first match.
FLORIA HEKAI LIVES THE CROWD (AND THE MAPLE LEAFS!!!!)
pic.twitter.com/ynWKl8Txfl
– TVA Sports (@TVASports) November 23, 2025
Final score: 5-2 Montreal. After William Nylander's power play goal, Anderson sealed the deal with an empty-netter, his second goal of the game.
Martin St. Louis' team won't play again until Wednesday. That evening he will visit Mammoth in Salt Lake City.
After a while
– First joint game.
Day 1 for Flo. Day 1137 for Arber
Day 1 for Flo. Day 1137 for Arber#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/6B0G64o20d
– Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) November 22, 2025
– It's a pity.
Jared Davidson had to leave the game after a 2-on-1 incident. https://t.co/FMty6iGENF
– Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) November 23, 2025
“Several scouts are on site this evening.”
Another busy scouting section for today's Habs vs. Leafs games.
It should be noted that Nashville's Stan Durla and Nick Vitucci are here again, as well as St. Louis Blues vice president Peter Chiarelli.
All three were here on Thursday in Laval last night and are present this evening. pic.twitter.com/DeQL5IbFc9
– Marco D'Amico (@mndamico) November 22, 2025
– Davis Alexander at the Bell Center.
.@TVASports
@chavisdavis7 #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/11hkIr8Uat
– Montreal Alouettes (@MTLAlouettes) November 23, 2025
– Michael Hage also achieved success today.
Hage scores one and Michigan leads 4–0. pic.twitter.com/RGEkBnQnwu
– Michigan Hockey (@umichhockey) November 23, 2025
