🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 17-14-6 before this game
2–1
Final
🐆 Home Panthers 25-7-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 0112
FLA 1001

Canadiens at Panthers

Canadiens beat Panthers 2–1 at Amerant Bank Arena on December 29, 1996.

🗓 Sun, Dec 29, 1996 · 17:00 CST 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Vincent Damphousse
2 G
4 shots · +1
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mark Recchi
1 A
2 shots
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brian Savage
1 A
1 shots

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐆 Scott Mellanby PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:10
Assists: Per Gustafsson, Robert Svehla
0–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Vincent Damphousse Tying 2nd · 00:15
Assists: Sebastien Bordeleau, Peter Popovic
1–1
3rd period
🇨🇦 Vincent Damphousse PP Go-ahead 3rd · 00:35
Assists: Mark Recchi, Brian Savage
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL FLA🐆
17 Shots on goal 30
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
31 Penalty minutes 39
MTL shooting 11.8% (2/17) FLA shooting 3.3% (1/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jocelyn Thibault
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐆Panthers
Mark Fitzpatrick
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 58:49 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 17-14-6 (46% win rate, 37 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 2nd: 25-7-5 (68% win rate, 37 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 13, 1996
🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–3 · Panthers won
Apr 6, 1996
🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 · Canadiens won
Jan 25, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA
6–2 · Canadiens won
Oct 25, 1995
🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–7 · Canadiens won
Oct 11, 1995
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA
1–6 · Panthers won

❓ MTL vs FLA, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Panthers on December 29, 1996?

Canadiens won 2–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Panthers?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Panthers 1.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Vincent Damphousse (2).

Who scored for Panthers?

Scott Mellanby.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Mark Fitzpatrick made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Panthers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 28
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL
4–4 · MTL won
Next game · Jan 1
🇨🇦MTL @ ⭐DAL
6–4 · MTL won
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Dec 28
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
1–1 · FLA won
Next game · Jan 1
🦆ANA @ 🐆FLA
3–0 · ANA won
Also on December 29, 1996
🔔PHI @ 🔥CGY
4–2 final
🐻BOS @ 🎵STL
2–4 final
🐳HFD @ 🪶CHI
3–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL
2–3 final
Canadiens season page Panthers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule