Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
2024-10-09T23:00:00.000Z
Anthony Stolarz
Confirmed
2024-10-09T14:56:16.935Z| W-L-OTL: | 2-2-0 |
| GAA: | 2.39 |
| SV%: | 0.937 |
| SO: | 0 |
Stolarz will start the Maple Leafs season opener in Montreal. Stolarz was signed by the Maple Leafs in the offseason under the presumption that he would be a heavy-workload backup behind Joseph Woll, but he will start for their season opener as Woll is battling through lower-body tightness. The 30-year-old Stolarz posted career bests with a 2.03 GAA and .925 SV% in 27 games with the Florida Panthers last season (16-7-2). Stolarz also set a career-high with 24 starts last season and has only started more than 12 games twice in his career, but the expectation is that Stolarz should set a new career-high in starts this season. The Maple Leafs enter the action on Wednesday as -190 road favorites against the Montreal Canadiens. Source: David Alter
Samuel Montembeault
Confirmed
2024-10-08T16:27:51.623Z| W-L-OTL: | 2-2-0 |
| GAA: | 3.07 |
| SV%: | 0.932 |
| SO: | 1 |
Montembeault will start Montreal's season opener on Wednesday vs. Toronto. The Canadiens will turn to Montembeault in the crease in their season opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. After an impressive 2023-24 campaign for a defensively porous Canadiens club, Montembeault is expected to have a heavy workload as the starting netminder this season. In 41 games last season (16-15-9), Montembeault was solid, posting a 3.14 GAA and .903 SV%. That said, he struggled mightily against the Maple Leafs last season, posting an ugly 4.90 GAA and .821 SV% in two contests (0-2-0). Source: Montreal Canadiens
