Panthers 4-1 Canadiens (31 Dec, 2023) Box Score

Montreal Canadiens

15-15-5, 8-6-3 away

	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	0	1
FLA	0	1	3	4

Florida Panthers

22-12-2, 12-5-0 home

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Joel ArmiaJ. Armia#40
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#22
Christian DvorakC. Dvorak#28
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Sean MonahanS. Monahan#91
Michael PezzettaM. Pezzetta#55
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Mitchell StephensM. Stephens#13
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Jesse YlonenJ. Ylonen#56
defensemen
Justin BarronJ. Barron#52
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Jordan HarrisJ. Harris#54
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
David SavardD. Savard#58
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	18:31	0:54	0:00	17:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	19	14:01	0:00	1:36	12:25	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19	19:29	2:33	0:00	16:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	21	15:59	0:55	2:34	12:30	4	4	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	24	18:22	0:00	3:09	15:13	5	6	45.5
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14:39	0:55	0:00	13:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	19	18:22	2:24	0:00	15:58	8	4	66.7
0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	13	7:07	0:00	0:00	7:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	18	17:50	2:27	0:00	15:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	8:37	0:00	1:26	7:11	3	1	75.0
0	1	-1	1	4	0	1	2	1	1	0	19	19:15	2:38	0:25	16:12	9	5	64.3
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	13	8:19	0:52	0:00	7:27	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	17:55	0:56	0:00	16:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	21	17:17	0:00	1:33	15:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	19:16	0:00	0:52	18:24	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	25	22:36	2:35	3:04	16:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	24	19:42	0:21	3:41	15:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	19:13	0:00	0:00	19:13	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jake AllenJ. Allen#34

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
25	3	22	.880	19	3	0	0	0	58:56	0

Florida Panthers


forwards
Aleksander BarkovA. Barkov#16
Sam BennettS. Bennett#9
Nick CousinsN. Cousins#21
William LockwoodW. Lockwood#67
Ryan LombergR. Lomberg#94
Anton LundellA. Lundell#15
Eetu LuostarinenE. Luostarinen#27
Sam ReinhartS. Reinhart#13
Evan RodriguesE. Rodrigues#17
Kevin StenlundK. Stenlund#82
Matthew TkachukM. Tkachuk#19
Carter VerhaegheC. Verhaeghe#23
defensemen
Aaron EkbladA. Ekblad#5
Oliver Ekman-LarssonO. Ekman-Larsson#91
Gustav ForslingG. Forsling#42
Dmitry KulikovD. Kulikov#7
Niko MikkolaN. Mikkola#77
Brandon MontourB. Montour#62

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	19	17:08	2:11	1:25	13:32	2	7	22.2
1	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	19	14:37	2:24	0:11	12:02	7	4	63.6
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	18	14:51	0:00	0:00	14:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	14	10:20	0:00	0:00	10:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	11:44	0:00	0:00	11:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	19	14:41	0:00	0:00	14:41	8	5	61.5
2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	25	19:40	1:53	1:49	15:58	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	19	16:46	2:10	1:28	13:08	0	4	0.0
0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	3	0	21	16:08	2:25	0:00	13:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	2	0	19	13:39	0:00	1:51	11:48	3	7	30.0
0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	19	15:47	2:42	0:11	12:54	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	19	13:23	2:10	0:00	11:13	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	20:30	2:25	2:04	16:01	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:31	1:54	0:00	15:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	22	21:11	0:00	2:04	19:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	17:04	0:00	1:30	15:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	19:56	0:00	1:27	18:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	21:56	2:41	0:00	19:15	0	0	0.0

goalies
Anthony StolarzA. Stolarz#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
19	1	18	.947	17	1	0	0	0	59:38	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Canadiens	0	1	0	1
	Panthers	0	1	3	4

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			MTL	FLA
4:05		Eetu Luostarinen (6) (Power Play) Assists: Evan Rodrigues (17), Sam Bennett (6)	0	1
7:01		Cole Caufield (9) (Power Play) Assists: Nick Suzuki (21), Mike Matheson (20)	1	1

3rd Period		MTL	FLA
7:34	Eetu Luostarinen (7) (Power Play) Assists: Aaron Ekblad (5), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (10)	1	2
15:26	Sam Bennett (6) Assists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (11), Carter Verhaeghe (14)	1	3
17:13	Carter Verhaeghe (18) (Empty Net) Assists: Matthew Tkachuk (22), Aaron Ekblad (6)	1	4

Regular Season Series

FLA leads 2-0

Panthers
5
Canadiens
1

Game 1

1/12

Canadiens
1
Panthers
4

Game 2

31/12

Canadiens
3
Panthers
4

Game 3

1/3

Panthers
3
Canadiens
5

Game 4

3/4

Amerant Bank Arena

12:00 AM, 31 December 2023

Sunrise, FL

Attendance: 19,663

Referees:
Kelly Sutherland
Kendrick Nicholson

Linesmen:
Brad Kovachik
James Tobias

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	12	6	2	26
Florida	12	7	1	25
Tampa Bay	10	6	2	22
Boston	9	9	3	21
Buffalo	9	9	1	19
Detroit	8	9	2	18
Ottawa	8	10	1	17
Montreal	7	10	2	16

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Montreal Canadiens

Florida Panthers

Regular Season Series

FLA leads 2-0

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