One-goal night: Montreal Canadiens slip past Florida Panthers

That brings us to the end of a first period — Florida Panthers 1, Montreal Canadiens 1. Montreal Canadiens edged the shot clock 10-4, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Elias Pettersson opened the scoring for Montreal Canadiens on the power play at 6:25, then Brad Marchand tied it for Florida Panthers at 18:20.

Brandon Bussi was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Florida Panthers went 0-for-1 while Montreal Canadiens went 1-for-1.

Montreal Canadiens owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Florida Panthers 0, Montreal Canadiens 1. Shots were even at 8 apiece, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Nick Suzuki put Montreal Canadiens in front at 4:43.

Sam Montembeault was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Florida Panthers went 0-for-1 while Montreal Canadiens went 0-for-2.

Montreal Canadiens owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Florida Panthers 0, Montreal Canadiens 0. Montreal Canadiens edged the shot clock 6-4, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Neither side could solve the goaltending — a grinding, scoreless frame.

Brandon Bussi was under siege with 5 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Florida Panthers went 0-for-1.

Montreal Canadiens owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.