Game

Canadiens at Panthers

Canadiens 3, Panthers 2 in overtime · first star Nick Suzuki (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Montreal Canadiens 3 at Florida Panthers 2

Canadiens MTL

3 FINAL/OT 2

Panthers FLA

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Canadiens	0	0	2	1	3	29
Panthers	0	0	2	0	2	30

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canadiens attack left, Panthers attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so a mark in a team's own end would be an attempt logged from there (none in this game). Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 29, FLA 30.

MTL in red FLA in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 29 shots on goal (3 goals, 18 missed, 15 blocked) attacking left; Panthers 30 shots on goal (2 goals, 9 missed, 19 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT	FLA SOG	FLA G	FLA ATT
1st	7	0	21	9	0	16
2nd	10	0	19	8	0	16
3rd	10	2	18	11	2	24
OT	2	1	4	2	0	2
Total	29	3	62	30	2	58

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MTL SOG	MTL G	FLA SOG	FLA G
Even strength	22	2	20	1
Power play	6	1	9	1
Short-handed	1	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Canadiens took 51.7% of the shot attempts, and 56.0% of the 84 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Panthers and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Canadiens hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canadiens at Panthers
Period	FLA CF%	FLA FF%
1st	43.2	48.0
2nd	45.7	42.3
3rd	57.1	48.3
OT	33.3	33.3
Game	48.3	45.4

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

3rd period

10:18 Brad Marchand (23) PP Sam Bennett (16), Seth Jones (18) · snap 0–1
15:01 Sam Reinhart (22) Eetu Luostarinen (14), Anton Lundell (18) · wrist 0–2
15:33 Cole Caufield (19) Lane Hutson (32), Noah Dobson (19) · wrist 1–2
18:38 Nick Suzuki (12) Ivan Demidov (23), Cole Caufield (20) · slap 2–2

Overtime

03:24 Nick Suzuki (13) PP Lane Hutson (33), Noah Dobson (20) · wrist 3–2

Three stars

Nick Suzuki MTL · C #14 · 2 G, 0 A
Brad Marchand FLA · L #63 · 1 G, 0 A
Cole Caufield MTL · R #13 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	04:51	FLA	Uvis Balinskis	high sticking	2	Zachary Bolduc
2nd	05:01	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	cross checking	2	Ivan Demidov
2nd	13:15	MTL	Lane Hutson	cross checking	2	Anton Lundell
2nd	15:37	MTL	Nick Suzuki	hooking	2	Mackie Samoskevich
3rd	01:40	MTL	Adam Engstrom	interference	2	A.J. Greer
3rd	04:17	FLA	Gustav Forsling	tripping	2	Cole Caufield
3rd	09:55	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	tripping	2	Mackie Samoskevich
Overtime	01:27	FLA	Brad Marchand	roughing	2	Mike Matheson

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nick Suzuki #14	C	2	0	2	+1	7	1	0	2	55.0	22:33
Cole Caufield #13	R	1	1	2	+1	5	0	0	0	0.0	20:20
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	22:29
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	2	2	+2	4	1	5	0	0.0	24:32
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	18:31
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	40.0	10:08
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	61.5	18:23
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	58.8	17:04
Alexandre Texier #85	L	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	0	0.0	16:41
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	0.0	19:53
Sammy Blais #27	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	08:09
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	11:38
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100.0	14:52
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	11:36
Adam Engstrom #42	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	11:29
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	4	0	0.0	21:18
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	09:39
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	27:14

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Samuel Montembeault #35	W	30	28	2	.933	19/20	8/9	62:41

Florida Panthers

Panthers skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Sam Reinhart #13	C	1	0	1	0	5	2	1	0	0.0	23:42
Brad Marchand #63	L	1	0	1	-1	4	3	2	2	0.0	19:09
Anton Lundell #15	C	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	52.9	21:43
Eetu Luostarinen #27	C	0	1	1	0	3	3	1	0	0.0	17:32
Sam Bennett #9	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	35.0	20:59
Seth Jones #3	D	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	25:03
Carter Verhaeghe #23	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	15:39
Evan Rodrigues #17	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	50.0	18:45
Jack Studnicka #53	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	06:10
Jesper Boqvist #70	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	06:23
Luke Kunin #71	C	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	50.0	08:45
A.J. Greer #10	L	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.0	13:26
Mackie Samoskevich #11	R	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0.0	12:51
Aaron Ekblad #5	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	0.0	24:03
Gustav Forsling #42	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	2	0.0	21:33
Jeff Petry #2	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	12:10
Niko Mikkola #77	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	22:23
Uvis Balinskis #26	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0.0	14:01

Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Daniil Tarasov #40	O	29	26	3	.897	20/22	5/6	63:19

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.