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Montréal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 11, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 4 29
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:54 MTL Alexandre Texier (1) Unassisted 1 - 0
2nd Period
04:37 MTL Brendan Gallagher (2) Lane Hutson (18), Juraj Slafkovský (8) 2 - 0
10:18 MTL Cole Caufield (17) PP Nick Suzuki (26), Lane Hutson (19) 3 - 0
3rd Period
00:44 PIT Bryan Rust (9) Sidney Crosby (14), Tommy Novak (10) 3 - 1
00:59 MTL Oliver Kapanen (10) Juraj Slafkovský (9), Ivan Demidov (18) 4 - 1
15:07 PIT Erik Karlsson (2) PP Kris Letang (12), Bryan Rust (14) 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:16 MTL Alexandre Carrier Holding 2
13:48 PIT Justin Brazeau Holding 2
2nd Period
04:58 MTL Noah Dobson Slashing 2
09:29 PIT Ville Koivunen Tripping 2
10:32 MTL Jared Davidson Holding 2
3rd Period
02:15 PIT Danton Heinen Slashing 2
04:11 MTL Ivan Demidov Hooking 2
05:46 MTL Alexandre Carrier Roughing 2
14:50 MTL Adam Engstrom Holding 2
19:41 PIT Kris Letang Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 62 40 29 4 3.3 58.0
Pittsburgh Penguins 79 54 38 2 3.2 42.0

How the game went

105051015Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadMontréal Canadiens ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 3.3 expected, 4 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.2 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 2:54 of 1st, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 4:37 of 2nd, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 10:18 of 2nd, a 5% chanceMTL goal, 0:59 of 3rd, a 13% chancePIT goal, 0:44 of 3rd, a 18% chancePIT goal, 15:07 of 3rd, a 5% chanceMTL 3.3PIT 3.2

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens
Pittsburgh Penguins

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Zachary Bolduc11:1770.863.30-1
Oliver Kapanen · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov9:0847.175.61-0
Josh Anderson · Alexandre Texier · Owen Beck6:5663.268.31-0
Brendan Gallagher · Joseph Veleno · Jared Davidson4:4335.738.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Noah Dobson · Lane Hutson13:1162.977.43-0
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier12:4356.554.80-1
Jayden Struble · Adam Engstrom10:3644.450.70-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 18:06 13-11 0.66-0.19
48 Lane Hutson D 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 22:15 0.07 27-16 1.55-0.43
7 Brendan Gallagher R 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 09:57 0.19 6-11 0.37-0.50
13 Cole Caufield R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 18:12 0.30 18-8 0.68-0.39
85 Alexandre Texier L 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:32 0.12 13-9 0.64-0.23
91 Oliver Kapanen C 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 19:03 0.45 9-10 0.52-0.18
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 23:02 0.57 23-8 1.03-0.39
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 12:43 10-9 0.58-0.17
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 25:47 0.10 16-12 0.80-0.58
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:29 0.06 14-9 0.59-0.23
42 Adam Engstrom D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:30 9-11 0.40-0.35
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 21:40 0.03 18-11 0.72-0.44
47 Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:20 0.04 10-11 0.39-0.30
49 Jared Davidson C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 05:44 0.18 6-9 0.40-0.48
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 21:38 0.07 24-14 1.25-0.48
62 Owen Beck C 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 09:08 0.24 12-9 0.46-0.23
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 16:26 0.25 20-7 0.95-0.39
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:20 7-10 0.47-0.49
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Jacob Fowler W 38 36 2 59:51 3.11 +1.11

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Tommy Novak10:3448.444.31-1
Danton Heinen · Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar8:2333.316.80-0
Ville Koivunen · Rutger McGroarty · Ben Kindel7:3050.032.30-1
Kevin Hayes · Anthony Mantha · Justin Brazeau5:0636.414.40-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon12:0746.740.31-1
Connor Clifton · Ryan Graves12:0555.264.30-0
Kris Letang · Ryan Shea11:5823.84.80-2

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
17 Bryan Rust R 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 25:35 0.52 15-20 0.68-1.16
65 Erik Karlsson D 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 27:22 0.18 16-16 0.67-0.85
18 Tommy Novak C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:24 0.31 16-18 0.69-0.98
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 -2 2 1 0 21:59 0.04 5-18 0.05-1.13
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 0 0 7 2 24:29 0.79 17-16 0.83-0.85
2 Rutger McGroarty R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 10:24 0.32 11-13 0.46-0.56
6 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 16:25 5-19 0.05-1.02
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:53 0.08 6-16 0.14-0.71
16 Justin Brazeau R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 10:11 0.07 7-13 0.16-0.45
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:20 0.01 5-9 0.09-0.43
27 Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:59 0.01 17-14 0.67-0.42
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:59 0.12 14-21 0.57-1.16
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:36 0.31 5-10 0.04-0.49
41 Ville Koivunen R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:25 11-12 0.37-0.62
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:11 0.06 4-8 0.08-0.39
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10:10 4-8 0.08-0.39
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13:06 17-13 0.57-0.32
81 Ben Kindel C 0 0 0 -1 0 7 1 21:24 0.41 10-11 0.24-0.54
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry L 29 25 4 56:00 2.67 -1.33