Florida Panthers vs Montreal Canadiens
On the ice
FLA shoots leftMTL shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLA | 6 | 10 | 11 | 27 |
| MTL | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
In net
Sergei Bobrovsky14/19 SV, .737
Sam Montembeault25/27 SV, .926| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| MTL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Who won: Canadiens 6-2
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 6-2 on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at Bell Centre. The Canadiens lead the series 2-0. The Canadiens outscored the Panthers 2-0 in the 1st period. Alexandre Texier led the Canadiens in goals (3). Sam Bennett led the Panthers in goals (2).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam BennettC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 20:16 | 4:04 | 2:23 | 13:49 | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 52.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jesper BoqvistC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:24 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 10:08 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. GreerLW | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 11:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:19 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah GregorLW | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 5:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:53 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke KuninC | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 9:55 | 0:00 | 2:24 | 7:31 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton LundellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:55 | 1:54 | 1:37 | 16:24 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 68.4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Eetu LuostarinenC | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 | 1:53 | 2:49 | 14:54 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 24:16 | 4:07 | 3:01 | 17:08 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 17:30 | 3:52 | 2:31 | 11:07 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackie SamoskevichRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:43 | 2:08 | 0:00 | 9:35 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack StudnickaC | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 6:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter VerhaegheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:12 | 4:09 | 0:00 | 14:03 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uvis BalinskisD | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 18:16 | 0:00 | 0:22 | 17:54 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Aaron EkbladD | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:32 | 3:37 | 4:37 | 15:18 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Gustav ForslingD | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23:46 | 1:52 | 4:22 | 17:32 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko MikkolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:02 | 0:11 | 3:38 | 17:13 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff PetryD | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 16:58 | 2:13 | 3:00 | 11:45 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donovan SebrangoD | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 11:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:08 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei BobrovskyG | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .737 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 58:49 | 0 | 0 |
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