Florida Panthers vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 7, 2026

Final / SOTuesday, Apr 7, 2026· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
FLA	1	1	1	0	0	3		FLA	11	10	7	5	33
MTL	0	1	2	0	1	4		MTL	7	7	15	3	32

: FLA 57MTL 68
: FLA 4.47MTL 4.30
PP goals: FLA 0MTL 1
Hits: FLA 29MTL 26
Blocks: FLA 18MTL 11
PIM: FLA 8MTL 4
: FLA 43%MTL 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Florida Panthers 4–3 (SO)

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 4–3 in a shootout at home. Juraj Slafkovský (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:05 together.

Points
Juraj Slafkovský had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:36.Slafkovský
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:05 together.Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský Demidov
New line
New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Bennett–Samoskevich skated 13:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Verhaeghe Bennett Samoskevich
New line
New look for MTL: Texier–Newhook–Demidov skated 12:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Texier Newhook Demidov
New line
New look for FLA: Greer–Boqvist–Luostarinen skated 11:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Greer Boqvist Luostarinen
New line
New look for MTL: Evans–Dach–Bolduc skated 10:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Evans Dach Bolduc
Usage
Seth Jones (FLA) played 29:27, +5:52 up on his 23:35 season average over 51 games.Jones
Usage
Ivan Demidov (MTL) played 20:19, +4:53 up on his 15:26 season average over 81 games.Demidov

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 125 of 125 attempts · MTL 68 · FLA 57

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 38% of the game, MTL 29%.

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
	47	56
	2.41	3.00
	2.32	2.87
	16	12
	2	4
	18	18
	−0.020	+0.020
	38%	29%

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

L1Verhaeghe – Bennett – Samoskevich
13:2259% CF
L2Greer – Boqvist – Luostarinen
11:0356% CF
L3Nosek – Gregor – Schwindt
9:3845% CF
L4Hinostroza – Kunin – Reinhardt
8:5233% CF
D1Kulikov – Forsling
11:5070% CF
D2Jones – Sebrango
10:2933% CF
D3Bjornfot – Benning
6:1720% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Jones – Bennett – Luostarinen – Samoskevich
2:42100% CF
PP2Verhaeghe – Bennett – Greer – Benning – Samoskevich
0:56100% CF
PK1FNosek – Schwindt
1:51
PK2FBoqvist – Luostarinen
0:59
PK1DJones – Forsling
3:01
PK2DKulikov – Bjornfot
0:45

Current FLA line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Texier – Newhook – Demidov
12:1368% CF
L2Evans – Dach – Bolduc
10:5833% CF
L3Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
10:0479% CF
L4Danault – Anderson – Kapanen
9:0150% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
16:2247% CF
D2Struble – Hutson
12:4163% CF
D3Xhekaj – Engstrom
9:1244% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
3:0575% CF
PP2Texier – Dobson – Dach – Bolduc – Kapanen
0:34
PK1FEvans – Newhook
2:12
PK2FDanault – Anderson
1:04
PK1DMatheson – Dobson
2:40
PK2DXhekaj – Hutson
1:04

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: FLA 3 – 4 MTL.

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
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.26	1	1	0	21:54	—	—	57	55
Sam Bennett C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	1	0	0	20:48	—	—	54	60
Mackie Samoskevich R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.59	1	0	0	20:04	—	—	65	62
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.50	0	2	0	20:23	—	—	58	47
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.40	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	37	34
A.J. Greer L	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	1.06	4	0	0	15:42	—	—	50	50
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	2	14:44	—	—	42	47
Cole Schwindt R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	3	2	0	13:58	—	—	32	39
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	11:29	—	—	26	34
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:00	—	—	32	32
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	10:40	—	—	37	40
Cole Reinhardt L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.30	4	0	0	9:59	—	—	37	40
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	26:24	—	—	70	60
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	1	2	15:53	—	—	59	38
Seth Jones D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	1	5	0	29:27	—	—	29	40
Donovan Sebrango D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	2	19:24	—	—	42	63
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	4	2	16:44	—	—	10	9
Mike Benning D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	52	52

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Daniil Tarasov(start)	O	32	29	3	.906	4.30	65:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ivan Demidov R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.44	0	0	2	20:19	—	—	57	61
Alex Newhook C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.37	1	1	0	17:15	—	—	65	64
Alexandre Texier L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	4	0	0	16:18	—	—	67	74
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	1	0	0	15:37	—	—	26	17
Zachary Bolduc R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	1	0	15:06	—	—	33	18
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:51	—	—	26	15
Juraj Slafkovský L	L3	0	2	2	0	5	0.55	2	0	0	19:36	—	—	83	78
Nick Suzuki C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.67	2	0	0	19:27	—	—	79	78
Cole Caufield R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.25	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	68	56
Phillip Danault C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.71	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	42	66
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	2	0	13:19	—	—	44	66
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	11:26	—	—	50	75
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.42	5	2	0	25:52	—	—	49	56
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	0	3	0	22:49	—	—	53	55
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	25:44	—	—	67	63
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	0	0	17:02	—	—	56	44
Adam Engstrom D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	1	0	2	15:50	—	—	63	69
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	0	0	11:36	—	—	40	40

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	4.14	63:28

Goal anatomy

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

Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) 1st 9:23 · assists Donovan Sebrango · Rebound · carried in · 62.9 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Carter Verhaeghe · 1st 9:23 · FLA

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.9 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s
Type: rebound

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Ivan Demidov · 2nd 0:54 · MTL PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 67.7 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Cole Reinhardt · 2nd 13:43 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.7 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Phillip Danault · 3rd 6:22 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.0 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Eetu Luostarinen · 3rd 7:49 · FLA

Play: deflection
Passes: 4
Shot: 33.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: deflection

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Nick Suzuki · 3rd 19:39 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.0 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 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 CanadiensApr 7, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge Florida Panthers 4–3 (SO)

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

Carter Verhaeghe · 1st 9:23 · FLA

Ivan Demidov · 2nd 0:54 · MTL PP

Cole Reinhardt · 2nd 13:43 · FLA

Phillip Danault · 3rd 6:22 · MTL

Eetu Luostarinen · 3rd 7:49 · FLA

Nick Suzuki · 3rd 19:39 · MTL