Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Saturday, December 30, 2023 · Amerant Bank Arena
SNE · TVAS · CITY · BSFL
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-1 on Saturday, December 30, 2023 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers outshot the Canadiens 26-19.
Eetu Luostarinen scored twice. Cole Caufield, Sam Bennett and Carter Verhaeghe also scored.
Anthony Stolarz made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 22 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Eetu Luostarinen (6)Evan Rodrigues (17), Sam Bennett (6)0–104:05 FLA · PPG
Cole Caufield (9)Nick Suzuki (21), Mike Matheson (20)1–107:01 MTL · PPG
3rd period
- Eetu Luostarinen (7)Aaron Ekblad (5), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (10)1–207:34 FLA · PPG
Sam Bennett (6)Oliver Ekman-Larsson (11), Carter Verhaeghe (14)1–315:26 FLA
Carter Verhaeghe (18)Matthew Tkachuk (22), Aaron Ekblad (6)1–417:13 FLA · EN
Team stats
MTLFLA
19Shots on goal26
59%Faceoff %41%
1/2Power play2/3
11Penalty minutes9
19Hits19
17Blocked shots13
6Giveaways10
9Takeaways20
Penalties
- 1st 02:53
Michael Pezzetta · fighting5 min - 1st 02:53
William Lockwood · fighting5 min - 1st 07:31Carter Verhaeghe · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 02:22Nick Suzuki · holding2 min
- 2nd 05:31Evan Rodrigues · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:52Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 06:42Joel Armia · roughing removing opponents helmet2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:36 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:39 |
| 13Mitchell StephensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:37 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 28Christian DvorakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:59 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:07 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:19 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:22 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:16 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cayden PrimeauG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Jake AllenG | L | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 58:56 |
Florida Panthers
| 9Sam BennettC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 23Carter VerhaegheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:23 |
| 27Eetu LuostarinenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:40 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 20:30 |
| 91Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 17Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:47 |
| 13Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:46 |
| 15Anton LundellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:51 |
| 67William LockwoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:20 |
| 82Kevin StenlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 94Ryan LombergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:44 |
| 7Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:04 |
| 42Gustav ForslingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:56 |
| 77Niko MikkolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Anthony StolarzG | W | 19 | 18 | 1 | .947 | 59:38 |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |