Canadiens vs Panthers

Montreal opened a three-game road trip with a 6-4 victory over the Penguins on Tuesday. Florida has won the first two meetings between the clubs this season.

[Florida](https://www.nhl.com/panthers/stats)/ [Montreal](https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/stats) Montreal opened a three-game road trip with a 6-4 victory over the Penguins on Tuesday. [Recap](https://www.litterboxcats.com/2023/1/20/23563740/florida-panthers-montreal-canadiens-tkachuk-reinhart-bennett-alex-lyon-givani-smith-pitlick-barkov)) 1/19/2023 Florida is currently five points back of the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Islanders, holding three games in hand on the Islanders. [Florida Panthers](https://www.litterboxcats.com) (33-27-7) have a big opportunity to close in on a wild card spot when they host the [Montreal Canadiens](https://www.habseyesontheprize.com) (27-35-6) tonight at FLA Live Arena. [Eyes On The Prize](https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/)

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However, a Canadiens’ loss would push the Habs further down the standings and maximize their chances at winning the jackpot… From a lottery standpoint, if the Canadiens’ win, they’ll hurt the Panthers playoffs push and might contribute to their first-round pick being a lottery pick which would be music to Habs land’s collective ears since the Habs hold the Cats’ pick thanks to that Ben Chiarot trade. After a rough start, the Cats are starting to find their way and have a 6-3-1 record in their last 10 games.

The Montreal Canadiens will be looking to post consecutive wins for the first time in 11 games when they visit the Florida Panthers in Thursday NHL action.

Tkachuk scored twice in Saturday’s loss and has recorded three points in each of his past two outings, and has turned in multi-point performances in eight of his past 12 home appearances. This club has otherwise been effective art containing opposing shooters, limiting opponents to two or fewer goals in each of their four previous outings, and to just 2.50 goals per game over their past 10 home dates. Gurianov scored for the third time in as many games on Tuesday, and now enjoys a four-game points streak. Jonathan Drouin contributed a pair of helpers on Tuesday and has now tallied seven points in his past seven games. The Canadiens opened their current three-game road trip on Tuesday with a 6-4 win in Pittsburgh, snapping a seven-game slide that featured three straight road losses. The total has held steady since opening at 7.0, with the UNDER emerging as a -125 wager.

The florida panthers are on high alert when it comes to facing the montreal canadiens on thursday march 16 2023 in sunrise.

Charlotte has a pair of games this weekend in Toronto against the Marlies. “Even with some of the losses they have had, they have been tight ones. I am not sure about the permanence of it, but we’re certainly going to run it for a little while.’’ We liked it and think it is a different kind of threat for us. “No matter who we play, we have to keep building our game. We just have to find a way to win games.”

It was "goalies optional" night in Sunrise as the Canadiens and Panthers put up a first-period offensive explosion for the ages.

Florida scored six goals in the second period against Boston on April 5, 2000. Against Montreal, the Panthers came just shy of tying the franchise record for ...

Florida padded its lead with goals from Ekblad and [Matthew Tkachuk](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4024854/matthew-tkachuk) in the second period. … We did score a ton of goals, so we did a lot of good things as well.” All I can say is it affected the game for both teams and I do not think anything on video is useful to the game of hockey. It also was the fastest first 10 goals in an NHL game, with Florida getting the 10th goal at 13:18. Florida scored six goals in the second period against Boston on April 5, 2000. “I have never seen anything like that.

The Montreal Canadiens and Florida Panthers decided to pay homage to the Miami Dolphins on Thursday night.

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Teams tied an NHL record by combining for 10 goals in a wild first period with Panthers taking a 7-3 lead after 20 minutes.

2, 1995, in an 11-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings that infamously ended up being goalie Patrick Roy’s last game with the Canadiens. “We definitely let them down. It was his fifth goal of the season. Ekblad put the Panthers up 8-4 when he scored his second goal of the game on a power play at 5:31 and you had to start wondering if the red goal lights would burn out. It didn’t take long for the scoring to continue in the second period with Raphaël Harvey-Pinard deflecting in a point shot by Justin Barron for his ninth goal in 25 games this season at the 2:26 mark. For the 10th time this season, Bobrovsky allowed a goal on the first shot he faced. Colin White tied the score 1-1 at 2:43 and Carter Verhaeghe put the Panthers up 2-1 only 34 seconds later — a sign of things to come. It felt like we were playing shinny hockey in the summer and they were playing to make a playoff spot. On Jan. On Oct. The Panthers improved their record to 34-27-7 as they keep fighting for a wild-card playoff spot. Article content