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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Florida 7, Montreal 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 29, 2022
Where: FLA Live Arena, Sunrise, Florida
Referees: Trevor Hanson, Steve Kozari
Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk, Ryan Jackson
Attendance: 19623
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 2002
Florida 3137
Periods:
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1
Montreal   Florida
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Aleksander Barkov. 0:00  
Kaiden Guhle hits Colin White. 0:23  
Kirby Dach shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 0:49  
  0:50 Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
  0:55 Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
  1:20 Marc Staal blocks shot from Josh Anderson.
  1:27 Josh Mahura hits Josh Anderson.
Shot by Justin Barron misses the net 1:52  
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. 2:06  
  2:26 Shot by Eric Staal misses the net
  2:32 Marc Staal shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  2:33 Aleksander Barkov wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  2:37 Aleksander Barkov scores. Assisted by Gustav Forsling and Carter Verhaeghe.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Aleksander Barkov. 2:37  
  3:15 Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
Takeaway by Mike Hoffman. 3:40  
Mike Hoffman shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 3:41  
  4:51 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  5:11 Gustav Forsling shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Joel Armia hits Eric Staal. 5:32  
Johnathan Kovacevic blocks shot from Aaron Ekblad. 5:35  
  5:42 Gustav Forsling shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  5:46 Shot by Ryan Lomberg misses the net
  5:52 Ryan Lomberg hits Johnathan Kovacevic.
  6:20 Aleksander Barkov hits Kaiden Guhle.
Joel Edmundson shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 6:20  
  6:27 Aleksander Barkov shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  6:40 Takeaway by Carter Verhaeghe.
  6:40 Carter Verhaeghe shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett. 6:41  
Joel Edmundson hits Sam Bennett. 6:52  
Joel Edmundson hits Sam Bennett. 6:59  
Jake Evans shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 7:24  
  7:25 Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  7:38 Aaron Ekblad shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  8:07 Takeaway by Anton Lundell.
Arber Xhekaj shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 8:11  
  8:20 Giveaway by Ryan Lomberg.
Juraj Slafkovsky hits Nick Cousins. 8:43  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 8:54  
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. 9:02  
Shot by Mike Hoffman misses the net 9:05  
Mike Hoffman wins the faceoff against Aleksander Barkov. 9:11  
  9:39 Radko Gudas hits Josh Anderson.
  10:43 Brandon Montour shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  10:48 Matthew Tkachuk shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  10:49 Matthew Tkachuk shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Joel Armia penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Matthew Tkachuk. 10:50  
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Aleksander Barkov. 10:50  
Nick Suzuki blocks shot from Aleksander Barkov. 11:02  
  11:37 Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  11:50 Aleksander Barkov scores a power play goal. Assisted by Sam Reinhart and Matthew Tkachuk.
  11:50 Nick Cousins wins the faceoff against Juraj Slafkovsky.
  12:14 Radko Gudas penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brendan Gallagher.
Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Aleksander Barkov. 12:14  
  12:35 Eetu Luostarinen wins the faceoff against Christian Dvorak.
  12:37 Aaron Ekblad shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. 12:53  
  13:02 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Christian Dvorak.
  13:41 Marc Staal hits Kirby Dach.
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Aleksander Barkov. 14:14  
Arber Xhekaj scores. Assisted by Jonathan Drouin and Evgenii Dadonov. 14:14  
Giveaway by Joel Armia. 14:38  
Joel Armia hits Colin White. 14:46  
  14:59 Aleksander Barkov wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  15:07 Colin White shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  15:07 Aleksander Barkov wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle. 15:21  
Kaiden Guhle blocks shot from Aaron Ekblad. 15:21  
  15:22 Aleksander Barkov scores.
  15:22 Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
  15:28 Eetu Luostarinen penalty for high sticking - double minor - 4 mins (Minor). Drawn by Josh Anderson.
Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Aleksander Barkov. 15:28  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 15:44  
  15:45 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Mike Hoffman shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 16:42  
Shot by Mike Hoffman misses the net 16:52  
Arber Xhekaj shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 17:10  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Aleksander Barkov. 17:10  
  17:15 Takeaway by Anton Lundell.
Josh Anderson hits Eric Staal. 18:20  
Mike Hoffman shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 18:31  
  18:49 Gustav Forsling blocks shot from Josh Anderson.
  18:57 Eric Staal blocks shot from Arber Xhekaj.
Josh Anderson shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 19:12  
Josh Anderson scores a power play goal. Assisted by Mike Hoffman and Arber Xhekaj. 19:13  
  19:13 Aleksander Barkov wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
  19:28 Giveaway by Sergei Bobrovsky.
