Montreal Canadiens @ Pittsburgh Penguins

19-12-5, 9-3-4 Away

Final/SO

	1	2	3	SO	T
Canadiens MTL	1	1	1	0	3
Penguins PIT	2	1	0	1	4

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsPIT

15-11-9, 7-6-5 Home

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Owen BeckO. Beck#62
Sammy BlaisS. Blais#27
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
Joe VelenoJ. Veleno#90
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Adam EngstromA. Engstrom#42
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	18	18:17	0:23	3:39	14:15	1	0	100.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	15	10:07	0:00	0:00	10:07	5	3	62.5
0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	6	0	0	14	8:32	0:00	0:00	8:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	13:05	0:00	0:00	13:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	20:04	3:34	0:00	16:30	0	1	0.0
1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	15:56	3:31	0:00	12:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	10:40	0:00	0:00	10:40	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	14:44	0:00	0:58	13:46	7	7	50.0
0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	21	21:13	3:35	0:00	17:38	1	1	50.0
0	0	-2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	26	23:26	3:37	2:48	17:01	5	11	31.3
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	19	16:48	0:25	0:41	15:42	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	13:22	0:26	1:11	11:45	6	3	66.7
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	27	21:29	0:00	3:26	18:03	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	0	2	1	2	1	0	3	29	22:33	0:31	0:32	21:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	15	10:40	0:00	0:00	10:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	1	0	3	30	28:58	3:39	0:57	24:22	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	1	4	0	0	1	0	2	30	27:23	0:19	4:02	23:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	15	11:05	0:00	0:18	10:47	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
31	3	28	.903	27	1	0	0	0	65:00	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Justin BrazeauJ. Brazeau#16
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Connor DewarC. Dewar#19
Kevin HayesK. Hayes#13
Ben KindelB. Kindel#81
Ville KoivunenV. Koivunen#41
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
Rutger McGroartyR. McGroarty#2
Tommy NovakT. Novak#18
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
defensemen
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Brett KulakB. Kulak#77
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Ryan SheaR. Shea#5
Jack St. IvanyJ. St. Ivany#3
Parker WotherspoonP. Wotherspoon#28

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	16	12:34	0:00	1:39	10:55	3	3	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	18	14:27	0:59	0:00	13:28	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	22	20:53	3:38	0:00	17:15	14	10	58.3
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	17	12:00	0:00	1:45	10:15	2	0	100.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	12	9:26	1:01	0:00	8:25	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:11	1:03	0:00	14:08	4	5	44.4
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	11:47	0:00	0:00	11:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	19	18:13	3:39	0:00	14:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	12:49	0:00	0:00	12:49	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	22	17:41	1:19	0:00	16:22	3	3	50.0
1	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	23	21:44	3:18	2:14	16:12	0	2	0.0
0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	23	21:36	3:36	2:23	15:37	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	27	27:07	3:27	3:27	20:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	21:51	0:00	0:55	20:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	3	26	23:36	1:10	0:21	22:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	20	13:49	0:00	0:12	13:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	18	12:42	0:00	0:00	12:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	5	24	21:34	0:00	3:04	18:30	0	0	0.0

goalies
Arturs SilovsA. Silovs#37

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
25	3	22	.880	21	0	1	0	0	65:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	SO	T
	Canadiens	1	1	1	0	3
	Penguins	2	1	0	1	4

1st Period		MTL	PIT
7:31	Oliver Kapanen (11) Assists: Juraj Slafkovsky (12), Ivan Demidov (20)	1	0
7:58	Sidney Crosby (20) Assists: Erik Karlsson (23), Rickard Rakell (8)	1	1
12:40	Rickard Rakell (4) (Power Play) Assists: Bryan Rust (17), Sidney Crosby (17)	1	2

2nd Period			MTL	PIT
3:54		Ivan Demidov (8) Assists: Juraj Slafkovsky (13), Oliver Kapanen (8)	2	2
11:51		Noel Acciari (2) Assists: Kris Letang (15), Arturs Silovs (2)	2	3

3rd Period			MTL	PIT
4:04		Noah Dobson (6) Assists: Sammy Blais (3), Mike Matheson (13)	3	3

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

	MTL	PIT
Kevin Hayes Goal Wrist Shot	0	1
Alexandre Texier Backhand saved by Arturs Silovs	0	1
Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes	0	1
Cole Caufield Goal Wrist Shot	1	1
Rickard Rakell Goal Backhand	1	2
Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs	1	2

Regular Season Series

MTL wins 2-1

Canadiens
4
Penguins
2

Game 1

12/11

Penguins
0
Canadiens
4

Game 2

12/20

Canadiens
3
Penguins
4

Game 3

12/21

PPG Paints Arena

7:00 PM, December 21, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 17,695

Referees:
Brian Pochmara
Mike Sullivan

Linesmen:
Kilian McNamara
Ryan Jackson

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	21	13	3	45
Montreal	19	12	5	43
Tampa Bay	19	13	3	41
Boston	20	16	1	41
Florida	19	14	2	40
Ottawa	18	13	4	40
Buffalo	17	14	4	38
Toronto	15	15	5	35

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	10	3	47
Washington	19	12	5	43
NY Islanders	19	13	4	42
Philadelphia	17	10	7	41
New Jersey	20	15	1	41
NY Rangers	18	16	4	40
Pittsburgh	15	11	9	39
Columbus	14	15	6	34

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Montreal Canadiens @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular Season Series

MTL wins 2-1

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