Florida Panthers at Montréal Canadiens

Thu, Jan 8, 2026 · Centre Bell · 2025–26 Regular Season

Florida Panthers

2 – 6

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 6–2 on Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at Centre Bell. Sam Bennett scored twice; Alexandre Texier scored a hat trick. Samuel Montembeault made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–19.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	0	1	1	2	27
MTL	2	1	3	6	19

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:59	MTL	EV	Noah Dobson (8) · slap	Mike Matheson (15), Oliver Kapanen (10)	0–1
1st	17:35	MTL	EV	Oliver Kapanen (15) · backhand	Juraj Slafkovský (19)	0–2
2nd	05:33	FLA	EV	Sam Bennett (15) · snap	Unassisted	1–2
2nd	13:41	MTL	EV	Alexandre Texier (5) · tip-in	Alexandre Carrier (11), Nick Suzuki (34)	1–3
3rd	07:26	MTL	EV	Alexandre Texier (6) · snap	Mike Matheson (16)	1–4
3rd	11:23	FLA	EV	Sam Bennett (16) · snap	Evan Rodrigues (12), Niko Mikkola (6)	2–4
3rd	17:59	MTL	SH EN	Juraj Slafkovský (16)	Oliver Kapanen (11), Lane Hutson (36)	2–5
3rd	19:10	MTL	EV	Alexandre Texier (7) · bat	Sammy Blais (5), Joseph Veleno (2)	2–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:24	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	boarding	2
1st	10:45	FLA	Uvis Balinskis	interference	2
1st	17:41	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	interference	2
2nd	16:54	FLA	Anton Lundell	high sticking double minor	4
3rd	01:06	MTL	Phillip Danault	high sticking	2
3rd	04:26	FLA	Donovan Sebrango	roughing	2
3rd	04:26	MTL	Sammy Blais	high sticking	2
3rd	09:12	FLA	Sam Bennett	slashing	2
3rd	18:45	FLA	Donovan Sebrango	roughing	2
3rd	18:45	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	roughing	2
3rd	18:45	MTL	Owen Beck	charging	2
3rd	18:45	FLA	Donovan Sebrango	roughing	2
3rd	18:45	FLA	Donovan Sebrango	misconduct	10
3rd	18:45	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	misconduct	10

Shot map

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

Expected goals: FLA 3.81 · MTL 3.16 · xG% FLA 54.7

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Sam Bennett	C	2	0	2	-1	2	4	1	0	52.4	20:16	25
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	63.6	17:30	22
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1		24:16	24
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		23:46	27
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		23:32	28
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		21:02	28
15	Anton Lundell	C	0	0	0	-1	4	5	0	0	68.4	19:55	23
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		19:36	24
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	2		18:16	25
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		18:12	21
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	2		16:58	23
11	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		11:43	15
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		11:24	17
10	A.J. Greer	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		11:19	20
6	Donovan Sebrango	D	0	0	0	-1	16	1	2	0		11:08	18
71	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	50.0	9:55	13
53	Jack Studnicka	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		6:30	9
18	Noah Gregor	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		5:53	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	L	19	14	5	.737	58:49

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	1	2	3	+2	0	1	0	4	41.2	17:19	22
85	Alexandre Texier	L	3	0	3	+2	0	6	1	0		17:15	19
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	2		25:50	25
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	1	1	2	+3	4	0	0	3		18:51	23
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		24:07	30
53	Noah Dobson	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	3		22:43	28
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0	42.9	21:51	22
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	6		21:47	26
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	0	50.0	10:40	14
27	Sammy Blais	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0	5	0		7:36	10
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	38.5	18:40	24
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0		16:27	17
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0		15:36	19
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		15:25	18
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		12:28	16
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0	1	1		9:39	12
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	+2	12	0	6	0		8:37	12
62	Owen Beck	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	66.7	7:09	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00