Florida Panthers at Montréal Canadiens: game preview
FloridaPanthers2026-27: 2-0-2 · 6 pts · 2025-26: 40-38-4 · 84 pts · 25that
MontréalCanadiens2026-27: 1-1-1 · 3 pts · 2025-26: 48-24-10 · 106 pts · 6thTwenty-two points apart last season
Florida finished last season 25th in the league on 84 points. Montréal finished 6th on 106, and the 2025-26 season series went MTL 3-0-0.
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Meeting number 126
Across 125 completed games, Florida lead the head-to-head 63-45-17.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 30 Dec 2025, Florida were 12th in the league and Montréal 6th. By 7 Apr 2026 it was 27th and 6th.
Florida out-attempted Montréal 178 to 175
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Florida Panthers
Montréal Canadiens
Florida have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 4 games for Florida, 3 for Montréal. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Florida, 10 for Montréal.
2025-26: 82 games for Florida, 82 for Montréal.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
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Small sampleMontréal
Small sampleSkaters to watch
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Florida crease
FLA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 2 Dec
No appearances against Montréal in the last meetings.
Montréal crease
MTL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 2 Dec
No appearances against Florida in the last meetings.
Scoring rates point to about 6.4 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Florida2.002.003.063.37
Montréal4.004.673.453.12Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
10 on the injury lists
Florida · injuries
Montréal · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed C Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve. Called up D Alexander Petrovic from Charlotte (AHL).
Placed C Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve.
Placed RW/C Cole Schwindt, RD Alexander Petrovic, LD Donovan Sebrango, LW Kai Schwindt, LW Cole Reinhardt, RW Sam Lafferty and C/LW John Beecher on waivers. Agreed to terms with RW Nathan Bastian on a 1-year, two-way contract.
Placed D Reilly Walsh, D Maksymilian Szuber, D Ethan Samson, C Sam Poulin, RW Sasha Pastujov, C Hunter McKown, G Kaapo Kähkönen, LW Brett Berard, and RW Alex Belzile on waivers for the purpose of loaning them to Laval (AHL).
Signed F Chris Kreider to a one-year contract.
Loaned F Vinzenz Rohrer to EV Zug (Switzerland).
Florida · 2026 draft
See all: Florida · 2026 draft →Montréal · 2026 draft
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