🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 24-20-6 before this game
1–5
Final
🐆 Home Panthers 30-12-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 0101
FLA 1315

Canadiens at Panthers

Panthers beat Canadiens 5–1 at Amerant Bank Arena on January 28, 1997.

🗓 Tue, Jan 28, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Panthers lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐆 FLA
Scott Mellanby
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · +3
2nd star 🐆 FLA
Rob Niedermayer
2 A
5 shots · +2
3rd star 🐆 FLA
Robert Svehla
2 A
1 shots

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐆 Gord Murphy Go-ahead 1st · 13:36
Assists: Jody Hull, Chris Wells
0–1
2nd period
🐆 Rhett Warrener 2nd · 06:06
Assists: Bill Lindsay, Scott Mellanby
0–2
🐆 Ray Sheppard PP 2nd · 08:26
Assists: Robert Svehla
0–3
🐆 Scott Mellanby 2nd · 11:55
Assists: Rob Niedermayer, Robert Svehla
0–4
🇨🇦 Chris Murray 2nd · 15:24
Assists: Eric Houde, Stephane Quintal
1–4
3rd period
🐆 Scott Mellanby 3rd · 09:45
Assists: Johan Garpenlov, Rob Niedermayer
1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL FLA🐆
31 Shots on goal 38
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
21 Penalty minutes 19
MTL shooting 3.2% (1/31) FLA shooting 13.2% (5/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jocelyn Thibault
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐆Panthers
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 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 — 1–4
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Panthers lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 29, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA
2–1 · Canadiens won
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

❓ MTL vs FLA, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Panthers on January 28, 1997?

Panthers won 5–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Panthers?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Panthers 5.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Chris Murray.

Who scored for Panthers?

Scott Mellanby (2), Gord Murphy, Ray Sheppard, Rhett Warrener.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 1 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?

Panthers lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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 · Jan 26
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–2 · PIT won
Next game · Jan 30
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL
4–1 · MTL won
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Jan 25
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
2–3 · FLA won
Next game · Jan 30
🐻BOS @ 🐆FLA
1–3 · FLA won
Also on January 28, 1997
🌵PHX @ 🔔PHI
1–4 final
🏝️NYI @ 🔥CGY
3–4 final
Canadiens season page Panthers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule