Panthers' Brandon Montour: Top-10 scorer from blue line
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Montour had two assists in a 4-2 win over New Jersey on Saturday.
He has seven points, including six assists, on his current four-game point streak. Montour has 58 points (12 goals, 46 assists) this season, which is the second-most by a defenseman in Florida history behind Keith Yandle's 62 points (nine goals, 53 assists; 2018-19). Montour sits ninth in the NHL in scoring and has done it on a team-friendly $3.5 million AAV deal.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Secures win in overtime
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Montour scored a goal on four shots, added a power-play assist and logged two PIM in Friday's 4-3 overtime win over the Blackhawks.
Montour helped out on Sam Reinhart's game-tying goal in the third period. At 2:43 of overtime, Montour finished the game with his career-high 12th goal of the season, four of which have been game-winners. The defenseman has five points over five outings in March, and he's up to 53 points (21 on the power play), 189 shots on net, 81 hits, 71 blocked shots, 95 PIM and a plus-7 rating through 64 contests overall in a career year nearly across the board.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Two helpers in loss
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Montour notched two assists, one on the power play, in Saturday's 7-3 loss to the Predators.
He was one of the few bright spots in a brutal afternoon for the Panthers. Montour has found the scoresheet in three straight games, but the multi-point effort was his first since Jan. 10. On the season, the 28-year-old blueliner has already set new career highs with 48 points (10 goals, 38 helpers) and 19 power-play points (three goals, 16 assists).
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Adds helper in rout
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Montour extended his point streak to 10 games with an assist in Monday's 7-1 win over the Lightning.
Montour is enjoying a career year with his running total comprised of 10 goals and 34 assists through 51 games. The difference this year has been his expanded role on the man advantage, for which he's posted 18 points and averaging a whopping 4:15 of ice time.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Earns one of each Tuesday
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Montour scored a goal on four shots, supplied an assist, logged three hits, added two PIM and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Avalanche.
Montour snapped an 11-game goal drought in the first period. He also picked up a helper in the second, giving him 11 points over his last 12 outings as one of the Panthers' most productive blueliners. The defenseman is up to seven goals, 34 points, 109 shots on net, 56 hits, 49 blocked shots, 59 PIM and a minus-2 rating through 40 contests.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Lone helper not enough
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Montour recorded an assist Sunday, but the Panthers suffered a 5-1 loss to the Stars.
Montour sees the ice extremely well; he's already posted 26 helpers to match his total from last season and sits just five points away from a new career high. Montour's work on the power play stands out the most, as the blueliner has already generated three goals and 10 assists, despite his team ranked 22nd in the league with a 20.3 conversion rate in that special teams spot.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: More points, more PIM
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Montour put up three assists, including two on the power play, and had 15 PIM in a 7-2 win over Montreal on Thursday.
He and Brendan Gallagher dropped the gloves late in the game and both got the boot. Montour has eight points, including seven assists, in his last seven games and he also added 39 PIM, including 35 in his last three games. His 55 PIM are just one from his career mark set between Anaheim and Buffalo in 2018-19. But more importantly, Montour is having a dominant offensive season with 30 points (six goals, 24 assists) in just 34 games. That's seven shy of his career best set last year. Keep slotting him into your roster.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Mixed results in loss
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Montour recorded an assist, a minus-4 rating, and 10 PIM in Friday's 5-1 loss to the Islanders.
Montour was whistled for his second misconduct in the last two games, but these teams collectively went 0-for-9 on the man advantage. The Isles posting a plus-20 shot differential led to the lopsided score, and Montour's lackluster defensive performance resulted in his worst plus-minus output all season. Still, the good news is that Montour has been productive offensively, as this was his fourth helper over the past five games.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Adds power-play helper
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Montour notched a power-play assist, three shots on goal and three blocked shots in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Kraken.
