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2008-09 regular season

Panthers at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 3–0

Canadiens beat Panthers 6–5 in a shootout at Bell Centre on January 4, 2009.

FLA – MTL
35–45
Shots on goal
1/6–0/5
Power play
7–31
Hits
17–16
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andrei Kostitsyn
2 G
2 shots · 15:47 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Robert Lang
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 15:23 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jaroslav Halak
30 saves
0.857 SV% · 5 GA

Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🐆 Brett McLean Go-ahead 1st · 12:57
Assists: Shawn Matthias, Jay Bouwmeester · beat Jaroslav Halak
1–0
🐆 David Booth PP 1st · 18:09
Assists: Bryan McCabe, Stephen Weiss · beat Jaroslav Halak
2–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Francis Bouillon 2nd · 01:50
Assists: Robert Lang · beat Craig Anderson
2–1
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn Tying 2nd · 02:18
Assists: Sergei Kostitsyn · beat Craig Anderson
2–2
🇨🇦 Tom Kostopoulos Go-ahead 2nd · 13:27
Assists: Guillaume Latendresse, Patrice Brisebois · beat Craig Anderson
2–3
🇨🇦 Robert Lang 2nd · 15:33
Assists: Sergei Kostitsyn, Mike Komisarek · beat Craig Anderson
2–4
3rd period
🐆 Radek Dvorak SH 3rd · 02:21
Unassisted · beat Jaroslav Halak
3–4
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn 3rd · 03:58
Unassisted · beat Craig Anderson
3–5
🐆 Jassen Cullimore 3rd · 09:22
Assists: Nathan Horton, David Booth · beat Jaroslav Halak
4–5
🐆 Radek Dvorak Tying 3rd · 18:22
Unassisted · beat Jaroslav Halak
5–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐆Panthers
L1 Campbell · Weiss · Horton 18:50
L2 Booth · Frolik · Dvorak 17:18
L3 Stillman · Peltonen · Zednik 14:56
L4 Matthias · McLean · Stewart 6:20
D1 Bouwmeester · McCabe 27:50
D2 Skrastins · Ballard 20:42
D3 Boynton · Cullimore 16:22
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Plekanec · Lapierre · Kovalev 18:12
L2 Kostitsyn · Kostitsyn · Kostopoulos 16:41
L3 Latendresse · Pacioretty · Lang 15:23
L4 Begin · Chipchura · D'Agostini 10:35
D1 Markov · Hamrlik 26:10
D2 Komisarek · Gorges 23:04
D3 Brisebois · Bouillon 14:16

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA MTL🇨🇦
35 Shots on goal 45
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
7 Hits 31
17 Blocked shots 16
11 Takeaways 8
4 Giveaways 20
14 Penalty minutes 16
FLA shooting 14.3% (5/35) MTL shooting 13.3% (6/45)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
Craig Anderson
40/45
.889 SV% · 5 GA · 64:51 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jaroslav Halak
30/35
.857 SV% · 5 GA · 64:53 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Panthers
Panthers — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 2–4
Panthers
Panthers — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-5-2 (0% win rate, 7 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 3–0
Dec 292008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 5–2 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
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Who won Panthers vs Canadiens on January 4, 2009?

Canadiens won 6–5 in a shootout. The final score was Panthers 5, Canadiens 6.

Who scored for Panthers?

Radek Dvorak (2), Brett McLean, David Booth, Jassen Cullimore.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Andrei Kostitsyn (2), Francis Bouillon, Robert Lang, Tom Kostopoulos.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Craig Anderson made 40 saves on 45 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 30 saves on 35 shots (.857 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐆 Panthers
BeforeJan 3 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 6–1 AfterJan 6 🐆FLA @ 🍁TOR 4–2
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeJan 2 🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD 1–4 AfterJan 7 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 6–3
Also on January 4
⚡TBL 4–1 🐦ATL 🏛️OTT 3–4 😈NJD 🔥CGY 2–5 🪶CHI 🌲MIN 2–0 🏔️COL 🌵PHX 0–2 🦆ANA ⭐DAL 3–2 🐋VAN
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