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Florida Panthers at Montreal Canadiens

NHLJanuary 8, 2026Bell Centre

PanthersFloridaFLA22-18-3

Panthers 2, Canadiens 6

Final
CanadiensMontrealMTLWon25-13-6
Score by period
Team123T
FLA0112
MTL2136

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  3. 0:58Nick Suzuki hit Anton Lundell
  4. 1:04Icing
  5. 1:04Anton Lundell faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  6. 1:09Giveaway by Gustav Forsling
  7. 1:56Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  8. 2:08Arber Xhekaj hit Donovan Sebrango
  9. 2:10Jayden Struble hit Mackie Samoskevich
  10. 2:28Icing
  11. 2:28Owen Beck faceoff won against Luke Kunin
  12. 2:30Noah Dobson shot blocked by Jeff Petry
  13. 2:30Noah Gregor hit Noah Dobson
  14. 2:46Joseph Veleno shot blocked by Uvis Balinskis
  15. 2:48Puck in Netting
  16. 2:48Sam Bennett faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  17. 2:55Icing
  18. 2:55Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  19. 2:59Noah Dobson Goal (8) Slap Shot, assists: Mike Matheson (15), Oliver Kapanen (10)
  20. 2:59Sam Bennett faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  21. 3:25Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  22. 4:01Icing
  23. 4:01Anton Lundell faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  24. 4:15Giveaway by Aaron Ekblad
  25. 4:34Anton Lundell Snap Shot Wide Left
  26. 4:41Alexandre Texier Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  27. 4:50Arber Xhekaj hit Anton Lundell
  28. 5:18Mackie Samoskevich Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  29. 5:19Mackie Samoskevich Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  30. 5:20Mackie Samoskevich Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  31. 5:21Player Equipment
  32. 5:21Luke Kunin faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  33. 5:50Giveaway by Donovan Sebrango
  34. 5:52Off-side
  35. 5:52Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  36. 6:13Giveaway by Alexandre Carrier
  37. 6:24Juraj Slafkovský Boarding against Aaron Ekblad
  38. 6:24TV Timeout
  39. 6:24Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Carter Verhaeghe
  40. 6:55Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  41. 7:26Carter Verhaeghe Snap Shot Wide Right
  42. 7:34Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Oliver Kapanen
  43. 7:58Mackie Samoskevich Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  44. 8:16Jeff Petry Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  45. 8:17Goalie Stopped
  46. 8:17Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  47. 8:41Anton Lundell shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  48. 8:50Gustav Forsling hit Owen Beck
  49. 8:57Giveaway by Uvis Balinskis
  50. 8:59Owen Beck Snap Shot Wide Left
  51. 9:05Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  52. 9:12Takeaway by Owen Beck
  53. 9:41Off-side
  54. 9:41Anton Lundell faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  55. 10:03Mike Matheson shot blocked by Sam Reinhart
  56. 10:17Icing
  57. 10:17Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  58. 10:19Mackie Samoskevich shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  59. 10:26Takeaway by Alexandre Carrier
  60. 10:31Icing
  61. 10:31Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  62. 10:45Uvis Balinskis Interference against Cole Caufield
  63. 10:45TV Timeout
  64. 10:45Anton Lundell faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  65. 10:48Giveaway by Aaron Ekblad
  66. 11:51Takeaway by Cole Caufield
  67. 11:59Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  68. 12:20Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  69. 12:38Zachary Bolduc hit Gustav Forsling
  70. 12:39Gustav Forsling hit Zachary Bolduc
  71. 12:40Aaron Ekblad hit Alexandre Texier
  72. 12:49Mike Matheson shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  73. 13:09Noah Dobson Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  74. 13:12Luke Kunin hit Phillip Danault
  75. 13:13Donovan Sebrango hit Owen Beck
  76. 13:26Owen Beck Tip-In Wide Right
  77. 13:29Giveaway by Anton Lundell
  78. 13:29Samuel Blais hit Sam Reinhart
  79. 13:36Samuel Blais hit Donovan Sebrango
  80. 13:54Takeaway by Ivan Demidov
  81. 14:09Puck Frozen - Goalie
  82. 14:09Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  83. 15:02Takeaway by Evan Rodrigues
  84. 15:13Zachary Bolduc Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  85. 15:15Goalie Stopped
  86. 15:15Anton Lundell faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  87. 15:32Icing
  88. 15:32Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  89. 15:40Giveaway by Aaron Ekblad
  90. 16:09Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  91. 16:13Giveaway by Niko Mikkola
  92. 16:15Nick Suzuki Snap Shot Wide Left
  93. 16:33Sammy Blais Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  94. 17:10A.J. Greer hit Noah Dobson
  95. 17:35Oliver Kapanen Goal (15) Backhand, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (19)
  96. 17:35Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  97. 17:41Juraj Slafkovský Interference against Mackie Samoskevich
  98. 17:41Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Carter Verhaeghe
  99. 17:45Puck in Crowd
  100. 17:45Sam Bennett faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  101. 17:53Sam Bennett shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  102. 18:13Sam Reinhart Snap Shot Wide Right
  103. 18:20Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  104. 19:32Mackie Samoskevich Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  105. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Sam Bennett faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  3. 0:14Giveaway by Carter Verhaeghe
