On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) brought in Jacob Winans(@JakeW_8) to break down the Panthers' 3-2 OT loss to the Montreal Canadiens, where the Panthers blew a two-goal lead with five minutes to go. Neither team got on the scoreboard until the third period when man of the hour Brad Marchand, who had a pregame ceremony celebrating getting his 1000th point, got the scoring going with a goal on the power play, Sam Reinhart also added to the scoring with a goal off the draw that beat Sam Montembault passed the should to double the lead. The Panthers however could not be comfortable as the Habs responded less than a minute later, thanks to Cole Caufield, who is making a big case for the US Olympic team. Daniil Tarasov was having the game of his life, making multiple key stops, especially when the Habs took control for the majority of the second period, but one misplay of the puck behind the net as the Habs were coming in on the forecheck resulted in a goal to tie the game at two thanks to Nick Suzuki. Not the first time Suzuki was able to force overtime against the Panthers in the final minutes, as he did it in their previous matchup back in April, and he also converted on the OT winner where Brad Marchand went to the box for roughing after Sam Bennett separated the puck from Mike Matheson, but an extra hit from Marchand (which also hurt Matheson) had the Panthers go on the Penalty kill just over a minute into OT, and despite a long stretch of a shooting lane not being open for Montreal for a good amount of the power play, they were able to find the back of the net with Lane Hutson hitting a cross seam pass to Suzuki parked in the blue paint and with Tarasov committed to his left, he was not able to make the adjustment in time to make the stop onn Suzuki, and it's another win for the Habs over Florida. It's not six wins in a row in the season series for Montreal as it's completely flipped from years passed. The guys give their three duds of the game, when they knew the game was lost, and because it's the last show of 2025, they also reflect on the wonderful year it was. We discuss all of this and more on today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast: Your Team, Every Day.
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