🐆 Away Panthers 24-29-8 before this game
1–6
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 31-22-8 before this game
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Panthers at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Panthers 6–1 at Bell Centre on March 9, 1998.

🗓 Mon, Mar 9, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brian Savage
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 14:38 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
3 A
1 shots · 14:28 TOI · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Patrice Brisebois
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 30:51 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA MTL🇨🇦
23 Shots on goal 27
1/8 Power play (goals / chances) 4/8
13 Hits 16
3 Blocked shots 12
0 Takeaways 2
5 Giveaways 17
23 Penalty minutes 23
FLA shooting 4.3% (1/23) MTL shooting 22.2% (6/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 59:54 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Andy Moog
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 24-29-8 (39% win rate, 61 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 31-22-8 (51% win rate, 61 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 2nd: 24-29-8 (39% win rate, 61 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 31-22-8 (51% win rate, 61 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐆Panthers
L1 Whitney · Niedermayer · Mellanby 16:24
L2 Kozlov · Dvorak · Sheppard 14:33
L3 Lindsay · Gagner · Fitzgerald 12:57
L4 Muller · Garpenlov · Wells 9:56
D1 Jovanovski · Warrener 25:17
D2 Norton · Murphy 17:34
D3 Laus · Carkner 14:32
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Poulin · Thornton · Hoglund 18:13
L2 Bureau · Damphousse · Stevenson 15:55
L3 Savage · Rucinsky · Koivu 14:28
L4 Brunet · Recchi · Vukota 10:24
D1 Brisebois · Manson 30:14
D2 Quintal · Malakhov 16:16
D3 Zalapski · Popovic 15:25

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 22, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–3 · Canadiens won
Feb 3, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–2 (OT) · Panthers won
Jan 28, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA
1–5 · Panthers won
Dec 29, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA
2–1 · Canadiens won
Nov 13, 1996
🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–3 · Panthers won

❓ FLA vs MTL, answered

Who won Panthers vs Canadiens on March 9, 1998?

Canadiens won 6–1.

What was the final score of Panthers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Panthers 1, Canadiens 6.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Panthers vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 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
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Mar 7
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
3–6 · WSH won
Next game · Mar 11
🐆FLA @ 🏛️OTT
3–5 · OTT won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Mar 7
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–1 · BUF won
Next game · Mar 11
🐋VAN @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–2 · VAN won
Also on March 9, 1998
🔥CGY @ 🦅WSH
2–5 final
😈NJD @ 🗽NYR
2–2 final
🛢️EDM @ 🪶CHI
4–3 final
⚡TBL @ 🏔️COL
2–1 final
🎵STL @ 🐋VAN
4–0 final
🍁TOR @ 🦈SJS
2–3 final
🦆ANA @ 👑LAK
3–4 final
Panthers season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule