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Saturday, January 2, 2027 (1:00 PM ET)
Amerant Bank Arena | SCRIPPS
MTL
Montreal Canadiens
@
Florida Panthers
 FLA
48% Win Probability
52% Win Probability
MTL is expected to score 3.04 goals FLA is expected to score 3.32 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on October 31, 2026 at 3:12 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Montreal Canadiens Florida Panthers
Record 8-3-2 8-4-2
L10 Record 7-2-1 6-4-0
Pts% 69.23% 64.29%
Division Rank 2 (Atlantic) 3 (Atlantic)
Conference Rank 3 (Eastern) 5 (Eastern)
Projected Points 95.19 96.55
xGF/G 2.99 ● +0.203.19
xGA/G 2.94 ● +0.252.69
xGF% 50.44% ● +3.8354.27%
L10 xGF 31.34 ● +0.0531.39
L10 xGA 30.73 ● +3.3227.41
L10 xGF% 50.49% ● +2.8953.38%
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
FLA Sam Reinhart (C) 0.52 7 5 12 14 20:10 7.2 -1.2 43 16.3 0.168 -0.6 122 57 46.7 0.00 -0.31 -0.31
FLA Brady Tkachuk (L) 0.42 8 7 15 14 16:25 5.9 2.1 46 17.4 0.128 4.6 63 34 54.0 0.17 0.00 0.17
MTL Nick Suzuki (C)+ 0.42 5 7 12 9 21:46 3.8 1.2 26 19.2 0.145 4.8 171 92 53.8 0.47 -0.06 0.41
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.37 8 4 12 13 18:45 4.8 3.2 42 19.0 0.114 7.6 4 3 75.0 0.13 0.00 0.13
FLA Brad Marchand (L)+ 0.32 1 0 1 2 11:23 0.6 0.4 5 20.0 0.129 7.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Anton Lundell (C) 0.30 4 2 6 14 17:36 4.2 -1.2 42 9.5 0.100 -0.5 217 112 51.6 0.35 -0.49 -0.14
FLA Sam Bennett (C) 0.29 3 3 6 14 17:43 4.0 -1.0 34 8.8 0.118 -3.0 173 88 50.9 0.28 -0.03 0.25
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.28 4 2 6 13 14:19 3.7 0.3 28 14.3 0.132 1.1 2 1 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.27 2 7 9 13 18:19 3.5 -1.5 32 6.3 0.110 -4.8 11 2 18.2 0.05 -0.01 0.05
FLA Carter Verhaeghe (C) 0.27 8 4 12 14 18:17 3.8 4.2 27 29.6 0.141 15.6 14 7 50.0 0.01 0.00 0.01
FLA Matthew Tkachuk (L) 0.24 4 16 20 14 18:50 3.4 0.6 28 14.3 0.121 2.2 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.23 5 2 7 13 13:41 3.0 2.0 22 22.7 0.138 9.0 4 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Sandis Vilmanis (L) 0.21 1 1 2 13 13:10 2.8 -1.8 19 5.3 0.145 -9.3 1 1 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.20 3 3 6 13 16:23 2.6 0.4 14 21.4 0.186 2.8 145 75 51.7 0.01 -0.14 -0.13
MTL Ivan Demidov (R)+ 0.19 1 1 2 2 15:37 0.4 0.6 4 25.0 0.094 15.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.19 1 4 5 13 16:49 2.4 -2.4 20 5.0 0.121 -7.1 193 104 53.9 0.25 -0.04 0.21
FLA Eetu Luostarinen (C) 0.18 2 2 4 14 16:04 2.5 -0.5 19 10.5 0.130 -2.5 14 4 28.6 0.00 -0.07 -0.07
MTL Chris Kreider (L) 0.16 1 4 5 13 14:04 2.1 -1.1 11 9.1 0.190 -9.9 6 2 33.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.16 0 0 0 6 13:13 0.9 -0.9 8 0.0 0.118 -11.8 49 20 40.8 0.06 0.00 0.06
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.15 1 3 4 13 13:01 1.9 -0.9 16 6.3 0.121 -5.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Lars Eller (C) 0.14 1 6 7 14 15:32 1.9 -0.9 13 7.7 0.150 -7.3 119 49 41.2 0.41 -0.35 0.06
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.14 2 2 4 13 14:35 1.8 0.2 11 18.2 0.163 1.8 168 88 52.4 0.19 -0.35 -0.16
MTL Florian Xhekaj (L) 0.12 1 0 1 5 7:44 0.6 0.4 6 16.7 0.097 7.0 3 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.08 0 3 3 13 10:45 1.1 -1.1 8 0.0 0.133 -13.3 15 7 46.7 0.00 -0.03 -0.03
FLA Bokondji Imama (L) 0.06 0 0 0 14 7:38 0.9 -0.9 8 0.0 0.108 -10.8 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Aleksander Barkov (C)+ 0.06 0 0 0 2 14:53 0.1 -0.1 2 0.0 0.062 -6.2 26 14 53.8 0.00 -0.03 -0.03
FLA Garnet Hathaway (R) 0.06 0 0 0 14 9:56 0.8 -0.8 4 0.0 0.194 -19.4 5 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Owen Beck (C) 0.04 0 1 1 3 8:23 0.1 -0.1 4 0.0 0.033 -3.3 1 1 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Cole Schwindt (R) 0.02 0 0 0 5 8:18 0.1 -0.1 3 0.0 0.032 -3.2 33 21 63.6 0.00 -0.06 -0.06
FLA Cole Reinhardt (L) 0.00 0 0 0 1 10:03 0.0 - 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
FLA Seth Jones (D) 0.19 2 16 18 14 24:51 2.7 -0.7 37 5.4 0.072 -1.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.14 3 8 11 13 24:59 1.8 1.2 24 12.5 0.075 5.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.13 0 5 5 13 21:01 1.6 -1.6 30 0.0 0.054 -5.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Aaron Ekblad (D) 0.10 0 4 4 12 20:54 1.1 -1.1 16 0.0 0.071 -7.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Niko Mikkola (D) 0.08 2 2 4 14 19:51 1.1 0.9 21 9.5 0.053 4.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Adam Engstrom (D) 0.07 0 1 1 7 11:09 0.5 -0.5 5 0.0 0.102 -10.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.07 2 2 4 9 22:40 0.6 1.4 12 16.7 0.053 11.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Gustav Forsling (D) 0.06 1 1 2 13 21:04 0.8 0.2 18 5.6 0.042 1.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Mike Matheson (D)+ 0.06 1 3 4 8 23:45 0.5 -0.5 14 7.1 0.033 3.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.05 1 5 6 13 20:14 0.6 0.4 12 8.3 0.052 3.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.04 0 0 0 12 11:45 0.4 -0.4 7 0.0 0.063 -6.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Dmitry Kulikov (D) 0.02 0 2 2 14 15:08 0.3 -0.3 6 0.0 0.048 -4.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Radko Gudas (D) 0.02 0 0 0 10 13:49 0.2 -0.2 5 0.0 0.032 -3.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Uvis Balinskis (D) 0.01 0 1 1 7 14:22 0.1 -0.1 3 0.0 0.022 -2.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
MTL Jacob Fowler (G) +5.28% 10.1 1.54 0.942 6 7 1 85.7 2 11 191 180 21.1
FLA Jacob Markstrom (G)+ +0.47% 0.6 2.21 0.897 3 6 1 50.0 1 12 117 105 12.6
FLA Akira Schmid (G) +0.40% 0.8 2.86 0.889 5 8 2 62.5 0 22 198 176 22.8
FLA Cooper Black (G) -3.69% -0.7 3.15 0.850 0 1 1 0.0 0 3 20 17 2.3
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) -4.21% -6.9 4.05 0.853 2 6 2 33.3 0 24 163 139 17.1