Montreal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers

NHL

Canadiens

21-12-6, 48 PTS

3-2

Final/OT

Panthers

21-15-3, 45 PTS

Amerant Bank Arena

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MTL shoots leftFLA shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
MTL	7	10	10	2	29
FLA	9	8	11	2	30

In net

Sam Montembeault28/30 SV, .933

Daniil Tarasov26/29 SV, .897

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

Who won: Canadiens 3-2

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Canadiens lead the series 1-0. Nick Suzuki led the Canadiens in goals (2). Sam Reinhart led the Panthers in goals (1).

MTL

FLA

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	0	0	0	0	14:52	0:04	3:42	11:06	17	0	8	0	1	1	1	0	100.0	2	0	0
Sammy BlaisLW	0	4	0	0	8:09	0:00	0:00	8:09	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Zack BolducRW	2	1	0	0	11:36	2:07	0:00	9:29	13	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	0	0	1	20:20	5:38	0:00	14:42	22	1	19	1	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Phillip DanaultC	1	2	0	-1	17:04	0:04	4:01	12:59	21	0	0	0	0	2	10	7	58.8	0	0	0
Ivan DemidovRW	0	1	0	1	18:31	5:47	0:00	12:44	20	0	10	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Brendan GallagherRW	0	0	0	0	11:38	1:57	0:00	9:41	15	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Oliver KapanenC	1	0	0	0	18:23	1:54	2:29	14:00	24	0	11	0	1	1	8	5	61.5	0	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	2	1	2	1	19:53	5:49	0:00	14:04	20	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	1	22:33	5:48	0:22	16:23	22	2	13	0	7	4	11	9	55.0	2	1	2
Alexandre TexierLW	1	1	0	1	16:41	1:46	0:11	14:44	21	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Joe VelenoC	0	0	2	0	10:08	0:00	2:00	8:08	16	0	2	0	3	0	4	6	40.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre CarrierD	4	0	1	-1	21:18	0:04	3:34	17:40	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Noah DobsonD	5	1	0	2	24:32	2:28	2:50	19:14	29	7	2	4	0	2	0	0
Adam EngstromD	0	0	0	0	11:29	0:00	0:00	11:29	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Lane HutsonD	0	0	0	1	22:29	4:04	0:05	18:20	26	5	2	0	1	2	1	2
Mike MathesonD	2	0	1	0	27:14	0:18	6:18	20:38	29	4	0	1	0	1	0	0
Arber XhekajD	0	4	0	0	9:39	0:00	0:00	9:39	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	0