The Montreal Canadiens will host the Florida Panthers on Thursday, January 8, just a night after beating the Calgary Flames in their first game of 2026 at the Bell Centre.<\/p>\n
My Panthers vs. Canadiens predictions and NHL picks<\/a> suggest that the Canadiens will continue their recent dominance over the Panthers, with their slew of young offensive threats doing some damage.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Panthers vs Canadiens prediction<\/p>\n Panthers vs Canadiens best bet: Canadiens moneyline (+110)<\/p>\n The Montreal Canadiens<\/a> have not lost to the Florida Panthers<\/a> since February 29, 2024, entering tonight carrying a six-game winning streak against the two-time reigning Stanley Cup champions.<\/p>\n They’ve notably been the underdog in all six games, just as they are tonight.<\/p>\n The Habs have beaten Florida three straight times at the Bell Centre and will look to make it four in a row tonight. The Habs sit just one point off the Atlantic Division lead, while Florida finds itself sitting outside of a playoff spot.<\/p>\n Panthers vs Canadiens same-game parlay<\/p>\n A major reason for the Canadiens’ success so far this season has been their multitude of star young players. Think Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovsky, and Ivan Demidov<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Demidov, a Calder Trophy hopeful, has racked up seven assists in his last eight games. He has three helpers in his last four overall, two of which were on Oliver Kapanen<\/a>‘s goals.<\/p>\n Kapanen, who was just named to Finland’s Olympic roster, has three tallies in his last four contests.<\/p>\n Panthers vs Canadiens SGP<\/p>\n Oliver Kapanen anytime goal<\/p>\n Panthers vs Canadiens odds<\/p>\n Moneyline: Panthers -130 | Canadiens +110<\/p>\n Puck Line: Panthers -1.5 (+185) | Canadiens +1.5 (-225)<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 6.5 (+110) | Under 6.5 (-130)<\/p>\n Panthers vs Canadiens trend<\/p>\n Montreal has won six consecutive meetings with Florida, all as the underdog. Find more NHL betting trends<\/a> for Panthers vs. Canadiens.<\/p>\n How to watch Panthers vs Canadiens<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n Bell Centre, Montreal, QC<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Thursday, January 8, 2026<\/p>\n Puck drop<\/p>\n 7:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n SCRIPPS, TSN2<\/p>\n Panthers vs Canadiens latest injuries<\/p>\n Odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change. Advertisement<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Covers.com<\/a>, read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Montreal Canadiens will host the Florida Panthers on Thursday, January 8, just a night after beating the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5102],"tags":[26,62,57,5141,5,638,976,502,21,4,1618,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-397956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida-panthers","8":"tag-calgary-flames","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-panthers","11":"tag-floridapanthers","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-ivan-demidov","14":"tag-juraj-slafkovsky","15":"tag-lane-hutson","16":"tag-montreal-canadiens","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-oliver-kapanen","19":"tag-panthers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115860791862650235","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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