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	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Sam BennettC	1	2	-1	20:59	4:42	2:21	13:56	29	0	13	1	0	2	7	13	35.0	0	0	0
Jesper BoqvistC	0	1	0	6:23	0:00	0:04	6:19	10	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
A.J. GreerLW	0	5	0	13:26	0:00	0:00	13:26	18	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Luke KuninC	0	2	0	8:45	0:00	0:04	8:41	13	0	2	0	3	0	4	4	50.0	0	0	0
Anton LundellC	0	2	0	21:43	1:43	4:00	16:00	27	0	13	1	3	0	9	8	52.9	0	0	0
Eetu LuostarinenC	1	3	0	17:32	1:05	1:27	15:00	22	0	4	1	3	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Brad MarchandLW	2	3	-1	19:09	5:00	1:33	12:36	25	1	23	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	3	1	2
Sam ReinhartC	1	2	0	23:42	5:18	2:21	16:03	26	1	22	0	5	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Evan RodriguesC	0	2	-1	18:45	4:39	2:07	11:59	21	0	8	0	2	1	7	7	50.0	0	0	0
Mackie SamoskevichRW	1	3	0	12:51	1:03	0:00	11:48	18	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jack StudnickaC	0	0	0	6:10	0:00	0:00	6:10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Carter VerhaegheC	0	1	0	15:39	1:44	0:00	13:55	21	0	11	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Uvis BalinskisD	0	1	1	0	14:01	0:00	0:46	13:15	17	1	0	1	0	0	1	2
Aaron EkbladD	1	1	0	-1	24:03	1:16	4:17	18:30	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	2
Gustav ForslingD	2	0	0	-1	21:33	0:18	2:57	18:18	28	1	0	1	0	0	1	2
Seth JonesD	0	1	0	0	25:03	5:07	2:25	17:31	30	6	1	4	0	2	0	0
Niko MikkolaD	1	0	0	0	22:23	0:00	4:12	18:11	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jeff PetryD	1	1	0	0	12:10	0:00	1:17	10:53	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0