Canadiens Lineup

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson

Rem Pitlick – Jake Evans – Mike Hoffman

Paul Byron – Christian Dvorak – Joel Armia

Michael Pezzetta – Laurent Dauphin – Tyler Pitlick

Alexander Romanov – David Savard

Joel Edmundson – Jeff Petry

Corey Schueneman – Chris Wideman

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Mathieu Perreault, William Lagesson, Justin Barron

Jonathan Drouin (illness), Ryan Poehling (upper-body), Brendan Gallagher (lower-body), Kale Clague (upper-body), Carey Price (knee), Shea Weber (multiple injuries)

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Game Report

It was a fascinating matchup with numerous storylines at the Bell Centre. Rem Pitlick welcomed cousin Tyler, as he made his Canadiens debut. Tyler Pitlick had two shots on goal and two hits logging just seven minutes of icetime on the fourth line. 

On the other side of the ice, Ben Chiarot and Claude Giroux were making their debuts with the Florida Panthers. It’s safe to say that the newest Panthers had much more of an impact on the result than Tyler Pitlick.

Ben Chiarot recorded more that 22 minutes of icetime and tallied an assist. Giroux had two assists and went 50 percent at the faceoff dot in 17:13 of icetime. Chiarot and Giroux were the two best players on the ice in this game.

The final score flattered the Canadiens as Florida dominated play throughout. Shot attempts were 62-35 for Florida. High-danger scoring chances were 19-9 for the Panthers.

It was a good game for Jake Allen. While the Panthers looked out of sync at times suffering from a five-day layoff, they still generated enough chances to test the Canadiens goaltender. He had his ups and downs in this one but Allen did his best to keep his team in the game.

Up Next

Jeff Petry suffered a lower-body injury in the third period against the Panthers.

The Canadiens close out their six-game homestand as they welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Bell Centre on Saturday night.

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