Top Cheddar 2026-27

Thursday, January 8, 2026 · Centre Bell

Panthers 2 at Canadiens 6

Final

Three Stars

L 75OVR Alexandre Texier Canadiens First Star 3G · 6 SOG C 73OVR Oliver Kapanen Canadiens Second Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG RC G 50OVR Samuel Montembeault Canadiens Third Star 25 SV · .926

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:59 Noah Dobson (8) Mike Matheson (15), Oliver Kapanen (10) · Slap FLA 0 – 1 MTL
  2. 17:35 Oliver Kapanen (15) Juraj Slafkovský (19) · Backhand FLA 0 – 2 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 5:33 Sam Bennett (15) Unassisted · Snap FLA 1 – 2 MTL
  2. 13:41 Alexandre Texier (5) Alexandre Carrier (11), Nick Suzuki (34) · Tip-in FLA 1 – 3 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 7:26 Alexandre Texier (6) Mike Matheson (16) · Snap FLA 1 – 4 MTL
  2. 11:23 Sam Bennett (16) Evan Rodrigues (12), Niko Mikkola (6) · Snap FLA 2 – 4 MTL
  3. 17:59 Juraj Slafkovský (16) Oliver Kapanen (11), Lane Hutson (36) FLA 2 – 5 MTL
  4. 19:10 Alexandre Texier (7) Sammy Blais (5), Joseph Veleno (2) · Batted FLA 2 – 6 MTL

Florida Panthers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Sam Bennett C 2 0 4 1 0 -1 20:16 1.50
Evan Rodrigues C 0 1 2 0 0 -1 17:30 0.68
Niko Mikkola D 0 1 0 0 0 0 21:02 0.58
Mackie Samoskevich R 0 0 5 0 0 0 11:43 0.38
Jesper Boqvist C 0 0 2 0 1 0 11:24 0.25
Eetu Luostarinen C 0 0 1 3 1 0 19:36 0.08
Gustav Forsling D 0 0 1 3 1 0 23:46 0.02
Sam Reinhart C 0 0 2 2 1 -2 24:16 -0.10
A.J. Greer L 0 0 1 2 0 -1 11:19 -0.18
Anton Lundell C 0 0 5 0 0 -1 19:55 -0.23
Jack Studnicka C 0 0 0 1 1 -2 6:30 -0.25
Luke Kunin C 0 0 0 1 1 -2 9:55 -0.25
Jeff Petry D 0 0 1 0 2 -3 16:58 -0.27
Carter Verhaeghe C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 18:12 -0.28
Noah Gregor L 0 0 0 1 0 -2 5:53 -0.30
Aaron Ekblad D 0 0 0 1 1 -1 23:32 -0.30
Uvis Balinskis D 0 0 1 1 2 -2 18:16 -0.32
Donovan Sebrango D 0 0 1 2 0 -1 11:08 -1.33
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Sergei Bobrovsky L 19 14 5 .737 58:49 -2.35

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Alexandre Texier L 3 0 6 1 0 +2 17:15 3.00
Oliver Kapanen C 1 2 1 0 4 +2 17:19 2.58
Juraj Slafkovský L 1 1 0 0 3 +3 18:51 1.58
Mike Matheson D 0 2 1 0 2 +1 25:50 1.58
Noah Dobson D 1 0 4 0 3 0 22:43 1.20
Joseph Veleno C 0 1 2 2 0 +2 10:40 1.08
Alexandre Carrier D 0 1 0 0 6 +1 21:47 1.03
Nick Suzuki C 0 1 1 1 0 +2 21:51 0.90
Lane Hutson D 0 1 0 0 1 +1 24:07 0.83
Sammy Blais L 0 1 0 5 0 +1 7:36 0.63
Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 1 1 +3 9:39 0.50
Cole Caufield R 0 0 1 0 0 +2 16:27 0.43
Ivan Demidov R 0 0 0 0 0 +2 15:36 0.35
Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 1 1 0 -1 12:28 -0.08
Owen Beck C 0 0 0 0 0 0 7:09 -0.10
Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 2 1 0 -2 15:25 -0.15
Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18:40 -0.30
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 6 0 +2 8:37 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Samuel Montembeault W 27 25 2 .926 60:00 1.00