Sat, Dec 20, 2025·Centre Bell, Montreal
Pittsburgh Penguins 0, Montréal Canadiens 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 66% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 09 | 05 | 017 | 031 |
| MTL | 210 | 15 | 16 | 421 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 16:41MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPPGWGAssists: Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
- P1 18:49MTLOwen BeckAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Lane Hutson · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
- P2 12:14MTLJosh AndersonSHAssists: Oliver Kapanen · Snap, 0.13 xG0–3
- P3 17:02MTLJosh AndersonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.45 xG0–4
Penalties (4)
- P1 2:04MTLArber Xhekaj: Boarding2 min
- P1 15:50PITKevin Hayes: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P2 11:18MTLNick Suzuki: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
- P3 8:29MTLLane Hutson: Cross checking2 min
Replay
Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Evans
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Forward lines
- bestRakell – Mantha – Brazeau8:21
xG 0.56–0.08 (88%)attempts 10–1goals 0–1
- Hayes – Acciari – Dewar8:23
xG 0.67–0.33 (67%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0
- Crosby – Rust – Novak12:08
xG 0.30–0.16 (65%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0
- Koivunen – McGroarty – Kindel8:42
xG 0.28–0.59 (32%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestKarlsson – Wotherspoon14:20
xG 1.65–0.73 (69%)attempts 22–13goals 0–1
- Letang – Kulak13:24
xG 0.63–0.29 (69%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0
- Clifton – Shea14:21
xG 0.60–0.45 (57%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0
Montréal Canadiens
Forward lines
- bestSuzuki – Caufield – Bolduc10:22
xG 0.82–0.11 (88%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0
- Anderson – Texier – Slafkovský2:20
xG 0.13–0.09 (57%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0
- Gallagher – Veleno – Beck8:30
xG 0.26–0.53 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0
- Kapanen – Slafkovský – Demidov9:37
xG 0.12–0.76 (13%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Xhekaj – Engstrom10:53
xG 0.46–0.55 (45%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0
- Carrier – Hutson16:22
xG 0.61–1.10 (36%)attempts 9–23goals 1–0
- Matheson – Dobson14:55
xG 0.14–0.64 (18%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it PIT. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 66% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MTL − PIT), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).