🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 35-24-11 before this game
4–5
Final
🐆 Home Panthers 24-37-8 before this game
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Canadiens at Panthers

Panthers beat Canadiens 5–4 at Amerant Bank Arena on March 26, 1998.

🗓 Thu, Mar 26, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐆 FLA
Ray Whitney
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 15:56 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Vladimir Malakhov
3 A
1 shots · 22:16 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐆 FLA
Bill Lindsay
2 G
3 shots · 18:04 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL FLA🐆
28 Shots on goal 21
2/10 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
7 Hits 6
1 Blocked shots 4
0 Takeaways 6
2 Giveaways 8
27 Penalty minutes 25
MTL shooting 14.3% (4/28) FLA shooting 23.8% (5/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Andy Moog
16/21
.762 SV% · 5 GA · 59:09 TOI
🐆Panthers
Kirk McLean
24/28
.857 SV% · 4 GA · 59:09 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 35-24-11 (50% win rate, 70 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 24-37-8 (35% win rate, 69 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 35-24-11 (50% win rate, 70 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 2nd: 24-37-8 (35% win rate, 69 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Corson · Koivu · Recchi 21:37
L2 Brunet · Damphousse · Hoglund 18:56
L3 Rucinsky · Poulin · Bureau 15:03
L4 Houde · Stevenson 3:42
D1 Manson · Brisebois 24:07
D2 Malakhov · Quintal 19:48
D3 Zalapski · Popovic 13:50
D4 Rivet 2:21
🐆Panthers
L1 Garpenlov · Lindsay · Kozlov 18:37
L2 Whitney · Muller · Dvorak 15:34
L3 Gagner · Mellanby · Ciccarelli 14:50
L4 Worrell · Wells 7:30
D1 Svehla · Murphy 25:22
D2 Carkner · Warrener 20:28
D3 Jovanovski · Eakins 9:55
D4 Laus 6:43

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Mar 9, 1998
🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–6 · Canadiens won
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

❓ MTL vs FLA, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Panthers on March 26, 1998?

Panthers won 5–4.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Panthers?

The final score was Canadiens 4, Panthers 5.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 16 saves on 21 shots (.762 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Kirk McLean made 24 saves on 28 shots (.857 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?

Canadiens 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 · Mar 25
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL
2–1 · MTL won
Next game · Mar 28
⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–8 · MTL won
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Mar 23
🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA
5–3 · CAR won
Next game · Mar 28
🐆FLA @ 🐻BOS
3–2 · FLA won
Also on March 26, 1998
🔔PHI @ 🐻BOS
2–4 final
🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR
1–4 final
🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI
3–4 final
🦆ANA @ 🐙DET
3–3 final
⚡TBL @ 🎵STL
2–3 final
🍁TOR @ ⭐DAL
1–0 final
😈NJD @ 🏔️COL
2–0 final
🦅WSH @ 🔥CGY
2–3 final
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