Buffalo – Columbus 3:2 (after OT) | Boston – New Jersey 5:2 (end) | Florida – Montreal 4:1 (end)
Pittsburgh – St. Louis 4:2 (end) | Tampa – Rangers 1:5 (end) | Toronto – Carolina 2:3 (end)
Washington – Nashville 2:3 (0:2 after SO) | Los Angeles – Edmonton 2:3 (2:3 after SO) | Minnesota – Winnipeg 2:3 (end)
Detroit – Boston 3:5 (end)
final
Florida Panthers
4:1 (0:0, 1:1, 3:0)
Montreal Canadiens
Sunday 31.12.2023, 01:00 • Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise • NHL
     
    Game over. (03:40:51)
    57:13 Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) - 4:1
     
    57:13
    Team Florida with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is CARTER VERHAEGHE. Assisted by Matthew Tkachuk, Aaron Ekblad.
    55:24 Sam Bennett (FLA) - 3:1
     
    55:24
    Team Florida with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is SAM BENNETT. Assisted by Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
    47:34 Eetu Luostarinen (FLA) - 2:1
     
    47:34
    Team Florida with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is EETU LUOSTARINEN. Assisted by Aaron Ekblad, Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
     
    46:42
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Joel Armia – 2 min., roughing.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    27:52
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    HL – too many men, penalty served by Michael Pezzetta.
    27:00 Cole Caufield (MTL) - 1:1
     
    27:00
    Team Montreal with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is COLE CAUFIELD. Assisted by Nick Suzuki, Sean Monahan.
    24:04 Eetu Luostarinen (FLA) - 1:0
     
    24:04
    Team Florida with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is EETU LUOSTARINEN. Assisted by Evan Rodrigues, Sam Bennett.
     
    22:22
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Nick Suzuki – 2 min., holding.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    07:31
    Penalty for Florida Panthers:
    Carter Verhaeghe – 2 min., high-sticking.
     
    02:53
    Penalty for Florida Panthers:
    Will Lockwood – 5 min., fighting.

    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Michael Pezzetta – 5 min., fighting.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 25. Luostarinen (Rodrigues, Bennett), 48. Luostarinen (Ekblad, Ekman-Larsson), 56. Bennett (Ekman-Larsson), 58. Verhaeghe (M. Tkachuk, Ekblad) – 27. Caufield (Suzuki, Monahan)

    Florida Panthers: Stolarz (Bobrovsky) – Forsling, Ekblad, Mikkola, Montour, Ekman-Larsson, – Rodrigues, Barkov, Reinhart – Verhaeghe, Bennett, M. Tkachuk – Luostarinen, Lundell, Cousins – Lomberg, Stenlund, Lockwood.
    Montreal Canadiens: Allen (Primeau) – Matheson, Savard, Guhle, J. Barron, Struble, Harris – Caufield, Suzuki, Slafkovský – Monahan, J. Evans, Jos. Anderson – Armia, Dvorak, Gallagher – Pezzetta, Stephens, Ylonen.
    Referees: Sutherland, Nicholson – Tobias, Kovachik
    Attendance: 19 663