Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida PanthersDec 30, 2025

Final / OTTuesday, Dec 30, 2025· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	0	2	1	3		MTL	7	10	10	2	29
FLA	0	0	2	0	2		FLA	9	8	11	2	30

: MTL 62FLA 58
: MTL 3.42FLA 2.92
PP goals: MTL 1FLA 1
Hits: MTL 16FLA 30
Blocks: MTL 18FLA 11
PIM: MTL 8FLA 8
: MTL 56%FLA 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Florida Panthers 3–2 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 3–2 in overtime at FLA. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Ivan Demidov (MTL) played 18:31, +3:03 up on his 15:28 season average over 81 games.

Points
Nick Suzuki had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 22:33.Suzuki
Points
Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:20.Caufield
Points
Lane Hutson had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:29.Hutson
Points
Noah Dobson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:32.Dobson
Usage
Ivan Demidov (MTL) played 18:31, +3:03 up on his 15:28 season average over 81 games.Demidov
Usage
Jesper Boqvist (FLA) played 6:23, −5:31 down on his 11:54 season average over 72 games.Boqvist
Usage
Oliver Kapanen (MTL) played 18:23, +3:57 up on his 14:26 season average over 81 games.Kapanen
Usage
Alexandre Texier (MTL) played 16:41, +3:05 up on his 13:36 season average over 50 games.Texier

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 120 of 120 attempts · FLA 58 · MTL 62

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 37% of the game, FLA 31%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

FLA skaters (rows) against MTL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the FLA side.

Matchup matrix

FLA xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	MTL	FLA
	56	44
	2.54	1.71
	2.47	1.62
	16	12
	5	2
	14	12
	+0.030	−0.030
	37%	31%

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

L1Suzuki – Texier – Caufield
11:3271% CF
L2Kapanen – Slafkovský – Demidov
9:4853% CF
L3Danault – Anderson – Bolduc
8:1560% CF
L4Gallagher – Blais – Veleno
6:0556% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
13:3137% CF
D2Carrier – Hutson
11:0857% CF
D3Xhekaj – Engstrom
7:3775% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
3:4583% CF
PP2Gallagher – Texier – Dobson – Bolduc – Kapanen
1:4775% CF
PK1FDanault – Anderson
3:27
PK2FVeleno – Kapanen
1:57
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
3:20

Current MTL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Reinhart – Luostarinen – Lundell
11:3067% CF
L2Marchand – Verhaeghe – Bennett
9:3513% CF
L3Greer – Rodrigues – Samoskevich
9:1071% CF
L4Kunin – Boqvist – Studnicka
5:2850% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
16:2036% CF
D2Jones – Mikkola
15:3143% CF
D3Petry – Balinskis
10:1767% CF

PP1Marchand – Jones – Reinhart – Bennett – Rodrigues
4:4091% CF
PP2Verhaeghe – Ekblad – Luostarinen – Lundell – Samoskevich
1:09100% CF
PK1FReinhart – Lundell
2:14
PK2FBennett – Rodrigues
1:54
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
1:15
PK2DJones – Mikkola
1:15

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

10:18
FLABrad MarchandPP (Sam Bennett, Seth Jones)snap0.10 xG
MTL: Danault, Matheson, Anderson, CarrierFLA: Marchand, Verhaeghe, Jones, Reinhart, Bennett
MTL 0 – 1 FLA
15:01
FLASam Reinhart (Eetu Luostarinen, Anton Lundell)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Danault, Carrier, Suzuki, Caufield, HutsonFLA: Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Luostarinen, Lundell
MTL 0 – 2 FLA
15:33
MTLCole Caufield (Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Suzuki, Texier, Dobson, Caufield, HutsonFLA: Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Luostarinen, Lundell
MTL 1 – 2 FLA
18:38
MTLNick Suzuki (Ivan Demidov, Cole Caufield)slap0.07 xG
MTL: Suzuki, Dobson, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský, DemidovFLA: Marchand, Ekblad, Bennett, Forsling, Rodrigues
MTL 2 – 2 FLA

OT period

3:24
MTLNick SuzukiPP (Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson)wrist0.21 xG
MTL: Suzuki, Dobson, Hutson, SlafkovskýFLA: Jones, Bennett, Forsling
MTL 3 – 2 FLA

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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	2	0	2	+1	7	0.95	1	0	2	22:33	—	—	73	82
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.51	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	69	81
Alexandre Texier L	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.26	1	1	0	16:41	—	—	69	73
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.20	1	2	2	19:53	—	—	58	83
Ivan Demidov R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	47	65
Oliver Kapanen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	18:23	—	—	50	56
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	1	0	17:04	—	—	42	43
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	43	62
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.48	1	2	0	11:36	—	—	53	47
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:38	—	—	43	25
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	10:08	—	—	55	48
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:09	—	—	53	50
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	27:14	—	—	39	43
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.20	1	5	0	24:32	—	—	47	63
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.15	0	0	2	22:29	—	—	73	83
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	4	0	21:18	—	—	55	55
Adam Engstrom D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:29	—	—	77	54
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	0	0	9:39	—	—	82	51

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.92	62:41

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.38	2	1	0	23:42	—	—	65	40
Anton Lundell C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.07	2	0	0	21:43	—	—	63	33
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	3	1	0	17:32	—	—	59	26
Sam Bennett C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.21	2	1	0	20:59	—	—	14	18
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.83	3	2	2	19:09	—	—	16	18
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	10	15
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	0	0	18:45	—	—	72	79
A.J. Greer L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	0	0	13:26	—	—	57	53
Mackie Samoskevich R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	12:51	—	—	67	68
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.64	2	0	0	8:45	—	—	40	52
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	6:23	—	—	46	53
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:10	—	—	50	56
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	1	2	24:03	—	—	36	21
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	2	2	21:33	—	—	43	40
Seth Jones D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.14	1	0	0	25:03	—	—	43	33
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	1	0	22:23	—	—	41	38
Uvis Balinskis D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	14:01	—	—	54	62
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:10	—	—	77	88

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Daniil Tarasov(start)	O	29	26	3	.897	3.42	63:19

Goal anatomy

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

Brad Marchand (FLA PP) 3rd 10:18 · assists Sam Bennett, Seth Jones · Cycle · carried in · 5-on-4 at the blue line · 56.3 mph shot · 6.6 s from entry to goal.

Brad Marchand · 3rd 10:18 · FLA PP

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.3 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s

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Sam Reinhart · 3rd 15:01 · FLA

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.4 mph
Distance: 40 ft

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Cole Caufield · 3rd 15:33 · MTL

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 45.0 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Nick Suzuki · 3rd 18:38 · MTL

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 67.1 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Entry to goal: 8.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Nick Suzuki · OT 3:24 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 27.0 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 8.2 s

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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.