  4. 0:52Icing
  5. 0:52Sam Bennett faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  6. 0:55Lane Hutson shot blocked by Alexandre Texier
  7. 0:59Lane Hutson shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen
  8. 1:10Eetu Luostarinen Tip-In saved by Samuel Montembeault
  9. 1:14Eetu Luostarinen hit Alexandre Carrier
  10. 1:39Giveaway by Anton Lundell
  11. 2:59Samuel Blais hit Niko Mikkola
  12. 3:20Joseph Veleno hit Noah Gregor
  13. 3:38Giveaway by Sam Bennett
  14. 3:52A.J. Greer Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  15. 3:54Goalie Stopped
  16. 3:54Phillip Danault faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  17. 4:10Anton Lundell Wrist Shot Wide Right
  18. 4:42Sam Reinhart hit Noah Dobson
  19. 5:06Donovan Sebrango Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  20. 5:08Goalie Stopped
  21. 5:08Phillip Danault faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  22. 5:09Sam Bennett Tip-In saved by Samuel Montembeault
  23. 5:18A.J. Greer hit Phillip Danault
  24. 5:32Giveaway by Samuel Montembeault
  25. 5:33Sam Bennett Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: none
  26. 5:33Anton Lundell faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  27. 5:42Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  28. 5:44Niko Mikkola Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  29. 5:54Giveaway by Anton Lundell
  30. 5:59Anton Lundell Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  31. 6:02Goalie Stopped
  32. 6:02Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  33. 6:34Icing
  34. 6:34Sam Bennett faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  35. 7:01Jack Studnicka hit Alexandre Carrier
  36. 7:07Donovan Sebrango hit Joseph Veleno
  37. 7:45Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Jack Studnicka
  38. 7:52Arber Xhekaj hit Jack Studnicka
  39. 8:28Icing
  40. 8:28Anton Lundell faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  41. 8:32Puck in Netting
  42. 8:32Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  43. 8:40Takeaway by Jesper Boqvist
  44. 8:45Takeaway by Ivan Demidov
  45. 9:05Jesper Boqvist Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  46. 9:09Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  47. 9:18Gustav Forsling Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  48. 9:20Goalie Stopped
  49. 9:20Sam Bennett faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  50. 9:33Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  51. 9:40Icing
  52. 9:40Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  53. 9:45Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  54. 10:20Eetu Luostarinen shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  55. 10:20Giveaway by Eetu Luostarinen
  56. 10:31Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
  57. 10:36Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  58. 11:36Joseph Veleno hit Aaron Ekblad
  59. 11:38Samuel Blais hit Noah Gregor
  60. 11:48Samuel Blais hit Niko Mikkola
  61. 11:58Mike Matheson shot blocked by Luke Kunin
  62. 12:32Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  63. 12:40A.J. Greer Wrap-around Wide Right
  64. 12:57A.J. Greer Snap Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  65. 13:00Carter Verhaeghe Snap Shot Wide Left
  66. 13:10Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot Wide Right
  67. 13:41Alexandre Texier Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Alexandre Carrier (11), Nick Suzuki (34)
  68. 13:41Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  69. 13:47Icing
  70. 13:47Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  71. 13:50Brendan Gallagher hit Aaron Ekblad
  72. 14:13Icing
  73. 14:13Anton Lundell faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  74. 14:14Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Jayden Struble
  75. 15:08Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot Wide Right
  76. 15:10Goalie Stopped
  77. 15:10Sam Bennett faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  78. 15:25Giveaway by A.J. Greer
  79. 15:39Takeaway by Sam Bennett
  80. 15:47Sam Bennett Wrap-around Failed Bank Attempt
  81. 16:06Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  82. 16:08Goalie Stopped
  83. 16:08Anton Lundell faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  84. 16:10Anton Lundell Tip-In saved by Samuel Montembeault
  85. 16:41Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  86. 16:42Alexandre Texier Snap Shot Wide Left
  87. 16:47Alexandre Texier hit Sam Reinhart
  88. 16:54Anton Lundell High-sticking - double minor against Alexandre Texier
  89. 16:54TV Timeout
  90. 16:54Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  91. 17:24Cole Caufield Snap Shot Wide Right
  92. 18:28Noah Dobson Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  93. 18:30Zachary Bolduc shot blocked by Jeff Petry
  94. 19:00Takeaway by Noah Dobson
  95. 19:16Alexandre Texier Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  96. 19:53Luke Kunin Snap Shot Wide Left
  97. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  3. 0:12Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Gustav Forsling
  4. 0:45Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  5. 1:06Phillip Danault High-sticking against Anton Lundell
  6. 1:06Video Review
  7. 1:06Sam Bennett faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  8. 1:17Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Oliver Kapanen
