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Pittsburgh Penguins at Montréal Canadiens

Dec 20, 2025 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 31
Montréal Canadiens 4 21

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
16:41 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (10) PP Cole Caufield (18), Nick Suzuki (30) 0 - 1
18:49 MTL Owen Beck (1) Brendan Gallagher (10), Lane Hutson (27) 0 - 2
2nd Period
12:14 MTL Josh Anderson (7) SH Oliver Kapanen (7) 0 - 3
3rd Period
17:02 MTL Josh Anderson (8) Unassisted 0 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:04 MTL Arber Xhekaj Boarding 2
15:50 PIT Kevin Hayes Tripping 2
2nd Period
11:18 MTL Nick Suzuki Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd Period
08:29 MTL Lane Hutson Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 68 52 31 0 4.2 58.2
Montréal Canadiens 51 37 21 4 2.9 41.8

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdMontréal Canadiens aheadPittsburgh Penguins 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 Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.2 expected, 0 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.9 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 16:41 of 1st, a 19% chanceMTL goal, 18:49 of 1st, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 12:14 of 2nd, a 19% chanceMTL goal, 17:02 of 3rd, a 41% chancePIT 4.2MTL 2.9

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

Pittsburgh Penguins
Montréal Canadiens

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Tommy Novak12:0838.166.70-0
Ville Koivunen · Rutger McGroarty · Ben Kindel8:4255.635.80-0
Kevin Hayes · Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar8:2364.374.70-0
Rickard Rakell · Anthony Mantha · Justin Brazeau8:2190.988.50-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Connor Clifton · Ryan Shea14:2159.160.10-0
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon14:2062.967.60-1
Kris Letang · Brett Kulak13:2443.569.20-0

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
2 Rutger McGroarty R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:32 0.05 14-8 0.53-0.41
6 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:08 0.05 15-12 0.61-0.61
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:44 0.29 14-5 1.18-0.25
16 Justin Brazeau R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:28 0.35 16-3 0.98-0.08
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 21:02 0.59 14-17 0.87-0.35
18 Tommy Novak C 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 17:52 0.27 14-16 0.90-0.38
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:20 0.38 11-13 0.86-0.70
27 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:32 12-13 0.62-0.25
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:06 0.03 24-13 1.54-0.71
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 18:29 0.34 15-2 0.81-0.08
41 Ville Koivunen R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:05 0.24 13-10 0.40-0.57
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:01 0.07 10-8 0.79-0.62
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:48 0.07 16-16 0.89-0.46
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 24:29 0.07 25-13 1.59-0.71
67 Rickard Rakell R 0 0 0 -3 0 5 1 17:48 1.04 15-3 0.88-0.19
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 15:18 0.03 13-9 0.61-0.40
81 Ben Kindel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:40 0.01 12-8 0.51-0.41
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 21:09 0.30 12-21 0.63-0.67
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
74 Stuart Skinner L 20 17 3 55:38 2.24 -0.76

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Zachary Bolduc10:2273.982.30-0
Oliver Kapanen · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov9:3730.014.40-0
Brendan Gallagher · Joseph Veleno · Owen Beck8:3036.429.21-0
Josh Anderson · Alexandre Texier · Juraj Slafkovský2:2020.057.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexandre Carrier · Lane Hutson16:2228.131.91-0
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson14:5550.015.90-0
Arber Xhekaj · Adam Engstrom10:5352.643.70-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
17 Josh Anderson R 2 0 2 2 0 4 2 16:12 0.63 4-13 0.31-0.90
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:33 0.35 7-26 0.23-1.31
62 Owen Beck C 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 13:18 0.15 9-12 0.45-0.86
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:58 0.08 6-12 0.26-0.83
13 Cole Caufield R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:25 0.59 20-8 0.90-0.20
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 19:13 0.12 18-15 0.59-0.98
48 Lane Hutson D 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 23:50 12-31 0.74-1.62
91 Oliver Kapanen C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18:10 7-20 0.22-1.05
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 26:48 0.05 17-17 0.57-1.16
42 Adam Engstrom D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:12 0.04 11-9 0.45-0.56
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:22 13-24 0.76-1.15
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 21:53 0.07 13-13 0.18-0.85
71 Jake Evans C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01:57 1-0 0.00-0.00
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 13:19 0.09 10-12 0.44-0.74
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:13 0.20 22-13 0.87-0.49
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:50 7-16 0.33-1.04
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 16:26 0.16 7-7 0.42-0.57
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:21 6-17 0.13-0.90
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Jacob Fowler W, SO 31 31 0 60:00 4.02 +4.02