NHL · Dec 30, 2025

Montréal Canadiens

3–2

Final – OT

Florida Panthers

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The Canadiens edged the Panthers 3–2 in overtime at Amerant Bank Arena. N. Suzuki took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Canadiens	0	0	2	1	3	29
Panthers	0	0	2	0	2	30

★ Three Stars

1N. SuzukiMTL · 2G 0A

2B. MarchandFLA · 1G 0A

3C. CaufieldMTL · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

3rd Period

10:18

Brad Marchand (Sam Bennett, Seth Jones)PP

0-1

15:01

Sam Reinhart (Eetu Luostarinen, Anton Lundell)

0-2

15:33

Cole Caufield (Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson)

1-2

18:38

Nick Suzuki (Ivan Demidov, Cole Caufield)

2-2

Overtime

03:24

Nick Suzuki (Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson)PP

3-2

Boxscore

Canadiens3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Nick SuzukiC	2	0	2	+1	2	7	1	0	22:33
Cole CaufieldR	1	1	2	+1	0	5	0	0	20:20
Noah DobsonD	0	2	2	+2	0	4	1	5	24:32
Lane HutsonD	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	22:29
Ivan DemidovR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	18:31
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:52
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:36
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	17:04
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18:23
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	2	19:53
Alexandre TexierL	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	1	16:41
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	4	21:18
Adam EngstromD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11:29
Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	27:14
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	9:39
Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11:38
Samuel BlaisL	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	8:09
Joe VelenoC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	10:08

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Samuel MontembeaultStart	30	28	2	.933	62:41
Jakub Dobes	0	0	0	-	0:00

Panthers2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Brad MarchandL	1	0	1	-1	2	4	3	2	19:09
Sam ReinhartC	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	1	23:42
Sam BennettC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	1	20:59
Anton LundellC	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	21:43
Eetu LuostarinenC	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	1	17:32
Seth JonesD	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	25:03
A.J. GreerL	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	13:26
Jesper BoqvistC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6:23
Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	18:45
Carter VerhaegheC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15:39
Uvis BalinskisD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	14:01
Aaron EkbladD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	24:03
Gustav ForslingD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	21:33
Niko MikkolaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22:23
Mackie SamoskevichR	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	12:51
Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:10
Luke KuninC	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	8:45
Jack StudnickaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6:10

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Daniil TarasovStart	29	26	3	.897	63:19
Sergei Bobrovsky	0	0	0	-	0:00