Montour set up Carter Verhaeghe's second goal in the first period, which stood as the game-winner. This ended a two-game mini-slump for Montour. The 28-year-old blueliner continues to be a force on offense with five goals and 16 helpers in 23 outings. Nine of his 21 points have come on the power play, and he's added 71 shots on net, 31 blocked shots, 29 hits and a plus-2 rating in a top-four role.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Strikes on power play Monday
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Montour scored a power-play goal on three shots in Monday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Oilers.
The goal was Montour's first since Nov. 6, a span of eight games. He was still productive during that stretch with seven assists, three of which came on the power play. The 28-year-old blueliner has been one of the league's best surprises early in the campaign, maintaining a point-per-game pace through 20 contests. He's got five goals, 15 helpers, 66 shots on net, 26 hits, 26 blocked shots and a plus-4 rating, and eight of his 20 points have come on the power play.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Seven points in last two games
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Montour dished out three assists -- one on the power play -- in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Hurricanes.
Montour had a hand in all three of the goals scored in the game. Between this effort and his four points against the Ducks this past Sunday, Montour has produced a whopping seven points across his last two games. Selling high might not be a bad idea considering Montour has 15 points through 12 games but has never scored more than 37. Then again, this is his first time operating as the clear No. 1 defenseman on a team with this much talent, so the inevitable regression may not be too severe.
Panthers' Brandon Montour: Erupts with four points in win
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Montour scored a goal on five shots and added three assists in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Ducks.
Facing the team that drafted him in 2014, Montour had his best game of the season. Two of his three assists came on the power play. The defenseman has been a strong source of offense from the blue line so far, earning four goals and eight assists in 11 contests, though he hadn't earned a point in his previous three games before Sunday's explosion. The 28-year-old has added 37 shots on net, 18 blocked shots, 16 hits, a plus-4 rating and eight PIM.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Three points including GWG
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Montour scored the game-winning goal and added two assists in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Senators.
He also chipped in six shots, two hits, a blocked shot and a plus-3 rating. Montour notched a point in every period, eventually firing home the winner with about three and a half minutes left in the third. The 28-year-old has taken over as the top option on the Florida blue line in the absence of Aaron Ekblad (lower body), piling up two goals and seven points over the last five games while manning the point on the first power-play unit.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Returns from injury
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Montour was credited with two assists during the Panthers' 3-2 overtime loss to the Lightning on Friday.
Montour, who missed the Panthers' previous two games with an upper-body injury, dressed Friday and made an immediate impact. The 28-year-old defenseman earned helpers on both of the Panthers' tallies, and his second helper gave the Panthers a second-period lead. Montour compiled a career-best 37 points in 81 games last season. If he stays healthy, he could develop into a nice depth piece long term for fantasy managers.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Good to go
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Montour (upper body) will return to the lineup Friday against Tampa Bay.
Montour has missed the last two games with the injury. Lucas Carlsson will be dropped from the lineup to accommodate Montour's return. Montour has a goal in two games thus far.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Still sidelined
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Montour (upper body) skated Wednesday, but he won't be available for the evening's contest versus Philadelphia.
Montour will have to wait for Friday's game versus Tampa Bay for his next potential opportunity to rejoin the lineup. With Montour and Aaron Ekblad (lower body) both unavailable, Lucas Carlsson and Matt Kiersted are expected to enter the lineup against the Flyers.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Unavailable Monday
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Montour (upper body) will not play Monday against Boston, Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site reports.
The Panthers are expected to dress just five defensemen with Montour out. It's unclear how long the 28-year-old is expected to be out but an update on his status should be available before Wednesday's tilt with Philadelphia. He tallied a goal in Saturday's victory over Buffalo.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Picks up assist
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Montour registered one assist, one hit and two PIM in 13:59 of ice time against the Lightning on Tuesday.
Montour broke out of a four-game pointless streak with his helper but is still stuck in a 10-game goal drought dating back to April 24 versus the Lightning.
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Panthers' Brandon Montour: Six points in last five
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Montour dished out two assists in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Red Wings.
Montour's helpers came on Florida's first and last goals of the game. He has 34 points in 74 games, including six assists in the past five.
