PIT 0 @ MTL 4 · Dec 20, 2025

Sat, Dec 20, 2025·Centre Bell, Montreal

Away

Pittsburgh Penguins

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Montréal Canadiens

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 66% of the time.

60%

27%

MTL winsPIT wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

MTL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against PIT's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Crosby–Rust–Novak	Koivunen–McGroarty–Kindel	Hayes–Acciari–Dewar	Rakell–Mantha–Brazeau	Clifton–Shea	Karlsson–Wotherspoon	Letang–Kulak	Letang–Shea	Kulak–Wotherspoon	Letang–Wotherspoon
Suzuki–Caufield–Bolduc	7:120.16–0.11	0:500.41–0.00		0:350.00–0.00	2:110.16–0.00	3:050.09–0.00	3:220.16–0.00	0:310.41–0.00
Kapanen–Slafkovský–Demidov		2:540.00–0.10	1:150.01–0.18	2:190.00–0.27	2:060.00–0.26	4:440.12–0.32	2:090.00–0.18			0:310.00–0.00
Gallagher–Veleno–Beck		2:160.08–0.09	3:190.10–0.30	1:390.08–0.00	3:560.19–0.08	3:040.08–0.42	0:460.00–0.02
Anderson–Texier–Slafkovský	0:490.00–0.00		0:460.13–0.09				1:250.13–0.09
Anderson–Suzuki–Texier	0:310.00–0.09			0:490.00–0.00	0:570.00–0.00	0:410.00–0.24
Anderson–Texier–Caufield			0:380.00–0.01	0:370.00–0.00		0:540.25–0.01	0:450.00–0.00
Anderson–Texier–Kapanen	1:120.00–0.11			0:330.00–0.00	0:330.00–0.00		1:120.00–0.11
Carrier–Hutson	1:210.00–0.00	3:480.00–0.18	2:550.09–0.36	5:190.08–0.56	4:160.09–0.32	5:350.53–0.38	4:010.00–0.32		0:440.00–0.09
Matheson–Dobson	9:560.14–0.30		0:450.00–0.01	1:180.00–0.00	2:050.00–0.00	3:440.00–0.25	6:490.14–0.11			0:370.00–0.00
Xhekaj–Engstrom		2:320.10–0.09	3:500.11–0.30	1:210.00–0.00	5:250.36–0.20	3:570.10–0.36	0:470.00–0.00
Matheson–Hutson		0:360.08–0.00				0:300.08–0.66	0:500.13–0.09
Xhekaj–Hutson					0:490.00–0.00
Matheson–Carrier		0:530.41–0.00						0:310.41–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

MTLPITFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Mike MathesonMTL	24	26:48	1:07	2:00	2	4
Erik KarlssonPIT	20	24:29	1:13	2:08	2	6
Lane HutsonMTL	27	23:50	0:53	2:04	2	4
Alexandre CarrierMTL	27	22:22	0:50	2:07	1	6
Noah DobsonMTL	25	21:53	0:53	1:55	2	5
Kris LetangPIT	22	21:48	0:59	1:55	3	1
Sidney CrosbyPIT	19	21:09	1:07	3:05	5	1
Bryan RustPIT	20	21:02	1:03	2:00	6	2
Parker WotherspoonPIT	20	20:06	1:00	1:59	1	7
Nick SuzukiMTL	21	19:13	0:55	1:24	3	4
Anthony ManthaPIT	17	18:29	1:05	2:00	6	0
Oliver KapanenMTL	19	18:10	0:57	1:47	4	2
Tommy NovakPIT	20	17:52	0:54	1:26	4	2
Rickard RakellPIT	17	17:48	1:03	2:12	6	1
Ryan SheaPIT	19	17:08	0:54	1:27	3	1
Juraj SlafkovskýMTL	18	16:33	0:55	1:20	5	1
Joseph VelenoMTL	19	16:26	0:52	1:26	3	4
Josh AndersonMTL	16	16:12	1:01	1:45	0	4
Brett KulakPIT	17	15:32	0:55	1:33	3	2
Cole CaufieldMTL	19	15:25	0:49	1:18	3	2
Connor CliftonPIT	18	15:18	0:51	1:22	3	0
Alexandre TexierMTL	14	14:50	1:04	1:47	0	3
Ben KindelPIT	17	14:40	0:52	1:34	1	0
Justin BrazeauPIT	15	14:28	0:58	1:28	3	1
Ivan DemidovMTL	17	14:21	0:51	1:13	5	0
Zachary BolducMTL	17	14:13	0:50	1:29	2	1
Brendan GallagherMTL	15	13:58	0:56	1:27	3	2
Kevin HayesPIT	15	13:44	0:55	1:55	1	4
Arber XhekajMTL	15	13:19	0:53	1:49	4	0
Owen BeckMTL	16	13:18	0:50	1:28	3	1
Noel AcciariPIT	15	13:01	0:52	1:22	1	6
Rutger McGroartyPIT	17	12:32	0:44	1:21	2	1
Connor DewarPIT	14	12:20	0:53	1:27	1	5
Ville KoivunenPIT	16	12:05	0:45	1:14	1	0
Adam EngstromMTL	14	11:12	0:48	1:34	4	0
Jake EvansMTL	3	1:57	0:39	0:46	0	1

Pittsburgh Penguins 0, Montréal Canadiens 4

Who was on the ice

Shift totals