Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Thursday, March 16, 2023 · FLA Live Arena

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5–9

Final

SOG 30–42

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Montréal Canadiens 9-5 on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at FLA Live Arena. The Panthers outshot the Canadiens 42-30.

Carter Verhaeghe scored twice and Aaron Ekblad scored twice. Mike Matheson, Colin White, Anthony Richard, Gustav Forsling, Michael Pezzetta, Ryan Lomberg, Sam Reinhart, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Matthew Tkachuk and Rem Pitlick also scored.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 12 of 18.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	3	1	1	5	30
FLA	7	2	0	9	42

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mike Matheson (7)Josh Anderson (10), Jonathan Drouin (25)1–000:16 MTL
Colin White (8)Nick Cousins (18), Eric Staal (12)1–102:43 FLA
Carter Verhaeghe (33)Sam Bennett (22)1–203:17 FLA
Anthony Richard (3)Kaiden Guhle (14)2–205:20 MTL
Gustav Forsling (9)Matthew Tkachuk (58)2–306:04 FLA
Michael Pezzetta (6)Anthony Richard (2), Chris Tierney (5)3–308:18 MTL
Aaron Ekblad (11)Eetu Luostarinen (21), Aleksander Barkov (40)3–409:09 FLA
Ryan Lomberg (10)Radko Gudas (10), Josh Mahura (10)3–510:33 FLA
Sam Reinhart (24)Josh Mahura (11)3–612:22 FLA
Carter Verhaeghe (34)Matthew Tkachuk (59)3–713:18 FLA

2nd period

Rafael Harvey-Pinard (9)Justin Barron (9), Joel Edmundson (8)4–702:26 MTL
Aaron Ekblad (12)Brandon Montour (44), Matthew Tkachuk (60)4–805:31 FLA · PPG
Matthew Tkachuk (31)Aleksander Barkov (41)4–907:33 FLA

3rd period

Rem Pitlick (5)Mike Matheson (16)5–905:47 MTL · PPG

Team stats

MTLFLA

30Shots on goal42

46%Faceoff %54%

1/1Power play1/4

31Penalty minutes2

26Hits24

16Blocked shots4

5Giveaways4

2Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 18:01Kaiden Guhle · tripping2 min
2nd 03:36Chris Tierney · delaying game2 min
2nd 08:10Anthony Richard · tripping2 min
3rd 05:00Aaron Ekblad · interference2 min
3rd 17:09Nick Suzuki · cross checking5 min
3rd 17:09Nick Suzuki · game misconduct10 min
3rd 17:09Johnathan Kovacevic · misconduct10 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

90Anthony RichardC	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	–	10:26
8Mike MathesonD	1	1	2	-3	3	0	0	0	–	20:22
17Josh AndersonR	0	1	1	-2	3	3	1	0	–	17:19
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	67	13:36
32Rem PitlickC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	15:21
49Rafael Harvey-PinardL	1	0	1	-1	1	1	2	0	–	18:11
55Michael PezzettaL	1	0	1	0	3	6	1	0	–	10:36
67Chris TierneyC	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	13:55
21Kaiden GuhleD	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	–	18:13
44Joel EdmundsonD	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	–	18:54
52Justin BarronD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	19:59
14Nick SuzukiC	0	0	0	-1	4	3	1	15	31	17:22
25Denis GurianovR	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	–	13:16
56Jesse YlonenR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	12:03
60Alex BelzileR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	27	15:09
68Mike HoffmanL	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	14:43
26Johnathan KovacevicD	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	10	–	19:44
58David SavardD	0	0	0	-2	1	3	2	0	–	22:05

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jake AllenG	L	18	12	6	.667	21:29
35Samuel MontembeaultG		24	21	3	.875	38:31

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

19Matthew TkachukL	1	3	4	+4	3	0	0	0	–	17:56
16Aleksander BarkovC	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	69	15:35
23Carter VerhaegheC	2	0	2	+4	6	0	0	0	–	16:59
5Aaron EkbladD	2	0	2	+2	5	1	1	2	–	20:18
28Josh MahuraD	0	2	2	+1	1	1	1	0	–	17:51
6Colin WhiteC	1	0	1	-1	2	3	0	0	43	12:18
9Sam BennettC	0	1	1	+3	1	1	0	0	58	15:11
12Eric StaalC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	38	13:56
13Sam ReinhartC	1	0	1	+2	4	2	0	0	67	20:14
21Nick CousinsC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	–	13:19
27Eetu LuostarinenC	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	0	–	12:37
94Ryan LombergL	1	0	1	+2	2	3	0	0	–	15:25
7Radko GudasD	0	1	1	+1	2	7	2	0	–	19:03
42Gustav ForslingD	1	0	1	+3	3	1	0	0	–	21:57
62Brandon MontourD	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	20:40
10Anthony DuclairL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:49
15Anton LundellC	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	29	15:30
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	16:35

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Mack GuzdaG		0	0	0	–	00:00
72Sergei BobrovskyG	W	30	25	5	.833	60:00