Montreal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers

NHL

Canadiens

7-23-4, 18 PTS

2-5

Final

Panthers

21-7-4, 46 PTS

Amerant Bank Arena

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MTL shoots leftFLA shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MTL	15	6	10	31
FLA	15	21	12	48

In net

Sam Montembeault43/48 SV, .896

Sergei Bobrovsky29/31 SV, .935

Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	0	2
FLA	1	2	2	5

Who won: Panthers 5-2

The Florida Panthers beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Saturday, January 1, 2022 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers lead the series 1-0. The Panthers outscored the Canadiens 2-0 in the 3rd period. Sam Bennett led the Panthers in goals (2). Nick Suzuki led the Canadiens in goals (1).

Recap · Jan 1

Bennett's 2 goals lead Panthers past Canadiens 5-2

Sam Bennett scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves to lead the Florida Panthers past the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Saturday for their third straight win.

What it means

Season series: FLA leads series 1-0.
Canadiens 2-13-3 on the road; Panthers 17-3-0 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

Canadiens11th in Eastern Conference

Florian Xhekaj LW
Lower Body
Out
Mike Matheson D
Lower Body
Day-To-Day
Ivan Demidov RW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Oliver Kapanen C
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Sam Montembeault G
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Panthers5th in Eastern Conference

Jacob Markstrom G
Undisclosed
Out
Radko Gudas D
Undisclosed
Out
Aleksander Barkov C
Lower Body, left
Injured Reserve
Brad Marchand LW
Leg, left
Injured Reserve
Jonah Gadjovich LW
Upper Body, Surgery
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Canadiens11th in Eastern Conference

Sam Montembeault G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Panthers5th in Eastern Conference

Sergei Bobrovsky G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

FLA leads series 1-0

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Game info

Venue: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, FL · Attendance 13,584
Officials: TJ Luxmore (Referee), Corey Syvret (Referee), Ryan Gibbons (Linesman), Andrew Smith (Linesman)