Canadiens 5–3 Panthers — Final Score & Stats (Dec 28, 2018)

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

Tomas Tatar

2 G

4 shots · 15:40 TOI

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Jonathan Drouin

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 16:42 TOI

3rd star 🐆 FLA

Mike Hoffman

2 A

4 shots · 19:15 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Tomas Tatar Go-ahead 1st · 00:35

Unassisted · beat Roberto Luongo

1–0

🇨🇦 Nicolas Deslauriers 1st · 02:51

Assists: Victor Mete, Shea Weber · beat Roberto Luongo

2–0

🐆 Henrik Borgstrom 1st · 08:01

Assists: Mike Hoffman · beat Antti Niemi

2–1

🐆 Denis Malgin Tying 1st · 13:53

Assists: Troy Brouwer · beat Antti Niemi

2–2

3rd period

🇨🇦 Tomas Tatar PP Go-ahead 3rd · 08:54

Assists: Jonathan Drouin, Max Domi · beat Roberto Luongo

3–2

🇨🇦 Artturi Lehkonen 3rd · 15:40

Assists: Andrew Shaw, Brett Kulak · beat Roberto Luongo

4–2

🐆 Keith Yandle PP 3rd · 18:44

Assists: Mike Hoffman, Aleksander Barkov · beat Antti Niemi

4–3

🇨🇦 Jonathan Drouin Empty net 3rd · 19:37

Assists: Jeff Petry

5–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Drouin · Domi · Gallagher 17:02

L2 Byron · Tatar · Danault 16:13

L3 Lehkonen · Kotkaniemi · Shaw 14:01

L4 Agostino · Deslauriers · Chaput 11:27

D1 Weber · Petry 25:26

D2 Mete · Reilly 18:20

D3 Benn · Kulak 15:20

🐆Panthers

L1 Barkov · Huberdeau · Dadonov 20:51

L2 Hoffman · Borgstrom · Vatrano 17:05

L3 McCann · Malgin · Brouwer 13:22

L4 Haley · Sceviour · Hawryluk 7:24

D1 Matheson · Weegar 23:14

D2 Yandle · Ekblad 19:15

D3 Pysyk · Kiselevich 15:03

Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL FLA🐆

28 Shots on goal 26

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

28 Hits 20

11 Blocked shots 11

7 Takeaways 4

5 Giveaways 11

11 Penalty minutes 11

MTL shooting 17.9% (5/28) FLA shooting 11.5% (3/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Antti Niemi

23/26

.885 SV% · 3 GA · 59:59 TOI

🐆Panthers

Roberto Luongo

23/27

.852 SV% · 4 GA · 57:45 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located

MTL FLA

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Period by period

After 1st — 2–2

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 7-2-2 (64% win rate, 11 games)

Panthers

Panthers — tied after 1st: 7-4 (64% win rate, 11 games)

After 2nd — 2–2

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 5-2-3 (50% win rate, 10 games)

Panthers

Panthers — tied after 2nd: 2-5-1 (25% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Mar 192018 🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–0 Mar 82018 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 0–5 Dec 302017 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 0–2 Oct 242017 🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5 Apr 32017 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 4–1

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Who won Canadiens vs Panthers on December 28, 2018?

Canadiens won 5–3. The final score was Canadiens 5, Panthers 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Tomas Tatar (2), Artturi Lehkonen, Jonathan Drouin, Nicolas Deslauriers.

Who scored for Panthers?

Denis Malgin, Henrik Borgstrom, Keith Yandle.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Antti Niemi made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Roberto Luongo made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 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 22 🇨🇦MTL @ 🎰VGK 4–3 AfterDec 29 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 5–6

🐆 Panthers

BeforeDec 23 🐆FLA @ 🪶CHI 6–3 AfterDec 29 🔔PHI @ 🐆FLA 1–2

Also on December 28

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