Game

Penguins at Canadiens

Canadiens 4, Penguins 0 · first star Jacob Fowler (0 GA, .000 SV%).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Pittsburgh Penguins 0 at Montreal Canadiens 4

Penguins PIT

0 FINAL 4

Canadiens MTL

Saturday, December 20, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · Centre Bell, Montreal · TV SNE · TVAS · CITY

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Penguins	0	0	0	0	31
Canadiens	2	1	1	4	21

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Penguins attack left, Canadiens attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: PIT 31, MTL 21.

PIT in red MTL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Penguins 31 shots on goal (0 goals, 21 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Canadiens 21 shots on goal (4 goals, 16 missed, 13 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	PIT SOG	PIT ATT	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT
1st	9	20	10	2	20
2nd	5	17	5	1	18
3rd	17	32	6	1	12
Total	31	69	21	4	50

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	PIT SOG	MTL SOG	MTL G
Even strength	24	16	2
Power play	7	1	1
Short-handed	0	4	1
Into an empty net	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Penguins took 58.0% of the shot attempts, and 59.3% of the 91 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Canadiens and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Penguins hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Penguins at Canadiens
Period	MTL CF%	MTL FF%
1st	50.0	50.0
2nd	51.4	48.1
3rd	27.3	30.6
Game	42.0	41.6

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

16:41 Juraj Slafkovský (10) PP Cole Caufield (18), Nick Suzuki (30) · snap 0–1
18:49 Owen Beck (1) Brendan Gallagher (10), Lane Hutson (27) · snap 0–2

2nd period

12:14 Josh Anderson (7) SH Oliver Kapanen (7) · snap 0–3

3rd period

17:02 Josh Anderson (8) EN Unassisted · wrist 0–4

Three stars

Jacob Fowler MTL · G #32 · 0 GA, .000 SV%
Josh Anderson MTL · R #17 · 2 G, 0 A
Owen Beck MTL · C #62 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	02:04	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	boarding	2	Rutger McGroarty
1st	15:50	PIT	Kevin Hayes	tripping	2	Joe Veleno
2nd	11:18	MTL	Nick Suzuki	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
3rd	08:29	MTL	Lane Hutson	cross checking	2	Tommy Novak

Boxscore

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Ben Kindel #81	C	0	1	0	1	0	66.7	14:40
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	2	1	0	0	50.0	12:20
Noel Acciari #55	C	0	1	1	1	0	100.0	13:01
Sidney Crosby #87	C	-2	3	2	0	0	78.3	21:09
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	4	2	1	0	100.0	17:52
Anthony Mantha #39	R	-3	2	1	0	0	0.0	18:29
Bryan Rust #17	R	-2	3	1	2	0	0.0	21:02
Justin Brazeau #16	R	-1	0	3	0	0	0.0	14:28
Kevin Hayes #13	R	0	2	1	0	2	16.7	13:44
Rickard Rakell #67	R	-3	5	1	1	0	0.0	17:48
Rutger McGroarty #2	R	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	12:32
Ville Koivunen #41	R	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	12:05
Brett Kulak #77	D	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	15:32
Connor Clifton #75	D	0	1	6	0	0	0.0	15:18
Erik Karlsson #65	D	-3	2	1	1	0	0.0	24:29
Kris Letang #58	D	-1	0	1	2	0	0.0	21:48
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	20:06
Ryan Shea #5	D	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	17:08

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Stuart Skinner #74	L	20	17	3	.850	14/15	0/1	55:38

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Josh Anderson #17	R	2	0	2	+2	4	2	1	0	0.0	16:12
Owen Beck #62	C	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	50.0	13:18
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	1	0	1	+1	2	0	3	0	0.0	16:33
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	50.0	19:13
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	46.7	18:10
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	13:58
Cole Caufield #13	R	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:25
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	2	0.0	23:50
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	01:57
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	+1	2	4	2	0	16.7	16:26
Alexandre Texier #85	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	14:50
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	14:21
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	14:13
Adam Engstrom #42	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	11:12
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	22:22
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0.0	13:19
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	0	0.0	26:48
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	0.0	21:53

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Fowler #32	W	31	31	0	1.000	24/24	7/7	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.