Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens (23-28-8) at Florida Panthers (39-16-4) – 29 Feb 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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   HockeyMod 2 years ago

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   ##Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Carter Verhaeghe|Aleksander Barkov|Sam Reinhart|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Nick Suzuki|Juraj Slafkovsky|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Nick Cousins|Sam Bennett|Matthew Tkachuk|[MTL](/r/habs)|Joshua Roy|Alex Newhook|Joel Armia|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Eetu Luostarinen|Anton Lundell|Evan Rodrigues|[MTL](/r/habs)|Brendan Gallagher|Jake Evans|Josh Anderson|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Jonah Gadjovich|Kevin Stenlund|Ryan Lomberg|[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|Colin White|Jesse Ylönen|

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

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

   [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)|Carter Verhaeghe|27 Feb 2024|Face|DTD|Verhaeghe missed the tail end of the third period after taking a puck to the face. Head coach Paul Maurice said he expects the forward will be okay, Colby Guy of Florida Hockey Now reports.|unknown|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|22 Feb 2024|Lower Body|DTD|Struble (lower body) will accompany the Montreal Canadiens on their upcoming four-game road trip, which will begin Thursday against the Florida Panthers.|unknown|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|10 Feb 2024|Lower Body|IR|Harvey-Pinard (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Sunday, per the NHL media site.|12 Mar 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Kirby Dach||Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Christian Dvorak||Pectoral|IR|Surgery|16 Sep 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Chris Wideman||Back|IR||unknown|
   |[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)|59|39|16|4|82|0.695|3.27|2.39|26.02|82.47|34.12|27.68|51.44|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|59|23|28|8|54|0.458|2.76|3.51|19.37|73.76|28.25|33.36|52.59|

   [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|39|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|23|
   |A|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Matthew Tkachuk|46|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|35|
   |P|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sam Reinhart|68|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|56|
   |+/-|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Gustav Forsling|39|[MTL](/r/habs)|Johnathan Kovacevic|8|
   |PIM|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Jonah Gadjovich|90|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|60|
   |TOI|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Brandon Montour|23:18|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|25:22|

   [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|43|43|29|11|2|3|2.35|0.916|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Anthony Stolarz|18|16|10|5|2|1|1.97|0.925|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|28|27|13|10|4|0|3.16|0.904|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|20|20|5|12|3|0|3.68|0.892|

   [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)

   ##Season Series

   |Date|Away|Home|Time|Network/Result|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |30 Nov 2023|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|[MTL](/r/habs)|7:00PM EST|FLA (**5**) – (1) MTL|
   |30 Dec 2023|[MTL](/r/habs)|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|7:00PM EST|MTL (1) – (**4**) FLA|
   |29 Feb 2024|[MTL](/r/habs)|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|7:00PM EST|RDS, TSN2, BSFL|
   |02 Apr 2024|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|[MTL](/r/habs)|7:00PM EDT|RDS, TSN2, BSFL|

   [Source](https://api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/2023020944/landing)

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2. 

   RavensPanthersWVU 2 years ago

   Let’s make Les Habitants cry into their poutine tonight boys! Time to Hunt!! 🐆🐆🐆🐀🐀🐀

3. 

   Princessish 2 years ago

   Any updates on Verhaeghe?

4. 

   Emotional_Match8169 2 years ago

   Let’s go Cats! I’m bringing my kid and some friends to the game, hoping it’s a good one! 🤞🏼🤞🏼

5. 

   0-90195 2 years ago

   I didn’t realize that Carey Price was LTIR, I thought for sure he was officially retired.

6. 

   FlaGator 2 years ago

   Maybe I’ve got rat-colored glasses, but I really don’t see how our team is as “dirty” or “brutal” as r/nhl suggests. We all know Cousins can be, but I honestly don’t see it from the rest of the team. I watch every game and rarely do I think we’re playing a dirty game. Maybe fan bases switch the words dirty and physical when it comes to their own team. Idk.

7. 

   Imaginary-Scheme-203 2 years ago

   Habs are the only Canadian team I don’t mind aside from the Sens; I usually cheer them on. With that being said, let’s destroy them boys!

8. 

   Raxtz1 2 years ago

   I am so tired from work
   But rest will have to wait
   KILL THEM TONIGHT

9. 

   Emotional_Match8169 2 years ago

   Anyone else at the game? We’re here and they aren’t playing music during warm up. It’s super weird. Just the slapping of sticks on pucks and glass.

   Update: Sound is working.

10. 

    lovexlikewar 2 years ago

    I love the stolie praise. 💕

11. 

    lovexlikewar 2 years ago

    Already getting spicy behind the net lol