Canadiens 5–4 Panthers — Final Score & Stats (Dec 31, 2009)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🇨🇦 MTL	1	2	2	5
🐆 FLA	2	1	1	4

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Andrei Markov

3 A

1 shots · 23:37 TOI

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Brian Gionta

2 A

5 shots · 19:51 TOI

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Jaroslav Halak

32 saves

0.889 SV% · 4 GA

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

🐆 Keith Ballard PP Go-ahead 1st · 09:19

Assists: Tomas Vokoun · beat Jaroslav Halak

0–1

🇨🇦 Hal Gill Tying 1st · 11:33

Assists: Ryan O'Byrne, Scott Gomez · beat Tomas Vokoun

1–1

🐆 Nathan Horton Go-ahead 1st · 15:08

Assists: Stephen Weiss, Bryan Allen · beat Jaroslav Halak

1–2

2nd period

🇨🇦 Michael Cammalleri PP Tying 2nd · 03:18

Assists: Andrei Markov, Glen Metropolit · beat Tomas Vokoun

2–2

🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec Go-ahead 2nd · 05:20

Assists: Andrei Markov, Max Pacioretty · beat Tomas Vokoun

3–2

🐆 Michael Frolik Tying 2nd · 12:08

Assists: Nathan Horton · beat Jaroslav Halak

3–3

3rd period

🇨🇦 Marc-Andre Bergeron PP Go-ahead 3rd · 01:52

Assists: Andrei Markov, Brian Gionta · beat Tomas Vokoun

4–3

🇨🇦 Benoit Pouliot 3rd · 04:29

Assists: Scott Gomez, Brian Gionta · beat Tomas Vokoun

5–3

🐆 Radek Dvorak 3rd · 06:03

Assists: Cory Stillman, Bryan McCabe · beat Jaroslav Halak

5–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Cammalleri · Plekanec · Gionta 20:40

L2 Moen · Pacioretty · Gomez 16:02

L3 Pouliot · Metropolit · D'Agostini 13:48

L4 Kostitsyn · Lapierre 7:47

D1 Markov · Hamrlik 22:25

D2 Spacek · Gorges 20:50

D3 Gill · O'Byrne 15:04

D4 Bergeron 10:09

🐆Panthers

L1 Weiss · Horton · Frolik 21:29

L2 Stillman · Reinprecht · Dvorak 18:02

L3 Olesz · Moore · Kreps 13:18

L4 Tarnasky · Campbell · Oreskovich 5:47

D1 McCabe · Seidenberg 24:26

D2 Leopold · Ballard 20:43

D3 Allen · Garrison 14:24

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL FLA🐆

42 Shots on goal 36

2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

19 Hits 26

9 Blocked shots 11

7 Takeaways 6

3 Giveaways 10

11 Penalty minutes 13

MTL shooting 11.9% (5/42) FLA shooting 11.1% (4/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jaroslav Halak

32/36

.889 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐆Panthers

Tomas Vokoun

37/42

.881 SV% · 5 GA · 58:43 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located

MTL FLA

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Canadiens

Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-8 (38% win rate, 13 games)

Panthers

Panthers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-2-1 (57% win rate, 7 games)

After 2nd — 3–3

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 5-5-2 (42% win rate, 12 games)

Panthers

Panthers — tied after 2nd: 5-4-2 (45% win rate, 11 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Jan 292009 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 1–5 Jan 42009 🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–6 SO Dec 292008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 5–2 Oct 202008 🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–3 Feb 132008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 2–1 OT

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❓ MTL vs FLA, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Panthers on December 31, 2009?

Canadiens won 5–4. The final score was Canadiens 5, Panthers 4.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Benoit Pouliot, Hal Gill, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Michael Cammalleri, Tomas Plekanec.

Who scored for Panthers?

Keith Ballard, Michael Frolik, Nathan Horton, Radek Dvorak.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 32 saves on 36 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Tomas Vokoun made 37 saves on 42 shots (.881 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeDec 30 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 2–1 AfterJan 3 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–0

🐆 Panthers

BeforeDec 27 🐻BOS @ 🐆FLA 2–1 AfterJan 3 🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA 2–6

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