Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida PanthersMar 30, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	2	4		MTL	10	4	9	23
FLA	1	1	0	2		FLA	9	10	7	26

: MTL 47FLA 77
: MTL 3.01FLA 2.82
PP goals: MTL 2FLA 0
Hits: MTL 19FLA 32
Blocks: MTL 23FLA 11
PIM: MTL 6FLA 20
: MTL 58%FLA 42%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 4–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 4–2 at FLA. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 1:41 together.

Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:10.Suzuki
Points
Lane Hutson had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 23:31.Hutson
Points
Juraj Slafkovský had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:56.Slafkovský
Points
Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:55.Barkov
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 1:41 together.Laine Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Evans–Pezzetta skated 4:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Evans Pezzetta
New line
New look for MTL: Laine–Newhook–Heineman skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (26.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Laine Newhook Heineman
Usage
David Savard (MTL) played 10:23, −6:17 down on his 16:40 season average over 74 games.Savard

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · FLA 77 · MTL 47

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 21% of the game, FLA 36%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

FLA

MTL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MTL	FLA
	49	79
	2.52	2.94
	2.43	2.86
	16	20
	4	4
	19	14
	+0.048	−0.048
	21%	36%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
12:0840% CF
L2Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
12:0764% CF
L3Laine – Newhook – Heineman
8:3226% CF
L4Armia – Evans – Pezzetta
4:3314% CF
D1Guhle – Hutson
15:3054% CF
D2Matheson – Carrier
15:1328% CF
D3Savard – Struble
7:569% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
1:41100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
2:11
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
0:58
PK1DSavard – Matheson
1:48
PK2DCarrier – Guhle
0:28

Current MTL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart
11:4260% CF
L2Boqvist – Luostarinen – Lundell
11:3061% CF
L3Marchand – Bennett – Samoskevich
11:1262% CF
L4Greer – Rodrigues – Sturm
8:1178% CF
D1Jones – Forsling
17:4158% CF
D2Schmidt – Mikkola
14:2459% CF
D3Bjornfot – Balinskis
9:1844% CF

PP1Barkov – Jones – Reinhart – Bennett – Samoskevich
2:1780% CF
PP2Marchand – Schmidt – Verhaeghe – Rodrigues – Lundell
0:48100% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Sturm
0:39
PK2FGreer – Boqvist
0:27
PK1DJones – Forsling
1:08
PK2DSchmidt – Mikkola
0:26

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:13	—	—	37	35
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	5	0	2	16:35	—	—	39	44
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.95	1	0	2	15:25	—	—	38	41
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	2	3	0	2	0.44	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	61	79
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.30	1	2	0	15:56	—	—	64	82
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.48	0	0	0	15:35	—	—	67	91
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	1	0	16:42	—	—	21	25
Patrik Laine L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	26	39
Emil Heineman L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:06	—	—	22	27
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	2	0	15:58	—	—	20	25
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	16	3
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:43	—	—	9	3
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	3	3	+2	1	0.20	0	3	0	23:31	—	—	56	67
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	4	2	2	21:18	—	—	50	49
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	2	0	24:42	—	—	29	28
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	5	0	22:42	—	—	28	43
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	16:11	—	—	24	33
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	10:23	—	—	9	4

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.82	60:00

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.66	2	1	0	20:33	—	—	57	60
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.22	3	0	0	19:55	—	—	57	67
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.36	1	0	0	16:02	—	—	62	57
Anton Lundell C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	3	0	4	14:47	—	—	62	29
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:56	—	—	58	21
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:20	—	—	60	22
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	1	0	18:13	—	—	57	46
Mackie Samoskevich R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	3	1	0	15:47	—	—	64	61
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	1	0	15:42	—	—	52	43
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	11:40	—	—	70	70
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	2	10:08	—	—	77	77
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	4	2	0	10:04	—	—	78	74
Seth Jones D	D1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	26:11	—	—	58	39
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	23:33	—	—	63	48
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	0	12	21:48	—	—	70	74
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	20:30	—	—	61	71
Uvis Balinskis D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	2	0	13:02	—	—	62	44
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	2	11:03	—	—	50	32

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	2.49	59:17

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Patrik Laine (MTL PP) 1st 12:03 · assists Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki · Cycle · 79.1 mph shot.

Patrik Laine · 1st 12:03 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 79.1 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: one-timer

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Sam Reinhart · 1st 13:16 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 8.3 s

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Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 11:27 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 28.5 mph
Distance: 14 ft

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Seth Jones · 2nd 16:24 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 79.0 mph
Distance: 44 ft
Entry to goal: 8.5 s
Type: one-timer

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Nick Suzuki · 3rd 2:02 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.2 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brendan Gallagher · 3rd 18:16 · MTL EN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.5 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Type: deflection

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida PanthersMar 30, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

Florida Panthers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Florida Panthers

Goal anatomy

Patrik Laine · 1st 12:03 · MTL PP

Sam Reinhart · 1st 13:16 · FLA

Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 11:27 · MTL PP

Seth Jones · 2nd 16:24 · FLA

Nick Suzuki · 3rd 2:02 · MTL

Brendan Gallagher · 3rd 18:16 · MTL EN