Florida Panthers vs Montreal Canadiens

NHL

Panthers

22-18-3, 47 PTS

2-6

Final

Canadiens

25-13-6, 56 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

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).

FLA

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Owen BeckC	0	0	1	0	7:09	0:00	0:00	7:09	11	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	66.7	0	1	2
Sammy BlaisLW	0	5	0	1	7:36	0:00	0:00	7:36	10	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Zack BolducRW	0	1	0	-1	12:28	2:16	0:00	10:12	16	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	0	1	2	16:27	5:01	0:00	11:26	17	0	21	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	-1	18:40	0:03	2:54	15:43	24	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	38.5	0	1	2
Ivan DemidovRW	0	0	2	2	15:36	4:58	0:00	10:38	19	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Brendan GallagherRW	0	1	0	-2	15:25	2:56	0:00	12:29	18	0	3	0	2	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Oliver KapanenC	4	0	0	2	17:19	2:39	2:36	12:04	22	1	15	2	1	1	7	10	41.2	0	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	3	0	0	3	18:51	5:19	0:00	13:32	23	1	16	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	2	2	4
Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	2	21:51	5:12	2:32	14:07	22	0	14	1	1	1	9	12	42.9	3	0	0
Alexandre TexierLW	0	1	0	2	17:15	2:49	1:09	13:17	19	3	7	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Joe VelenoC	0	2	0	2	10:40	0:00	2:51	7:49	14	0	2	1	2	0	2	2	50.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre CarrierD	6	0	1	1	21:47	0:00	3:36	18:11	26	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0
Noah DobsonD	3	0	1	0	22:43	3:09	2:22	17:12	28	1	8	0	4	0	1	0	0
Lane HutsonD	1	0	0	1	24:07	5:05	0:34	18:28	30	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike MathesonD	2	0	0	1	25:50	0:33	5:26	19:51	25	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jayden StrubleD	1	1	0	3	9:39	0:00	0:00	9:39	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arber XhekajD	0	6	0	2	8:37	0:00	0:00	8:37	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	12