Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens (15-14-5) at Florida Panthers (21-12-2) – 30 Dec 2023 – 7:00PM EST

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   ##Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Evan Rodrigues|Aleksander Barkov|Sam Reinhart|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Nick Suzuki|Juraj Slafkovsky|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Carter Verhaeghe|Sam Bennett|Matthew Tkachuk|[MTL](/r/habs)|Sean Monahan|Jake Evans|Josh Anderson|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Eetu Luostarinen|Anton Lundell|Nick Cousins|[MTL](/r/habs)|Joel Armia|Christian Dvorak|Brendan Gallagher|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Ryan Lomberg|Kevin Stenlund|Will Lockwood|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Pezzetta|Mitchell Stephens|Jesse Ylönen|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Gustav Forsling|Aaron Ekblad|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|David Savard|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Niko Mikkola|Brandon Montour|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|Justin Barron|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Oliver Ekman-Larsson|Dmitry Kulikov|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|Jordan Harris|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Anthony Stolarz|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sergei Bobrovsky|[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|

   [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/florida-panthers/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations/)

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|None|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|09 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR|Pearson (upper body) was put on injured reserve Wednesday.|10 Jan 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Alex Newhook|30 Nov 2023|Ankle|IR|Newhook is expected to miss the next 10-12 weeks with a high-ankle sprain, per Arpon Basu of The Athletic.|17 Feb 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|16 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Not Specified|17 Jan 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Kirby Dach|14 Oct 2023|Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Chris Wideman|21 Sep 2023|Back|IR|Wideman is out indefinitely because of a back injury.|17 Jan 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|

   [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/florida-panthers/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/montreal-canadiens/injuries)

   ##Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|35|21|12|2|44|0.629|2.94|2.60|18.75|83.64|34.11|27.31|50.62|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|34|15|14|5|35|0.515|2.79|3.35|17.89|72.88|29.03|33.53|53.99|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ##Team Leaders

   |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |G|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sam Reinhart|23|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|10|
   |A|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Aleksander Barkov|27|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|20|
   |P|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sam Reinhart|44|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|30|
   |+/-|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Aleksander Barkov, Gustav Forsling|19|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Evans|6|
   |PIM|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sam Bennett|47|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|47|
   |TOI|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Brandon Montour|23:21|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|25:20|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=13 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ## Goalie Breakdown

   ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sergei Bobrovsky|27|27|17|9|1|2|2.50|0.911|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Anthony Stolarz|9|8|4|3|1|0|2.18|0.915|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|15|14|7|4|3|0|2.86|0.907|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|12|12|4|6|2|0|3.43|0.904|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=13 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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2. Game thread!

3. They’re on the second half of a back-to-back, surely they will ~~be tired and at a disadvantage~~ beat us like every other time that’s happened this year

4. RHP when?

5. I wish they brought up xhekaj for this game. Florida always beats us up.