Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Friday, December 28, 2018 · BB&T Center
TSN2 · RDS · FS-F
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 5-3 on Friday, December 28, 2018 at BB&T Center. The Canadiens outshot the Panthers 28-26.
Tomas Tatar scored twice. Nicolas Deslauriers, Henrik Borgstrom, Denis Malgin, Artturi Lehkonen, Keith Yandle and Jonathan Drouin also scored.
Antti Niemi made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Tatar (13)Unassisted1–000:35 MTL
Nicolas Deslauriers (2)Victor Mete (6), Shea Weber (4)2–002:51 MTL
Henrik Borgstrom (2)Mike Hoffman (17)2–108:01 FLA
Denis Malgin (4)Troy Brouwer (3)2–213:53 FLA
3rd period
- Tomas Tatar (14)Jonathan Drouin (20), Max Domi (22)3–208:54 MTL · PPG
Artturi Lehkonen (7)Andrew Shaw (13), Brett Kulak (2)4–215:40 MTL
Keith Yandle (6)Mike Hoffman (18), Aleksander Barkov (22)4–318:44 FLA · PPG
Jonathan Drouin (12)Jeff Petry (21)5–319:37 MTL · EN
Team stats
MTLFLA
28Shots on goal26
51%Faceoff %49%
1/3Power play1/3
11Penalty minutes11
28Hits20
11Blocked shots11
5Giveaways11
7Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 16:57
Troy Brouwer · hooking2 min - 2nd 00:16
Phillip Danault · tripping2 min - 2nd 04:26Max Domi · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:49Frank Vatrano · tripping2 min
- 3rd 08:08MacKenzie Weegar · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 17:39Phillip Danault · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:39Phillip Danault · fighting5 min
- 3rd 17:39Aaron Ekblad · fighting5 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 90Tomas TatarL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:40 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:42 |
| 13Max DomiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:05 |
| 20Nicolas DeslauriersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:38 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:26 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 27:16 |
| 17Brett KulakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:36 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:02 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:05 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 43Michael ChaputC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 47Kenny AgostinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:27 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 28Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Antti NiemiG | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 59:59 |
| 70Michael McNivenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Florida Panthers
| 68Mike HoffmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19:15 |
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 25:09 |
| 22Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 62Denis MalginC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 95Henrik BorgstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 19:36 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 10:46 |
| 8Jayce HawrylukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:24 |
| 11Jonathan HuberdeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| 18Micheal HaleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:02 |
| 63Evgenii DadonovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 72Frank VatranoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 90Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:50 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:54 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 19Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:27 |
| 52MacKenzie WeegarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:02 |
| 55Bogdan KiselevichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 57:45 |
| 34James ReimerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |