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Florida Panthers vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, January 8, 2026 · Centre Bell

Florida PanthersFloridaPanthersAway

2–6

Final

SOG 27–19

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensHome

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 6-2 on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Panthers outshot the Canadiens 27-19.

Sam Bennett scored twice and Alexandre Texier scored a hat trick. Noah Dobson, Oliver Kapanen and Juraj Slafkovský also scored.

Samuel Montembeault made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 14 of 19.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Florida PanthersFLA011227
Montréal CanadiensMTL213619

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlexandre TexierMTL · 3G 0A
  2. ★2nd starOliver KapanenMTL · 1G 2A
  3. ★3rd starSamuel MontembeaultMTL · .926 SV%

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd 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+
1:26

1–3 · 2nd 13:41 · Texier. Bennett was 1:26 into his shift when it went in.

GoalFLA on iceMTL on ice

0–1 MTL

1st 2:59 · Dobson

Balinskis 0:36

0–2 MTL

1st 17:35 · Kapanen

Petry 0:27

1–2 FLA

2nd 5:33 · Bennett

Gallagher 0:25

1–3 MTL

2nd 13:41 · Texier

Long shift: Bennett 1:26

1–4 MTL

3rd 7:26 · Texier

Rodrigues 0:56

2–4 FLA

3rd 11:23 · Bennett

Long shift: Dobson 1:07

2–5 MTL

3rd 17:59 · EN · Slafkovský

Reinhart 1:59

2–6 MTL

3rd 19:10 · Texier

Long shift: Petry 1:11

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

FLAMTL
27Shots on goal19
58%Faceoff %42%
0/3Power play0/4
24Penalty minutes22
18Hits18
11Blocked shots20
18Giveaways10
4Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 06:24Juraj Slafkovský · boarding2 min
  • 1st 10:45Uvis Balinskis · interference2 min
  • 1st 17:41Juraj Slafkovský · interference2 min
  • 2nd 16:54Anton Lundell · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 3rd 01:06Phillip Danault · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 04:26Donovan Sebrango · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 04:26Sammy Blais · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 09:12Sam Bennett · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 18:45Donovan Sebrango · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 18:45Arber Xhekaj · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 18:45Owen Beck · charging2 min
  • 3rd 18:45Donovan Sebrango · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 18:45Donovan Sebrango · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 18:45Arber Xhekaj · misconduct10 min

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