Evgenii Dadonov shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 19:46  
Kaiden Guhle blocks shot from Colin White. 19:48  
Shot by Kaiden Guhle misses the net 19:55  
2
Montreal   Florida
  0:00 Aleksander Barkov wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  0:09 Carter Verhaeghe shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  0:24 Gustav Forsling shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett. 0:24  
Shot by Mike Hoffman misses the net 0:35  
  0:57 Sam Bennett hits Josh Anderson.
Mike Hoffman shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 1:03  
Jordan Harris blocks shot from Matthew Tkachuk. 1:11  
  1:12 Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Christian Dvorak.
  1:35 Matthew Tkachuk blocks shot from Jordan Harris.
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Anton Lundell. 1:39  
Jonathan Drouin hits Josh Mahura. 1:47  
Joel Armia hits Sam Reinhart. 2:27  
Shot by Kirby Dach misses the net 2:44  
  2:45 Giveaway by Anton Levtchi.
  3:00 Gustav Forsling blocks shot from Cole Caufield.
  3:17 Nick Cousins hits Jordan Harris.
  3:26 Aaron Ekblad hits Josh Anderson.
  3:35 Giveaway by Nick Cousins.
  3:40 Eric Staal shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  3:46 Eric Staal hits Joel Edmundson.
Joel Edmundson hits Colin White. 4:05  
  4:12 Takeaway by Carter Verhaeghe.
Kaiden Guhle blocks shot from Colin White. 4:20  
  4:31 Giveaway by Carter Verhaeghe.
Team penalty for Montreal too many men on ice - 2 mins (Minor). Served by Juraj Slafkovsky. 4:37  
  4:37 Aleksander Barkov wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  4:44 Matthew Tkachuk shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  4:45 Aleksander Barkov wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
  4:57 Shot by Matthew Tkachuk misses the net
  5:08 Brandon Montour blocks shot from Kaiden Guhle.
Kaiden Guhle hits Matthew Tkachuk. 5:12  
  5:26 Shot by Aaron Ekblad misses the net
Jake Evans blocks shot from Brandon Montour. 5:35  
  5:48 Brandon Montour shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  6:16 Shot by Aaron Ekblad misses the net
  6:22 Matthew Tkachuk scores a power play goal. Assisted by Brandon Montour and Aleksander Barkov.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. 6:22  
  6:46 Nick Cousins blocks shot from Justin Barron.
  7:09 Takeaway by Ryan Lomberg.
  7:10 Aleksander Barkov wins the faceoff against Christian Dvorak.
  7:10 Gustav Forsling penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Kirby Dach.
  7:24 Marc Staal blocks shot from Nick Suzuki.
  8:07 Radko Gudas blocks shot from Kirby Dach.
  8:30 Sam Bennett hits Kirby Dach.
  8:33 Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Josh Anderson.
Mike Hoffman shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 9:05  
  9:14 Marc Staal hits Jonathan Drouin.
Takeaway by Jonathan Drouin. 9:23  
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Aleksander Barkov. 9:40  
  9:53 Shot by Carter Verhaeghe misses the net
  10:06 Radko Gudas hits Joel Armia.
Shot by Juraj Slafkovsky misses the net 10:30  
  10:57 Giveaway by Anton Levtchi.
Nick Suzuki hits Anton Lundell. 11:06  
Arber Xhekaj hits Nick Cousins. 12:17  
  13:07 Nick Cousins shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Kaiden Guhle hits Ryan Lomberg. 13:19  
  13:24 Nick Cousins hits Brendan Gallagher.
  13:41 Carter Verhaeghe blocks shot from Justin Barron.
Jonathan Drouin hits Aleksander Barkov. 14:26  
  14:47 Shot by Marc Staal misses the net
  15:00 Shot by Eetu Luostarinen misses the net
Joel Armia hits Matthew Tkachuk. 15:06  
  15:19 Eetu Luostarinen hits Arber Xhekaj.
  15:26 Sam Bennett shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  15:38 Matthew Tkachuk shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Aleksander Barkov. 15:46  
Nick Suzuki penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Aaron Ekblad. 15:46  
Josh Anderson hits Aleksander Barkov. 16:11  
Kaiden Guhle hits Aleksander Barkov. 16:12  
  16:56 Matthew Tkachuk shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  16:57 Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Christian Dvorak.
  17:03 Anton Lundell shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  17:04 Sam Bennett shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett. 17:05  
Brendan Gallagher wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett. 17:43  
  17:58 Gustav Forsling hits Jordan Harris.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett. 19:53  
3
Montreal   Florida
  0:00 Aleksander Barkov wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  0:15 Carter Verhaeghe hits Kaiden Guhle.
