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Game 35: Montreal Canadiens @ Florida Panthers
Start time: **1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST**
In Canada: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Panthers region: SCRIPPS Sports
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
In the first game after Christmas, we get to witness Jakub Dobes’s NHL debut. He will be the new backup in Montreal going forward, and there are a couple of back-to-backs, including this weekend’s, when he will get to show what he can do. He faces Spencer Knight, another young goalie, who has a 3-1-1 record in his past five games.
Today’s game begins the toughest stretch of the season for Montreal: five consecutive games on the…