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2008-09 regular season

Panthers at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Canadiens beat Panthers 3–1 at Bell Centre on October 20, 2008.

FLA – MTL
36–34
Shots on goal
18–33
Hits
17–23
Blocked shots
9–10
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
1 G
4 shots · 16:34 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Tomas Plekanec
1 G
3 shots · 19:08 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jaroslav Halak
35 saves
0.972 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu Go-ahead 2nd · 02:07
Assists: Andrei Markov · beat Tomas Vokoun
0–1
3rd period
🐆 Keith Ballard Tying 3rd · 07:20
Assists: Cory Stillman · beat Jaroslav Halak
1–1
🇨🇦 Francis Bouillon Go-ahead 3rd · 10:53
Unassisted · beat Tomas Vokoun
1–2
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec SH Empty net 3rd · 19:38
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Roman Hamrlik
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐆Panthers
L1 Stillman · Weiss · Horton 17:20
L2 Booth · Kreps · Dvorak 15:25
L3 Peltonen · Campbell · Zednik 12:31
L4 Olesz · McLean · Frolik 10:39
D1 Ballard · Boynton 27:08
D2 Bouwmeester · Skrastins 24:33
D3 Murphy · Welch 8:26
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Kostitsyn · Plekanec · Kovalev 19:24
L2 Tanguay · Lang · Koivu 16:35
L3 Latendresse · Chipchura · Kostopoulos 13:40
L4 Lapierre · Dandenault 10:00
D1 Markov · Hamrlik 24:33
D2 Komisarek · Gorges 18:36
D3 Brisebois · Bouillon 13:10
D4 O'Byrne 8:42

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA MTL🇨🇦
36 Shots on goal 34
18 Hits 33
17 Blocked shots 23
9 Takeaways 10
18 Giveaways 22
14 Penalty minutes 8
FLA shooting 2.8% (1/36) MTL shooting 8.8% (3/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
Tomas Vokoun
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 59:19 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jaroslav Halak
35/36
.972 SV% · 1 GA · 59:32 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Panthers
Panthers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Feb 132008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 2–1 OT Dec 282007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 5–1 Dec 182007 🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 Oct 162007 🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–1 SO Feb 132007 🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–0
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Who won Panthers vs Canadiens on October 20, 2008?

Canadiens won 3–1. The final score was Panthers 1, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Panthers?

Keith Ballard.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Francis Bouillon, Saku Koivu, Tomas Plekanec.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐆 Panthers
BeforeOct 18 🏝️NYI @ 🐆FLA 0–2 AfterOct 22 🐆FLA @ 🏛️OTT 3–1
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeOct 18 🌵PHX @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4 AfterOct 25 🦆ANA @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–4
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