  1:04 Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
  1:19 Eetu Luostarinen hits Josh Anderson.
  2:03 Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Christian Dvorak.
  2:12 Radko Gudas hits Juraj Slafkovsky.
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Anton Lundell. 2:32  
Arber Xhekaj hits Nick Cousins. 2:57  
Evgenii Dadonov blocks shot from Marc Staal. 3:16  
  3:32 Brandon Montour hits Johnathan Kovacevic.
Joel Edmundson shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 3:59  
  4:14 Carter Verhaeghe scores.
  4:14 Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
Josh Anderson shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 4:35  
Josh Anderson hits Radko Gudas. 4:35  
Jake Evans shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 4:37  
  4:38 Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
Josh Anderson shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 5:17  
  5:24 Eetu Luostarinen shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  5:44 Josh Mahura hits Johnathan Kovacevic.
Brendan Gallagher hits Radko Gudas. 5:48  
  5:54 Anton Levtchi shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  5:54 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  5:58 Josh Mahura shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Evgenii Dadonov shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 6:30  
  6:31 Aleksander Barkov wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Joel Edmundson blocks shot from Aleksander Barkov. 6:36  
  6:40 Aleksander Barkov wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
Kirby Dach penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Carter Verhaeghe. 6:40  
Kaiden Guhle blocks shot from Aaron Ekblad. 6:48  
Kaiden Guhle blocks shot from Aaron Ekblad. 6:59  
  7:21 Matthew Tkachuk shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  7:24 Nick Cousins wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  7:24 Matthew Tkachuk scores a power play goal. Assisted by Aleksander Barkov and Brandon Montour.
Jonathan Drouin shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 7:43  
  7:45 Nick Cousins wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  8:00 Ryan Lomberg shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Anton Lundell. 8:01  
Takeaway by Josh Anderson. 8:24  
  8:41 Shot by Sam Reinhart misses the net
Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett. 9:07  
Juraj Slafkovsky hits Brandon Montour. 9:24  
  9:27 Sam Bennett hits Justin Barron.
  9:31 Eetu Luostarinen scores. Assisted by Sam Bennett and Matthew Tkachuk.
  9:31 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Cole Caufield shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 10:23  
Kaiden Guhle hits Anton Lundell. 10:31  
  10:39 Radko Gudas hits Kirby Dach.
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Aleksander Barkov. 10:44  
Joel Edmundson penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Misconduct). 10:44  
Kirby Dach penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). 10:44  
Joel Edmundson penalty for cross checking - 2 mins (Minor). 10:44  
  10:44 Radko Gudas penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor).
  10:44 Marc Staal penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor).
Joel Edmundson penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Served by Cole Caufield. 10:44  
Kaiden Guhle hits Aleksander Barkov. 11:27  
  11:31 Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  11:37 Gustav Forsling shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  11:46 Matthew Tkachuk shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Josh Anderson hits Gustav Forsling. 12:05  
  12:13 Shot by Josh Mahura misses the net
Giveaway by Justin Barron. 13:07  
Giveaway by Cole Caufield. 13:26  
  13:38 Eetu Luostarinen shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  13:49 Josh Mahura hits Brendan Gallagher.
Evgenii Dadonov shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 13:50  
  13:51 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Christian Dvorak.
  14:39 Brandon Montour blocks shot from Christian Dvorak.
  14:50 Nick Cousins blocks shot from Jordan Harris.
  16:14 Carter Verhaeghe hits Johnathan Kovacevic.
  16:15 Aleksander Barkov shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Arber Xhekaj hits Aleksander Barkov. 16:16  
Nick Suzuki blocks shot from Radko Gudas. 16:18  
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. 16:20  
Joel Armia shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 16:30  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 17:28  
Johnathan Kovacevic shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. 17:33  
Brendan Gallagher penalty for fighting against Brandon Montour - 5 mins (Major). 17:40  
  17:40 Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
Brendan Gallagher penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Misconduct). 17:40  
Brendan Gallagher penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brandon Montour. Served by Juraj Slafkovsky. 17:40  
  17:40 Brandon Montour penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Misconduct).
Brendan Gallagher penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brandon Montour. Served by Juraj Slafkovsky. 17:40  
Josh Anderson blocks shot from Josh Mahura. 17:46  
  18:10 Eetu Luostarinen shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Johnathan Kovacevic blocks shot from Anton Lundell. 18:20  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. 18:21  
  18:46 Eric Staal shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  18:46 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Christian Dvorak.
  19:04 Shot by Nick Cousins misses the net
Jake Evans blocks shot from Radko Gudas. 19:42  
  19:43 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.