Florida Panthers vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 8, 2026

FinalThursday, Jan 8, 2026· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	1	1	2		FLA	6	10	11	27
MTL	2	1	3	6		MTL	8	4	8	20

: FLA 63MTL 45
: FLA 4.50MTL 3.58
PP goals: FLA 0MTL 0
Hits: FLA 18MTL 18
Blocks: FLA 11MTL 20
PIM: FLA 24MTL 22
: FLA 58%MTL 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout Florida Panthers 6–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 6–2 at home. Alexandre Texier (MTL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. FLA scored 2 goals on 4.50 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Alexandre Texier had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:15.Texier
Points
Oliver Kapanen had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:19.Kapanen
Points
Sam Bennett had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:16.Bennett
Points
Juraj Slafkovský had a goal and an assist (2 points) in 18:51.Slafkovský
Points
Mike Matheson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:50.Matheson
Luck
FLA scored 2 goals on 4.50 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
MTL scored 6 goals on 3.58 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for FLA: Kunin–Gregor–Studnicka skated 4:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kunin Gregor Studnicka

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

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

MTL
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · MTL 45 · FLA 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 41% of the game, MTL 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

FLA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

MTL 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	FLA	MTL
	53	37
	3.77	2.43
	3.30	2.40
	14	7
	6	4
	14	24
	+0.044	−0.044
	41%	28%

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.

Florida Panthers

L1Reinhart – Luostarinen – Lundell
11:3371% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Bennett – Greer
9:0679% CF
L3Rodrigues – Boqvist – Samoskevich
6:2577% CF
L4Kunin – Gregor – Studnicka
4:3214% CF
D1Mikkola – Balinskis
12:3161% CF
D2Ekblad – Forsling
11:2680% CF
D3Petry – Sebrango
7:5471% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Ekblad – Reinhart – Bennett – Rodrigues
3:5282% CF
PP2Petry – Forsling – Luostarinen – Lundell – Samoskevich
1:49100% CF
PK1FReinhart – Lundell
1:35
PK2FRodrigues – Boqvist
1:13
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
4:17
PK2DPetry – Mikkola
2:55

Current FLA line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Texier – Caufield
9:3753% CF
L2Kapanen – Slafkovský – Demidov
8:4824% CF
L3Gallagher – Danault – Bolduc
8:3125% CF
L4Blais – Veleno – Beck
4:30100% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
14:0037% CF
D2Carrier – Hutson
12:5836% CF
D3Struble – Xhekaj
7:0360% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
5:0183% CF
PP2Gallagher – Texier – Dobson – Bolduc – Kapanen
2:22100% CF
PK1FVeleno – Kapanen
2:32
PK2FDanault – Suzuki
1:52
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
2:54
PK2DDobson – Hutson
0:00

Current MTL 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.

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	2	1	0	24:16	—	—	59	72
Anton Lundell C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.75	0	0	4	19:55	—	—	72	80
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	1	0	19:36	—	—	67	83
Sam Bennett C	L2	2	0	2	-1	4	0.44	1	0	2	20:16	—	—	61	78
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.77	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	67	76
A.J. Greer L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.38	2	0	0	11:19	—	—	69	61
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.33	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	62	69
Mackie Samoskevich R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.65	0	0	0	11:43	—	—	75	78
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.58	0	1	0	11:24	—	—	67	62
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	1	0	9:55	—	—	8	0
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	6:30	—	—	11	0
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:53	—	—	13	0
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	53	67
Uvis Balinskis D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	2	2	18:16	—	—	50	43
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	23:46	—	—	61	75
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	23:32	—	—	80	97
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.17	0	2	0	16:58	—	—	58	52
Donovan Sebrango D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	16	11:08	—	—	63	64

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	19	14	5	.737	2.70	58:49

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	1	0	0	21:51	—	—	54	60
Alexandre Texier L	L1	3	0	3	+2	6	1.31	1	0	0	17:15	—	—	45	61
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.15	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	50	60
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	1	1	2	+3	0	0.89	0	3	4	18:51	—	—	16	12
Oliver Kapanen C	L2	1	2	3	+2	1	0.15	0	4	0	17:19	—	—	20	17
Ivan Demidov R	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.06	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	24	18
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	18:40	—	—	33	13
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	38	21
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:28	—	—	36	17
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.16	2	0	0	10:40	—	—	75	98
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	5	0	2	7:36	—	—	91	100
Owen Beck C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	0	0	2	7:09	—	—	80	96
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	25:50	—	—	37	20
Noah Dobson D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.20	0	3	0	22:43	—	—	41	37
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	24:07	—	—	37	28
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	6	0	21:47	—	—	39	42
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:39	—	—	57	71
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	6	0	12	8:37	—	—	50	37

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	4.50	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Noah Dobson (MTL) 1st 2:59 · assists Mike Matheson, Oliver Kapanen · Off the faceoff · 63.4 mph shot.

Noah Dobson · 1st 2:59 · MTL

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 63.4 mph
Distance: 55 ft
Type: one-timer

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Alexandre Texier · 3rd 7:26 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Oliver Kapanen · 1st 17:35 · MTL

Play: cycle
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 s

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Sam Bennett · 2nd 5:33 · FLA

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.6 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: rebound

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Alexandre Texier · 2nd 13:41 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 41.6 mph
Distance: 41 ft

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Sam Bennett · 3rd 11:23 · FLA

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.2 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s
Type: rebound

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Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 17:59 · MTL EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Alexandre Texier · 3rd 19:10 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s
Type: rebound

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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.

Florida Panthers vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 8, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens rout Florida Panthers 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Florida Panthers

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Florida Panthers

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Noah Dobson · 1st 2:59 · MTL

Alexandre Texier · 3rd 7:26 · MTL

Oliver Kapanen · 1st 17:35 · MTL

Sam Bennett · 2nd 5:33 · FLA

Alexandre Texier · 2nd 13:41 · MTL

Sam Bennett · 3rd 11:23 · FLA

Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 17:59 · MTL EN

Alexandre Texier · 3rd 19:10 · MTL