  9. 1:35Joseph Veleno Deflected saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  10. 1:43Sam Bennett shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  11. 2:14Evan Rodrigues shot blocked by Oliver Kapanen
  12. 2:28Sam Reinhart Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  13. 3:08Jeff Petry shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  14. 3:36Brendan Gallagher Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  15. 3:59Off-side
  16. 3:59Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  17. 4:25Arber Xhekaj Backhand Wide Right
  18. 4:26Goalie Stopped
  19. 4:26Donovan Sebrango Roughing against Samuel Blais
  20. 4:26Samuel Blais High-sticking against Sergei Bobrovsky
  21. 4:26Anton Lundell faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  22. 4:41Giveaway by Gustav Forsling
  23. 4:53Anton Lundell Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  24. 4:55Goalie Stopped
  25. 4:55Sam Bennett faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  26. 5:06Uvis Balinskis Backhand saved by Samuel Montembeault
  27. 5:15Uvis Balinskis hit Noah Dobson
  28. 5:18Sam Bennett Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  29. 6:07Giveaway by Aaron Ekblad
  30. 7:26Alexandre Texier Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Mike Matheson (16)
  31. 7:26Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  32. 7:49Eetu Luostarinen hit Alexandre Carrier
  33. 7:52Off-side
  34. 7:52Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  35. 8:12Anton Lundell Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  36. 8:34Anton Lundell Backhand Wide Right
  37. 8:38Sam Reinhart hit Mike Matheson
  38. 8:47Icing
  39. 8:47Phillip Danault faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  40. 8:53Icing
  41. 8:53Sam Bennett faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  42. 8:55Niko Mikkola Snap Shot Wide Left
  43. 9:12Sam Bennett Slashing against Zachary Bolduc
  44. 9:12Anton Lundell faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  45. 9:22Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  46. 9:23Goalie Stopped
  47. 9:23Anton Lundell faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  48. 9:30Ivan Demidov Snap Shot Short
  49. 10:01Ivan Demidov Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  50. 10:46Alexandre Texier Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  51. 10:48Puck in Netting
  52. 10:48Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  53. 10:51Noah Dobson shot blocked by Jesper Boqvist
  54. 10:53Puck in Netting
  55. 10:53Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  56. 11:03Evan Rodrigues Snap Shot Short
  57. 11:13Oliver Kapanen Snap Shot Wide Right
  58. 11:21Evan Rodrigues Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  59. 11:23Sam Bennett Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Evan Rodrigues (12), Niko Mikkola (6)
  60. 11:23Phillip Danault faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  61. 11:26Sam Bennett hit Alexandre Carrier
  62. 12:10Giveaway by A.J. Greer
  63. 12:23Eetu Luostarinen hit Alexandre Texier
  64. 12:32Anton Lundell Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  65. 13:00Evan Rodrigues Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  66. 13:01Goalie Stopped
  67. 13:01Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  68. 13:16Off-side
  69. 13:16Anton Lundell faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  70. 13:34Anton Lundell Backhand Wide Right
  71. 14:00Anton Lundell shot blocked by Oliver Kapanen
  72. 14:25Uvis Balinskis shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  73. 14:28Jesper Boqvist Deflected saved by Samuel Montembeault
  74. 14:34Arber Xhekaj hit Jesper Boqvist
  75. 14:54Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot Wide Left
  76. 15:03Mike Matheson shot blocked by Uvis Balinskis
  77. 15:31Sam Bennett Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  78. 15:57Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  79. 16:09Gustav Forsling hit Oliver Kapanen
  80. 16:46Eetu Luostarinen shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  81. 16:48Puck in Netting
  82. 16:48Phillip Danault faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  83. 17:09Sam Reinhart Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  84. 17:18Carter Verhaeghe Snap Shot Wide Right
  85. 17:59Juraj Slafkovský Goal (16) , assists: Oliver Kapanen (11), Lane Hutson (36)
  86. 17:59Owen Beck faceoff won against Luke Kunin
  87. 18:02Arber Xhekaj hit Noah Gregor
  88. 18:11Hand Pass
  89. 18:11Luke Kunin faceoff won against Owen Beck
  90. 18:41Arber Xhekaj hit Jack Studnicka
  91. 18:45Donovan Sebrango Roughing against Arber Xhekaj
  92. 18:45Arber Xhekaj Roughing against Donovan Sebrango
  93. 18:45Owen Beck Charging against Jack Studnicka
  94. 18:45Donovan Sebrango Roughing against Arber Xhekaj
  95. 18:45Donovan Sebrango Misconduct
  96. 18:45Arber Xhekaj Misconduct
  97. 18:45Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Luke Kunin
  98. 18:49Giveaway by Alexandre Carrier
  99. 19:07Joseph Veleno Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  100. 19:10Alexandre Texier Goal (7) Batted, assists: Samuel Blais (5), Joseph Veleno (2)
  101. 19:10Luke Kunin faceoff won against Brendan Gallagher
  102. 19:21Noah Gregor shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  103. 19:51Takeaway by Luke Kunin
  104. 19:51Giveaway by Luke Kunin
  105. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  106. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 2:59FLA 0, MTL 1Noah Dobson Goal (8) Slap Shot, assists: Mike Matheson (15), Oliver Kapanen (10)
  2. 17:35FLA 0, MTL 2Oliver Kapanen Goal (15) Backhand, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (19)

