NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 12/30/2025 | Inside The Rink
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Montreal Canadiens (20-12-6) at Florida Panthers (21-15-2)
Venue: Amerant Bank Arena
Date: Tuesday, December 30
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: SCRIPPS, ESPN+
Radio: TSN 690, 104.3 WQAM
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Montreal Canadiens News & Notes:
The Canadiens lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 on Sunday. Montreal is tied for 4th in the NHL in power play efficiency at 25 percent.
Florida Panthers News & Notes:
The Panthers are coming off a 5-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Monday. Florida has the NHL’s sixth-ranked penalty kill at 83.1 percent.
Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines
Caufield-Suzuki-Texier
Slafkovsky-Kapanen-Demidov
Bolduc-Danault-Anderson
Blais-Veleno-Gallagher
Matheson-Dobson
Hutson-Carrier
Struble-Xhekaj
Montembeault
Fowler
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Florida Panthers Projected Lines:
Luostarinen-Lundell-Reinhart
Verhaeghe-Bennett-Marchand
Samoskevich-Rodrigues-Greer
Boqvist-Kunin-Studnicka
Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Jones
Petry-Balinskis
Tarasov
Bobrovsky
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Players To Watch:
Montreal Canadiens
Nick Suzuki leads the Canadiens with 42 points. Cole Caufield is second on the team with 37 points. Juraj Slafkovsky scored twice against the Bolts.
Florida Panthers
Brad Marchand leads the Panthers with 44 points. Sam Reinhart is second on the team with 42 points and scored twice against the Caps.
Injury Report:
Montreal Canadiens
D Kaiden Guhle – IR
F Patrik Laine – IR
F Alex Newhook – IR
D David Reinbacher – Out
F Jake Evans – Day to day
Florida Panthers
LW Matthew Tkachuk – IR
C Aleksander Barkov – LTIR
C Tomas Nosek – IR
D Dmitry Kulikov – IR
LW Jonah Gadjovich – Out
C Cole Schwindt – Out
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