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Montréal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 21, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 3 25
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 31

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:31 MTL Oliver Kapanen (11) Juraj Slafkovský (12), Ivan Demidov (20) 1 - 0
07:58 PIT Sidney Crosby (20) Erik Karlsson (23), Rickard Rakell (8) 1 - 1
12:40 PIT Rickard Rakell (4) PP Bryan Rust (17), Sidney Crosby (17) 1 - 2
2nd Period
03:54 MTL Ivan Demidov (8) Juraj Slafkovský (13), Oliver Kapanen (8) 2 - 2
11:51 PIT Noel Acciari (2) Kris Letang (15), Arturs Silovs (2) 2 - 3
3rd Period
04:04 MTL Noah Dobson (6) Sammy Blais (3), Mike Matheson (13) 3 - 3
Shootout
PIT Rickard Rakell Shootout winner 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:32 MTL Noah Dobson Delaying game puck over glass 2
09:19 PIT Kris Letang Tripping 2
12:02 MTL Adam Engstrom Tripping 2
2nd Period
14:21 MTL Sammy Blais Roughing 2
14:21 PIT Ryan Shea Roughing 2
3rd Period
06:43 PIT Tommy Novak Slashing 2
11:23 MTL Owen Beck Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 58 41 25 3 3.1 40.4
Pittsburgh Penguins 72 51 31 3 3.6 59.6

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdOTPittsburgh 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: 3.1 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.6 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTMTL goal, 7:31 of 1st, a 10% chanceMTL goal, 3:54 of 2nd, a 2% chanceMTL goal, 4:04 of 3rd, a 12% chancePIT goal, 7:58 of 1st, a 14% chancePIT goal, 12:40 of 1st, a 18% chancePIT goal, 11:51 of 2nd, a 8% chancePIT 3.6MTL 3.1

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 Bolduc10:5236.412.60-1
Josh Anderson · Alexandre Texier · Joseph Veleno9:2852.647.00-0
Oliver Kapanen · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov7:4952.457.02-0
Brendan Gallagher · Sammy Blais · Owen Beck7:1633.341.21-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson16:1636.127.41-1
Alexandre Carrier · Lane Hutson15:5540.729.30-0
Arber Xhekaj · Adam Engstrom8:1142.971.71-1

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
91 Oliver Kapanen C 1 1 2 2 0 7 0 14:44 0.60 16-14 0.44-0.44
93 Ivan Demidov R 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 15:56 0.09 11-12 0.41-0.36
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 21:13 0.22 15-17 0.45-0.47
53 Noah Dobson D 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 22:33 0.16 13-31 0.49-1.83
8 Mike Matheson D 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 27:23 0.21 19-27 0.62-1.53
27 Sammy Blais L 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 08:32 0.11 4-10 0.24-0.36
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:40 6-16 0.33-0.60
13 Cole Caufield R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:04 0.32 9-16 0.17-0.82
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 23:26 0.23 9-17 0.17-0.90
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:17 0.39 13-16 0.42-0.90
42 Adam Engstrom D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10:40 8-14 0.43-0.52
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:29 14-18 0.22-0.65
48 Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 28:58 0.47 16-21 0.30-0.60
62 Owen Beck C 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 10:07 4-11 0.24-0.40
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:05 0.03 10-9 0.45-0.19
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 13:05 8-15 0.09-0.70
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:48 0.05 14-20 0.39-0.98
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:22 0.27 11-11 0.40-0.54
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes OTL 31 28 3 65:00 3.42 +0.42

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell10:3462.584.71-0
Anthony Mantha · Tommy Novak · Justin Brazeau10:0340.071.50-0
Ville Koivunen · Rutger McGroarty · Ben Kindel8:4470.679.10-0
Kevin Hayes · Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar6:2746.735.61-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brett Kulak16:0266.772.01-0
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon15:4651.670.21-1
Ryan Shea · Jack St. Ivany11:1341.742.50-2

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
67 Rickard Rakell R 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 21:44 0.75 17-12 0.68-0.23
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 20:53 0.35 18-10 0.76-0.14
52 Noel Acciari C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 3 12:34 0.13 15-11 0.52-0.54
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 21:36 0.06 17-10 0.76-0.24
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 23:36 0.12 23-11 1.08-0.44
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 27:07 0.28 16-17 0.73-0.31
2 Rutger McGroarty R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 12:49 0.18 21-8 0.68-0.35
6 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 13:49 0.04 14-14 0.65-0.50
6 Jack St. Ivany D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 12:42 0.10 17-14 0.47-0.50
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 09:26 0.09 9-9 0.37-0.43
16 Justin Brazeau R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:27 0.20 10-14 0.47-0.36
18 Tommy Novak C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:41 0.19 13-10 0.74-0.22
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 12:00 0.01 13-12 0.51-0.66
27 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 21:51 0.29 29-10 1.20-0.32
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:34 0.06 18-16 0.78-0.43
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18:13 0.08 9-12 0.47-0.22
41 Ville Koivunen R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:47 0.18 17-5 0.76-0.11
81 Ben Kindel C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:11 0.47 19-7 1.15-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
37 Arturs Silovs W 25 22 3 65:00 3.03 +0.03