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Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Tuesday, December 30, 2025 · Amerant Bank Arena

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3–2

Final/OT

SOG 29–30

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers outshot the Canadiens 30-29.

Nick Suzuki scored twice. Brad Marchand, Sam Reinhart and Cole Caufield also scored.

Samuel Montembeault made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Daniil Tarasov stopped 26 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL0021329
Florida PanthersFLA0020230

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNick SuzukiMTL · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starBrad MarchandFLA · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starCole CaufieldMTL · 1G 1A

Scoring

3rd period

OT period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
GoalMTL on iceFLA on ice

0–1 FLA

3rd 10:18 · PP · Marchand

Carrier 0:50

0–2 FLA

3rd 15:01 · Reinhart

Danault 0:50

1–2 MTL

3rd 15:33 · Caufield

Forsling 0:41

2–2 MTL

3rd 18:38 · Suzuki

Marchand 0:17

3–2 MTL

OT 3:24 · PP · Suzuki

Jones 0:18

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLFLA
29Shots on goal30
56%Faceoff %44%
1/4Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes8
16Hits30
18Blocked shots11
13Giveaways9
7Takeaways1

Penalties

  • 1st 04:51Uvis Balinskis · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 05:01Aaron Ekblad · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 13:15Lane Hutson · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 15:37Nick Suzuki · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 01:40Adam Engstrom · interference2 min
  • 3rd 04:17Gustav Forsling · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 09:55Juraj Slafkovský · tripping2 min
  • OT 01:27Brad Marchand · roughing2 min

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