nhl Game Recap
Florida Skates Past Montreal 5-2 - Recap
Sam Bennett scored twice to lead the Panthers over Montreal 5-2 on Saturday at FLA Live Arena.
Florida was favored by -600 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Florida got goals from Sam Bennett(2), Mason Marchment, Aleksander Barkov, and Frank Vatrano in the victory. Bennett opened the scoring at 0:32 of the first period.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 of 31 Montreal shots in the victory.
Montreal got goals from Nick Suzuki, and Jonathan Drouin in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Sam Montembeault stopped 43 of 48 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Florida scored 1 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Florida outshot Montreal 48-31 in the game.
Next game, Florida takes its act home to face Calgary looking for another win. For Montreal, they head on the road to face Boston.