Montreal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers

NHL

Canadiens

15-18-3, 33 PTS

2-7

Final

Panthers

16-16-4, 36 PTS

Amerant Bank Arena

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MTL shoots leftFLA shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MTL	14	2	11	27
FLA	15	12	14	41

In net

Sam Montembeault34/41 SV, .829

Sergei Bobrovsky25/27 SV, .926

Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	0	0	2
FLA	3	1	3	7

Who won: Panthers 7-2

The Florida Panthers beat the Montreal Canadiens 7-2 on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers lead the series 1-0. The Panthers outscored the Canadiens 3-0 in the 3rd period. Aleksander Barkov led the Panthers in goals (3). Arber Xhekaj led the Canadiens in goals (1).

Play by play

End of the 3rd period
End of the 3rd period
P3 0:17
Faceoff win vs J. Evans
Eric Staal won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone
E. Staal
P3 0:18
Shot blocked by J. Evans
Radko Gudas shot blocked by Jake Evans
R. Gudas
P3 0:56
Shot missed by nick cousins
Shot missed by Nick Cousins
N. Cousins
P3 1:14
Faceoff win vs C. Dvorak
Eric Staal won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
E. Staal
P3 1:14
Shot on goal
Shot on goal by Eric Staal saved by Sam Montembeault
E. Staal
P3 1:39
Faceoff win vs E. Staal
Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Eric Staal in defensive zone
N. Suzuki
P3 1:40
Shot blocked by J. Kovacevic
Anton Lundell shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
A. Lundell
P3 1:50
Shot on goal
Shot on goal by Eetu Luostarinen saved by Sam Montembeault
E. Luostarinen · 1 G
P3 2:14
Shot blocked by J. Anderson
Josh Mahura shot blocked by Josh Anderson
J. Mahura
P3 2:20
Faceoff win vs J. Evans
Anton Lundell won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone
A. Lundell
P3 2:20
Penalty: penalty
Penalty to Brandon Montour 5 minutes for Fighting Brendan Gallagher
B. Montour · 3 A
P3 2:20
Penalty: penalty
Penalty to Brandon Montour 10 minutes for Misconduct
B. Montour · 3 A
P3 2:20
Penalty: penalty
Penalty to Brendan Gallagher 10 minutes for Misconduct
B. Gallagher
P3 2:20
Penalty: penalty
Penalty to Brendan Gallagher 5 minutes for Fighting Brandon Montour
B. Gallagher
P3 2:20
Penalty: penalty
Penalty to Brendan Gallagher 2 minutes for Roughing Brandon Montour (served by Juraj Slafkovsky)
B. Gallagher
P3 2:27
Shot on goal
Shot on goal by Johnathan Kovacevic saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
J. Kovacevic
P3 2:32
Shot on goal
Shot on goal by Brendan Gallagher saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
B. Gallagher
P3 3:30
Shot on goal
Shot on goal by Joel Armia saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
J. Armia
P3 3:40
Faceoff win vs E. Staal
Jonathan Drouin won faceoff against Eric Staal in defensive zone
J. Drouin · 1 A
P3 3:42
Shot blocked by N. Suzuki
Radko Gudas shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
R. Gudas
P3 3:44
Big hit on A. Barkov
Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Aleksander Barkov in defensive zone
A. Xhekaj · 1 G, 1 A
P3 3:45
Shot on goal
Shot on goal by Aleksander Barkov saved by Sam Montembeault
A. Barkov · 3 G, 2 A
P3 3:46
Big hit on J. Kovacevic
Carter Verhaeghe credited with hit on Johnathan Kovacevic in offensive zone
C. Verhaeghe · 1 G, 1 A