Final · December 30, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : MTL 29 — FLA 30 · Amerant Bank Arena
Three stars
- 1★
N. SuzukiMTL · C · 2B 0A - 2★
B. MarchandFLA · L · 1B 0A - 3★
C. CaufieldMTL · R · 1B 1A
MTLGame statsFLA 
- 29Shots on goal30
- 56 %Faceoff win %44 %
- 1/4Power play1/4
- 8Penalty minutes8
- 16Hits30
- 18Blocked shots11
- 13Giveaways9
- 7Takeaways1
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 7 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| FLA | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
Season seriesMTL 3 – 0 FLA
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← MTL 3 / 29 / 472 / 30 / 39 FLA →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
3rd period
- Brad MarchandFLA · 10:18 · PPAssists : Sam Bennett, Seth Jones0 – 1▶ Watch
Sam ReinhartFLA · 15:01Assists : Eetu Luostarinen, Anton Lundell0 – 2▶ Watch- Cole CaufieldMTL · 15:33Assists : Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson1 – 2▶ Watch
- Nick SuzukiMTL · 18:38Assists : Ivan Demidov, Cole Caufield2 – 2▶ Watch
Overtime
- Nick SuzukiMTL · 03:24 · PPAssists : Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson3 – 2▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 04:51FLAUvis Balinskis — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Zachary Bolduc
2nd period
- 05:01FLAAaron Ekblad — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Ivan Demidov
- 13:15MTLLane Hutson — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Anton Lundell
- 15:37MTLNick Suzuki — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Mackie Samoskevich
3rd period
- 01:40MTLAdam Engstrom — Interference (2 min) · drawn by A.J. Greer
- 04:17FLAGustav Forsling — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Cole Caufield
- 09:55MTLJuraj Slafkovský — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Mackie Samoskevich
Overtime
- 01:27FLABrad Marchand — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Mike Matheson
Box score
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:38 |
| C. CaufieldR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20:20 |
| N. SuzukiC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 22:33 |
| J. AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:52 |
| J. SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:53 |
| P. DanaultC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 17:04 |
| S. BlaisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 08:09 |
| Z. BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:36 |
| A. TexierL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16:41 |
| J. VelenoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10:08 |
| O. KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:23 |
| I. DemidovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:31 |
| M. MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27:14 |
| A. EngstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| A. CarrierD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 21:18 |
| L. HutsonD | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:29 |
| N. DobsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 24:32 |
| A. XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:39 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Montembeault(W) | 28/30 | 93.3 % | 62:41 |
| J. Dobes | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. BennettC | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 20:59 |
| A. GreerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13:26 |
| M. SamoskevichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12:51 |
| S. ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 23:42 |
| A. LundellC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21:43 |
| E. RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 18:45 |
| C. VerhaegheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:39 |
| E. LuostarinenC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17:32 |
| J. StudnickaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:10 |
| B. MarchandL | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 19:09 |
| J. BoqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 06:23 |
| L. KuninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 08:45 |
| J. PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:10 |
| S. JonesD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25:03 |
| A. EkbladD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 24:03 |
| U. BalinskisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:01 |
| G. ForslingD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 21:33 |
| N. MikkolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:23 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. Tarasov(O) | 26/29 | 89.7 % | 63:19 |
| S. Bobrovsky | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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