Game

Canadiens at Penguins

Penguins 4, Canadiens 3 in a shootout · first star Sidney Crosby (1 G, 1 A).

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

Montreal Canadiens 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4

Canadiens MTL

3 FINAL/SO 4

Penguins PIT

Sunday, December 21, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	1OT	SO	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	1	1	0	0	3	25
Penguins	2	1	0	0	1	4	31

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canadiens attack left, Penguins attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 25, PIT 31.

MTL in red PIT in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 25 shots on goal (3 goals, 16 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Penguins 31 shots on goal (3 goals, 20 missed, 24 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT	PIT SOG	PIT G	PIT ATT
1st	8	1	18	14	2	20
2nd	8	1	12	14	1	32
3rd	6	1	16	2	0	22
OT	3	0	9	1	0	1
Total	25	3	55	31	3	75

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MTL SOG	MTL G	PIT SOG	PIT G
Even strength	24	3	29	2
Power play	0	0	2	1
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Penguins took 57.7% of the shot attempts, and 59.6% of the 99 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 Penguins and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Canadiens hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canadiens at Penguins
Period	PIT CF%	PIT FF%
1st	52.6	55.6
2nd	72.7	67.7
3rd	57.9	56.0
OT	10.0	11.1
Game	57.7	55.4

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

Scoring summary

1st period

07:31 Oliver Kapanen (11) Juraj Slafkovský (12), Ivan Demidov (20) · wrist 1–0
07:58 Sidney Crosby (20) Erik Karlsson (23), Rickard Rakell (8) · wrist 1–1
12:40 Rickard Rakell (4) PP Bryan Rust (17), Sidney Crosby (17) · wrist 1–2

2nd period

03:54 Ivan Demidov (8) Juraj Slafkovský (13), Oliver Kapanen (8) · wrist 2–2
11:51 Noel Acciari (2) Kris Letang (15), Arturs Silovs (2) · wrist 2–3

3rd period

04:04 Noah Dobson (6) Sammy Blais (3), Mike Matheson (13) · backhand 3–3

Shootout

00:00 Rickard Rakell Unassisted · backhand 3–4

Three stars

Sidney Crosby PIT · C #87 · 1 G, 1 A
Rickard Rakell PIT · R #67 · 1 G, 1 A
Oliver Kapanen MTL · C #91 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	04:32	MTL	Noah Dobson	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
1st	09:19	PIT	Kris Letang	tripping	2	Arber Xhekaj
1st	12:02	MTL	Adam Engstrom	tripping	2	Rutger McGroarty
2nd	14:21	MTL	Sammy Blais	roughing	2	Ryan Shea
2nd	14:21	PIT	Ryan Shea	roughing	2	Sammy Blais
3rd	06:43	PIT	Tommy Novak	slashing	2	Owen Beck
3rd	11:23	MTL	Owen Beck	hooking	2	Justin Brazeau

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	1	1	2	+2	7	0	0	0	50.0	14:44
Ivan Demidov #93	R	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	0.0	15:56
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	50.0	21:13
Noah Dobson #53	D	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	2	0.0	22:33
Sammy Blais #27	L	0	1	1	+1	1	6	1	2	0.0	08:32
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	1	1	+1	3	1	4	0	0.0	27:23
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	66.7	13:22
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	31.2	23:26
Owen Beck #62	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2	62.5	10:07
Alexandre Texier #85	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	16:48
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	10:40
Cole Caufield #13	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	20:04
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	100.0	18:17
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	0.0	13:05
Adam Engstrom #42	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	10:40
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	21:29
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0.0	11:05
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0.0	28:58

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	O	31	28	3	.903	27/29	1/2	65:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Sidney Crosby #87	C	1	1	2	+1	2	2	1	0	58.3	20:53
Rickard Rakell #67	R	1	1	2	+1	4	2	0	0	0.0	21:44
Noel Acciari #55	C	1	0	1	-1	1	3	0	0	50.0	12:34
Bryan Rust #17	R	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	21:36
Erik Karlsson #65	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	27:07
Kris Letang #58	D	0	1	1	+1	3	3	0	2	0.0	23:36
Ben Kindel #81	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	44.4	15:11
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	0	0	-2	1	4	0	0	100.0	12:00
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	17:41
Anthony Mantha #39	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0.0	18:13
Justin Brazeau #16	R	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	14:27
Kevin Hayes #13	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	09:26
Rutger McGroarty #2	R	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	50.0	12:49
Ville Koivunen #41	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	11:47
Brett Kulak #77	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	0.0	21:51
Jack St. Ivany #3	D	0	0	0	-2	2	4	1	0	0.0	12:42
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0.0	21:34
Ryan Shea #5	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0	13:49

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Arturs Silovs #37	W	25	22	3	.880	21/24	0/0	65:00

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.