Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Thursday, December 29, 2022 · FLA Live Arena
TSN2 · RDS · BSFL
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Montréal Canadiens 7-2 on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at FLA Live Arena. The Panthers outshot the Canadiens 41-27.
Aleksander Barkov scored a hat trick and Matthew Tkachuk scored twice. Arber Xhekaj, Josh Anderson, Carter Verhaeghe and Eetu Luostarinen also scored.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 34 of 41.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Aleksander Barkov (7)Gustav Forsling (18), Carter Verhaeghe (12)0–102:37 FLA- Aleksander Barkov (8)Sam Reinhart (13), Matthew Tkachuk (26)0–211:50 FLA · PPG
Arber Xhekaj (5)Jonathan Drouin (6), Evgenii Dadonov (6)1–214:14 MTL · PPG- Aleksander Barkov (9)Unassisted1–315:22 FLA
Josh Anderson (9)Mike Hoffman (4), Arber Xhekaj (7)2–319:13 MTL · PPG
2nd period
Matthew Tkachuk (16)Brandon Montour (22), Aleksander Barkov (17)2–406:22 FLA · PPG
3rd period
Carter Verhaeghe (18)Unassisted2–504:14 FLA- Matthew Tkachuk (17)Aleksander Barkov (18), Brandon Montour (23)2–607:24 FLA · PPG
Eetu Luostarinen (9)Sam Bennett (17), Brandon Montour (24)2–709:31 FLA
Team stats
MTLFLA
27Shots on goal41
41%Faceoff %59%
2/4Power play3/6
41Penalty minutes27
26Hits24
15Blocked shots12
4Giveaways6
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 10:50
Joel Armia · high sticking2 min - 1st 12:14
Radko Gudas · interference2 min - 1st 15:28Eetu Luostarinen · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 04:37Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 07:10Gustav Forsling · holding2 min
- 2nd 15:46Nick Suzuki · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:40Kirby Dach · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:44Joel Edmundson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:44Joel Edmundson · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 10:44Kirby Dach · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:44Radko Gudas · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:44Marc Staal · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:44Joel Edmundson · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 17:40Brendan Gallagher · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:40Brendan Gallagher · fighting5 min
- 3rd 17:40Brendan Gallagher · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 17:40Brandon Montour · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 17:40Brandon Montour · fighting5 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 72Arber XhekajD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:14 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 63Evgenii DadonovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:38 |
| 68Mike HoffmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13:42 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:41 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:10 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:12 |
| 28Christian DvorakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:38 |
| 77Kirby DachC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 18:59 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 44Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:22 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | L | 41 | 34 | 7 | .829 | 59:36 |
Florida Panthers
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 5 | 18:42 |
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 9 | 17:24 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 22:40 |
| 23Carter VerhaegheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 13:15 |
| 9Sam BennettC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:06 |
| 13Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 27Eetu LuostarinenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:46 |
| 42Gustav ForslingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 19:02 |
| 6Colin WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 11:32 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:27 |
| 15Anton LundellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:54 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:17 |
| 76Anton LevtchiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:41 |
| 94Ryan LombergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:21 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 23:24 |
| 7Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 28Josh MahuraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Spencer KnightG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |