Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 2019 · BB&T Center
SN · RDS · FS-F
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–5 on Sunday, December 29, 2019 at BB&T Center. The Canadiens outshot the Panthers 43–34.
Aleksander Barkov scored twice and Jonathan Huberdeau scored twice. Noel Acciari, Tomas Tatar, Jeff Petry, Max Domi, Mike Matheson, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Shea Weber also scored.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 38 saves on 43 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 28 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Noel Acciari (13)Brett Connolly (10), Mike Matheson (4)0–104:34 FLA
Aleksander Barkov (12)Jonathan Huberdeau (36)0–206:33 FLA
Tomas Tatar (16)Jeff Petry (18), Nick Suzuki (14)1–213:31 MTL ·
2nd period
Jeff Petry (5)Nick Suzuki (15)2–201:20 MTL
Max Domi (11)Brett Kulak (3), Nick Suzuki (16)3–202:12 MTL- Aleksander Barkov (13)Jonathan Huberdeau (37), Evgenii Dadonov (14)3–303:41 FLA
Jonathan Huberdeau (15)Evgenii Dadonov (15), Mike Matheson (5)3–413:30 FLA- Jonathan Huberdeau (16)Aleksander Barkov (32), Anton Stralman (9)3–514:05 FLA
3rd period
Mike Matheson (3)Unassisted3–600:45 FLA
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (5)Jordan Weal (3), Max Domi (18)4–604:11 MTL · 
Shea Weber (12)Jeff Petry (19), Tomas Tatar (19)5–618:08 MTL
Team stats
MTLFLA
4334
51%49%
2/40/5
108
2413
1819
715
710
Penalties
- 10:18 into the first period
Nate Thompson · holding2 min - 11:58 into the first period
Aaron Ekblad · tripping2 min - 14:47 into the first periodBrendan Gallagher · hooking2 min
- 18:16 into the first periodJesperi Kotkaniemi · tripping2 min
- 0:37 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1:01 into the second periodBrendan Gallagher · high sticking2 min
- 6:12 into the second periodFrank Vatrano · holding2 min
- 7:10 into the second periodPhillip Danault · tripping2 min
- 2:23 into the third periodFrank Vatrano · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 18:27 |
| 13Max DomiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 17:07 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 18:52 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 14:14 |
| 43Jordan WealC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 24:37 |
| 17Brett KulakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:06 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 8 | 19:14 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:17 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:23 |
| 25Ryan PoehlingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:44 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 08:59 |
| 45Riley BarberR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 03:18 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 5 | 23:31 |
| 20Cale FleuryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
| 39Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Florida Panthers
| 11Jonathan HuberdeauC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +5 | 6 | 20:03 |
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | 21:37 |
| 19Mike MathesonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 63Evgenii DadonovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 5 | 19:38 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:21 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:41 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:42 |
| 9Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:35 |
| 14Dominic ToninatoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:26 |
| 21Vincent TrocheckC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 68Mike HoffmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:21 |
| 77Frank VatranoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:29 |
| 2Joshua BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:39 |
| 61Riley StillmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60Chris DriedgerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | W | 43 | 5 | .884 |