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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Zero-for-December.

That’s the situation captain Max Pacioretty will be facing Saturday night when the Canadiens play the Florida Panthers at the BB&T Center (7 p.m., CBC, CITY, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690).

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Pacioretty’s last goal came on Nov. 30 in a 6-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings at the Bell Centre. Since then, the captain has gone 11 games without a goal and he has only one in the last 20. During those 20 games, Pacioretty has had 58 shots on goal for a 1.7 shooting percentage.

Ugly.

That’s also a good word to describe the Canadiens’ season with a 16-18-4 record after three straight losses during which they have scored a total of three goals. The Canadiens now rank 27th in the overall NHL standings ahead of only Detroit, Ottawa, Buffalo and Arizona. When Marc Bergevin took over as Canadiens GM in May 2012, the Canadiens were coming off a season in which they finished 28th overall.