Montreal moved two points ahead of the New York Rangers, breaking a tie for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference. Niko Mikkola and Mackie Samoskevich scored, and Vitek Vanecek made 18 saves for the Panthers (44-26-4), who had won three of five.

Nick Suzuki scored his second of the game 29 seconds into overtime as the Montreal Canadiens came back for a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers.

The Florida Panthers will have revenge on their mind when they close the book on their season series with the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Tuesday. The second half of a home-and-home, the Panthers have lost their three previous battles with the Canadiens this season,

The Montreal Canadiens had a disastrous road trip last week, but they still managed to redeem themselves by winning their duel with the Florida Panthers on Sunday afternoon in Sunrise. It was the third time the Habs beat the Stanley Cup champions this season,

Less than 48 hours after a less-than-convincing performance against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Montreal Canadiens had a much better showing against the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Florida Panthers.

Wheels up. Packing their bags for their last multi-game road trip of the regular season, the Florida Panthers will look to make a strong push to pick up some points against four playoff-contending teams up north.

As the final horn was about to sound, Mikkola wound up and sent a slap shot toward the Montreal net while the Canadiens players had already begun skating toward goaltender Sam Montembeault to celebrate the win.