2nd

  1. 5:33FLA 1, MTL 2Sam Bennett Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: none
  2. 13:41FLA 1, MTL 3Alexandre Texier Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Alexandre Carrier (11), Nick Suzuki (34)

3rd

  1. 7:26FLA 1, MTL 4Alexandre Texier Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Mike Matheson (16)
  2. 11:23FLA 2, MTL 4Sam Bennett Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Evan Rodrigues (12), Niko Mikkola (6)
  3. 17:59FLA 2, MTL 5Juraj Slafkovský Goal (16) , assists: Oliver Kapanen (11), Lane Hutson (36)
  4. 19:10FLA 2, MTL 6Alexandre Texier Goal (7) Batted, assists: Samuel Blais (5), Joseph Veleno (2)

Game leaders

PanthersFlorida

CanadiensMontreal

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Sam Bennett C20-1010220:1652.4410111121251613:494:042:23
A.J. Greer LW00-1020011:190.0100202020711:190:000:00
Anton Lundell C00-1000419:5568.456133140231316:241:541:37
Carter Verhaeghe C00-2000018:120.01201030211214:034:090:00
Eetu Luostarinen C000031019:360.0100100024414:541:532:49
Evan Rodrigues C01-1000017:3063.6247001122811:073:522:31
Jack Studnicka C00-201106:300.00000000906:300:000:00
Jesper Boqvist C000001011:240.0200000117310:080:001:16
Luke Kunin C00-201109:5550.003310111327:310:002:24
Mackie Samoskevich RW000000011:430.050000001549:352:080:00
Noah Gregor LW00-201005:530.00000000715:530:000:00
Sam Reinhart C00-2021024:160.02000010242317:084:073:01
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Aaron Ekblad D00-1011023:3200040000.028315:183:374:37
Donovan Sebrango D00-10201611:0810014000.018011:080:000:00
Gustav Forsling D000031023:4610020000.027117:321:524:22
Jeff Petry D00-3002016:5810000000.023011:452:133:00
Niko Mikkola D010000021:0200010200.028117:130:113:38
Uvis Balinskis D00-2012218:1610011000.025117:540:000:22
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Sergei Bobrovsky G19514.73758:490075200

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