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
    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.
    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.
    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