🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 27-22-8
1–0
Final
🐆 Home Panthers 23-27-8
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🇨🇦 MTL 0011
🐆 FLA 0000

Canadiens at Panthers

Canadiens beat Panthers 1–0 at Amerant Bank Arena on March 2, 2006.

🗓 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Alex Kovalev
1 G
3 shots · 15:41 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
1 A
1 shots · 17:08 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Chris Higgins
1 A
16:26 TOI

🚨 Scoring

1 goal · in order
3rd period
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev Go-ahead 3rd · 14:11
Assists: Chris Higgins, Saku Koivu · beat Roberto Luongo
1–0

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Koivu · Plekanec 16:49
L2 Ribeiro · Kovalev · Dandenault 14:33
L3 Bulis · Bonk · Zednik 13:30
L4 Begin · Ryder · Perezhogin 12:25
L5 Downey 3:40
D1 Rivet · Souray 23:48
D2 Markov · Bouillon 21:38
D3 Komisarek 15:59
🐆Panthers
L1 Stumpel · Jokinen · Horton 21:58
L2 Gelinas · Gratton · Nieuwendyk 17:48
L3 Sim · Olesz · Kolnik 15:01
L4 Payer · Campbell · Yakubov 4:18
D1 Bouwmeester · Van Ryn 23:36
D2 Kwiatkowski · Hill 16:12
D3 Krajicek · Montador 12:24

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL FLA🐆
27 Shots on goal 24
10 Hits 9
15 Blocked shots 11
5 Takeaways 9
10 Giveaways 19
16 Penalty minutes 14
MTL shooting 3.7% (1/27) FLA shooting 0.0% (0/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet Shutout
24/24
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐆Panthers
Roberto Luongo
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:18 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 9-5-2 (56% win rate, 16 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 12-12-4 (43% win rate, 28 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 8-4-2 (57% win rate, 14 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 2nd: 4-8-2 (29% win rate, 14 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 3–1
Dec 302005 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 1–2 Nov 152005 🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 OT Nov 12005 🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–5 OT Mar 112004 🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 OT Feb 102004 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 1–2
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❓ MTL vs FLA, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Panthers on March 2, 2006?

Canadiens won 1–0. The final score was Canadiens 1, Panthers 0.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Alex Kovalev.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 24 saves on 24 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Roberto Luongo made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 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 3–1 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeFeb 28 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 5–3 AfterMar 4 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 6–2
🐆 Panthers
BeforeFeb 28 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 8–2 AfterMar 3 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 2–5
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