Montréal Canadiens at Florida Panthers

Tue, Dec 30, 2025 · Amerant Bank Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

3 – 2

Final/OT

Florida Panthers

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 in overtime on Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at Amerant Bank Arena. Nick Suzuki scored twice. Samuel Montembeault made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
MTL	0	0	2	1	3	29
FLA	0	0	2	0	2	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
3rd	10:18	FLA	PP	Brad Marchand (23) · snap	Sam Bennett (16), Seth Jones (18)	0–1
3rd	15:01	FLA	EV	Sam Reinhart (22) · wrist	Eetu Luostarinen (14), Anton Lundell (18)	0–2
3rd	15:33	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (19) · wrist	Lane Hutson (32), Noah Dobson (19)	1–2
3rd	18:38	MTL	PP	Nick Suzuki (12) · slap	Ivan Demidov (23), Cole Caufield (20)	2–2
OT	03:24	MTL	PP	Nick Suzuki (13) · wrist	Lane Hutson (33), Noah Dobson (20)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:51	FLA	Uvis Balinskis	high sticking	2
2nd	05:01	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	cross checking	2
2nd	13:15	MTL	Lane Hutson	cross checking	2
2nd	15:37	MTL	Nick Suzuki	hooking	2
3rd	01:40	MTL	Adam Engstrom	interference	2
3rd	04:17	FLA	Gustav Forsling	tripping	2
3rd	09:55	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	tripping	2
OT	01:27	FLA	Brad Marchand	roughing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MTL 3.87 · FLA 3.12 · xG% MTL 55.4

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	2	2	+2	0	4	1	5		24:32	29
14	Nick Suzuki	C	2	0	2	+1	2	7	1	0	55.0	22:33	22
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0		22:29	26
13	Cole Caufield	R	1	1	2	+1	0	5	0	0		20:20	22
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		18:31	20
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		27:14	29
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	4		21:18	26
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	2		19:53	20
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	61.5	18:23	24
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	58.8	17:04	21
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	1		16:41	21
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	14:52	17
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:38	15
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		11:36	13
42	Adam Engstrom	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		11:29	17
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	40.0	10:08	16
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		9:39	13
27	Sammy Blais	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		8:09	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	30	28	2	.933	62:41

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
3	Seth Jones	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0		25:03	30
13	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	1		23:42	26
15	Anton Lundell	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	52.9	21:43	27
9	Sam Bennett	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	1	35.0	20:59	29
63	Brad Marchand	L	1	0	1	-1	2	4	3	2		19:09	25
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	1		17:32	22
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1		24:03	27
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		22:23	28
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2		21:33	28
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	50.0	18:45	21
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:39	21
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		14:01	17
10	A.J. Greer	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0		13:26	18
11	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		12:51	18
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		12:10	15
71	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	50.0	8:45	13
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		6:23	10
53	Jack Studnicka	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6:10	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Daniil Tarasov	OTL	29	26	3	.897	63:19