🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 19-9-6
5–2
Final
🐆 Home Panthers 16-14-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🇨🇦 MTL 1225
🐆 FLA 1102

Canadiens at Panthers

Canadiens beat Panthers 5–2 at Amerant Bank Arena on December 29, 2008.

🗓 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Maxim Lapierre
3 G
3 shots · 13:44 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Tomas Plekanec
1 G
5 shots · 17:52 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Alex Kovalev
1 G
2 shots · 21:34 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐆 Michael Frolik Go-ahead 1st · 05:18
Assists: Brett McLean · beat Carey Price
0–1
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev PP Tying 1st · 10:27
Assists: Andrei Kostitsyn, Andrei Markov · beat Craig Anderson
1–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec SH Go-ahead 2nd · 01:30
Assists: Roman Hamrlik · beat Craig Anderson
2–1
🐆 David Booth Tying 2nd · 06:49
Unassisted · beat Carey Price
2–2
🇨🇦 Maxim Lapierre Go-ahead 2nd · 16:01
Assists: Tom Kostopoulos, Steve Begin · beat Craig Anderson
3–2
3rd period
🇨🇦 Maxim Lapierre 3rd · 02:40
Assists: Guillaume Latendresse · beat Craig Anderson
4–2
🇨🇦 Maxim Lapierre SH Empty net 3rd · 19:53
Unassisted
5–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Kostitsyn · Plekanec · Kovalev 18:23
L2 Tanguay · Latendresse · Lang 15:07
L3 Lapierre · Kostopoulos · D'Agostini 13:44
L4 Kostitsyn · Begin · Maxwell 10:26
D1 Markov · Gorges 22:26
D2 Komisarek · Hamrlik 19:52
D3 Bouillon · Brisebois 16:09
🐆Panthers
L1 Stillman · Weiss · Horton 17:31
L2 Peltonen · Campbell · Dvorak 16:26
L3 Booth · McLean · Frolik 15:17
L4 Tarnasky · Zednik · Stewart 6:58
D1 Bouwmeester · McCabe 26:07
D2 Ballard · Skrastins 20:05
D3 Boynton · Cullimore 13:54

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL FLA🐆
29 Shots on goal 28
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
15 Hits 28
16 Blocked shots 6
4 Takeaways 9
3 Giveaways 4
17 Penalty minutes 19
MTL shooting 17.2% (5/29) FLA shooting 7.1% (2/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 59:57 TOI
🐆Panthers
Craig Anderson
16/20
.800 SV% · 4 GA · 42:40 TOI
Tomas Vokoun Shutout
8/8
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 16:14 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 5-3-3 (45% win rate, 11 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 9-3-2 (64% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 3–2
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-1-1 (67% win rate, 6 games)
Panthers
Panthers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-5-1 (0% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 2–0
Oct 202008 🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–3 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
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Who won Canadiens vs Panthers on December 29, 2008?

Canadiens won 5–2. The final score was Canadiens 5, Panthers 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Maxim Lapierre (3), Alex Kovalev, Tomas Plekanec.

Who scored for Panthers?

David Booth, Michael Frolik.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Craig Anderson made 16 saves on 20 shots (.800 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 27 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 3–2 AfterDec 30 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 2–1
🐆 Panthers
BeforeDec 27 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 4–6 AfterDec 31 🐆FLA @ 🏝️NYI 2–4
Also on December 29
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