| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 MTL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
 FLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Game Leaders
Kirby Dach
· C
Alex Newhook
· C
Team Stats
21Blocked Shots10
14Hits19
1Takeaways1
25Shots34
0Power Play Goals0
1Power Play Opportunities1
0.0Power Play Percentage0.0
1Short Handed Goals0
0Shootout Goals0
21Faceoffs Won32
39.6Faceoff Win Percent60.4
9Giveaways13
Play-by-Play
20:00
Game End
20:00
End of 3rd Period
19:52
Christian Dvorak Backhand Wide Right
18:51
Arber Xhekaj hit Tomas Nosek
18:37
Aaron Ekblad Slap Shot Wide Left
18:34
Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Kirby Dach
18:34
Goalie Stopped
18:32
A.J. Greer Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
17:54
Jesper Boqvist Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
17:20
Emil Heineman hit Adam Boqvist
16:47
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Jake Evans
16:47
Off-side
16:22
Christian Dvorak hit Tomas Nosek
16:22
Takeaway by Kaiden Guhle
16:03
Giveaway by Dmitry Kulikov
15:49
Mackie Samoskevich shot blocked by David Savard
15:41
Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
15:41
Puck Frozen - Goalie
15:26
Kirby Dach faceoff won against Anton Lundell
15:26
Goalie Stopped
15:24
Alex Newhook Tip-In saved by Spencer Knight
15:21
Arber Xhekaj Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
15:18
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Alex Newhook
15:18
Puck in Crowd
15:14
Giveaway by Patrik Laine
14:52
Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Alex Newhook
14:52
Icing
14:28
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
14:28
Icing
14:17
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
14:17
Cole Caufield Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovsky (16)
13:13
Jake Evans faceoff won against Sam Bennett
13:13
Off-side
13:06
Aaron Ekblad shot blocked by Patrik Laine
12:54
Sam Bennett Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
12:22
Anton Lundell Snap Shot Off Crossbar
12:17
Arber Xhekaj hit Eetu Luostarinen
12:06
Josh Anderson Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
11:39
Giveaway by Dmitry Kulikov
11:31
Uvis Balinskis Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
10:03
Giveaway by Nate Schmidt
9:17
Jesper Boqvist hit Christian Dvorak
9:06
Nate Schmidt shot blocked by Arber Xhekaj
8:58
Giveaway by Christian Dvorak
8:55
Eetu Luostarinen hit Christian Dvorak
8:23
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Eetu Luostarinen
8:23
Goalie Stopped
8:22
Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
8:02
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
8:02
Icing
Dobes gets shutout in NHL debut, Canadiens blank Panthers 4-0
— Jakub Dobes stopped 34 shots in his NHL debut, Kirby Dach had his first two-goal game in nearly two years, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 on Saturday.
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