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Montreal Canadiens at Florida Panthers

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Montreal Canadiens
34-30-9
Final
4 - 2
Florida Panthers
44-26-3

Nick Suzuki scores to lead Canadiens over Panthers 4-2

Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida Panthers: Game Highlights

Suzuki scored on a snap shot with 17:58 left in the third period to put the Canadiens ahead 3-2. Juraj Slafkovsky and Lane Hutson each got an assist on the goal.

Patrik Laine, Brendan Gallagher and Slafkovsky also scored for the Canadiens.

Seth Jones and Sam Reinhart each scored for the Panthers.

Samuel Montembeault stopped 24 shots in the win for the Canadiens. Sergei Bobrovsky had 18 saves for the Panthers.

Takeaways Canadiens: Montreal is now 4-3-3 over its last 10 games.

Panthers: Florida is 5-5-0 in its last 10.

Key moment Gallagher helped close it out with an empty-netter with 1:44 left. Gallagher has three goals and five assists in his last seven games.

Key stat Hutson had three assists for Montreal. It was Hutson’s 14th multi-assist game of 2024-25, tying Larry Murphy (1980-81) for second-most in a season by a rookie defenseman in NHL history — trailing Chris Chelios with 16 in 1984-85.

Up next Next up for both clubs is a rematch on Tuesday.

Regular Season Series

MTL leads series 3-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 12:03 Patrik Laine Goal (19) Slap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (52), Nick Suzuki (53)
Goal 1st Period 13:16 Sam Reinhart Goal (36) Backhand, assists: Aleksander Barkov (47), Carter Verhaeghe (30)
Goal 2nd Period 11:27 Juraj Slafkovský Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (54), Lane Hutson (53)
Goal 2nd Period 16:24 Seth Jones Goal (9) Slap Shot, assists: Aleksander Barkov (48), Evan Rodrigues (15)
Goal 3rd Period 2:02 Nick Suzuki Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (54), Juraj Slafkovský (29)
Goal 3rd Period 18:16 Brendan Gallagher Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Christian Dvorak (19)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/mtl.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originMTL https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/fla.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originFLA
23 Blocked Shots 11
19 Hits 32
4 Takeaways 3
23 Shots 26
2 Power Play Goals 0
3 Power Play Opportunities 2
66.7 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
31 Faceoffs Won 22
58.5 Faceoff Win Percent 41.5
11 Giveaways 15
3 Total Penalties 6
6 Penalty Minutes 20
Florida Panthers Florida Panthers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Anton Lundell, C Out Mar 25
Mackie Samoskevich, RW Out Mar 25
Sam Reinhart, C Out Mar 24
Niko Mikkola, D Injured Reserve Mar 23
Uvis Balinskis, D Out Mar 23
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Kirby Dach, C Out Mar 17
Patrik Laine, RW Injured Reserve Jan 10

Game Information

Amerant Bank Arena

Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 19,432 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Buffalo 44 20 96 8
Tampa Bay 44 21 93 5
Montreal 39 21 88 10
Boston 40 24 88 8
Ottawa 38 24 85 9
Detroit 38 25 84 8
Toronto 31 29 75 13
Florida 35 32 73 3
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