Canadiens celebrate defeating the Florida Panthers as Panthers goaltender Daniil Tarasov skates away.

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Welcome back to the daily Hockey Inside/Out newsletter, where the Canadiens ended their year with a thrilling 3-2 overtime win over the Florida Panthers.

Hidden Game: Canadiens' Nick Suzuki leads comeback victory at Florida

"In what might have been the most important game of his career, Samuel Montembeault stopped 28 shots for a .933 save percentage. He shut out Florida for more than 50 minutes while winning for the first time since Nov. 28, against Vegas."

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“I want to have an impact. I’m just trying to work every day and get better. I want to help the team to be successful. It’s always good to put a couple of goals in. I feel like I’m going in the right direction. I just have to keep working.”

-Juraj Slafkovsky

"For all the talk of Nick Suzuki not playing like his usual self of late, he looked very much in his wheelhouse with the game on the line against the defending Stanley Cup champions."

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Here's the schedule for the rest of this week

Jan. 1: Montreal Canadiens at Carolina Hurricanes (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM)

Jan. 3: Montreal Canadiens at St. Louis Blues (4 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM)

Jan. 4: Montreal Canadiens at Dallas Stars (2 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM)

Where to watch every Habs game on TV

The PWHL

Here's the schedule for this week

Jan. 2: Montreal Victoire at New York Sirens (1 p.m. Sportsnet, RDS)

Jan. 4: Minnesota Frost at Montreal Victoire (2 p.m. Sportsnet, Radio-Canada)

Where to watch every Victoire game on TV

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