MTL 3 @ PIT 4 · Dec 21, 2025

Sun, Dec 21, 2025·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Away

Montréal Canadiens

Final

Shootout

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 56% of the time.

48%

35%

PIT winsMTL wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

PIT forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against MTL'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.

	Suzuki–Caufield–Bolduc	Anderson–Texier–Veleno	Kapanen–Slafkovský–Demidov	Gallagher–Blais–Beck	Anderson–Texier–Kapanen	Gallagher–Kapanen–Slafkovský	Matheson–Dobson	Carrier–Hutson	Xhekaj–Engstrom	Matheson–Hutson	Dobson–Hutson	Hutson–Engstrom
Crosby–Rust–Rakell	3:570.35–0.06	1:080.06–0.01	3:520.27–0.03				8:280.68–0.10	1:550.00–0.00
Mantha–Novak–Brazeau	2:300.21–0.03	0:490.01–0.00	2:040.00–0.09	1:470.00–0.00	0:350.00–0.00		1:240.21–0.00	5:500.01–0.09	1:460.00–0.03
Koivunen–McGroarty–Kindel		3:480.04–0.03		2:240.57–0.00		0:340.06–0.01	0:510.06–0.00	3:460.59–0.03	2:420.00–0.00
Hayes–Acciari–Dewar	1:220.00–0.00	1:260.00–0.15	0:310.00–0.07	1:230.00–0.13	1:160.22–0.02		1:590.02–0.15	1:140.00–0.00	1:330.07–0.13	0:320.00–0.00		0:390.22–0.00
Crosby–Rust–Novak	1:110.09–0.00						1:170.09–0.00
Rakell–Mantha–Brazeau		0:410.00–0.07						0:450.00–0.07
Acciari–Dewar–McGroarty									0:590.06–0.11
Letang–Kulak	2:540.15–0.00	3:140.00–0.22	2:480.23–0.06	1:370.00–0.03	1:010.22–0.02		6:040.56–0.20	5:190.00–0.07	2:020.07–0.03			0:530.22–0.00
Karlsson–Wotherspoon	6:390.49–0.09	1:470.10–0.01	2:160.04–0.01	1:570.02–0.16	0:550.00–0.00		6:290.59–0.24	5:590.16–0.03	1:080.00–0.00	1:090.00–0.06	0:310.00–0.00
Shea–St. Ivany	0:500.00–0.00	3:190.00–0.03	2:210.00–0.40	3:190.53–0.13		0:330.06–0.01	2:460.08–0.00	2:560.49–0.09	3:380.00–0.40
Letang–Wotherspoon
Letang–Shea
Kulak–St. Ivany									0:390.07–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

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

Shift totals


Lane HutsonMTL	30	28:58	0:58	2:02	3	1
Mike MathesonMTL	30	27:23	0:55	2:06	4	6
Erik KarlssonPIT	27	27:07	1:00	2:40	3	6
Kris LetangPIT	26	23:36	0:54	1:41	4	2
Nick SuzukiMTL	26	23:26	0:54	1:54	4	6
Noah DobsonMTL	29	22:33	0:47	1:50	4	4
Brett KulakPIT	24	21:51	0:55	2:02	4	1
Rickard RakellPIT	23	21:44	0:57	1:37	6	3
Bryan RustPIT	23	21:36	0:56	1:58	6	5
Parker WotherspoonPIT	24	21:34	0:54	1:48	0	7
Alexandre CarrierMTL	27	21:29	0:48	2:25	1	3
Juraj SlafkovskýMTL	21	21:13	1:01	2:23	4	2
Sidney CrosbyPIT	22	20:53	0:57	2:11	6	5
Cole CaufieldMTL	23	20:04	0:52	2:01	3	3
Josh AndersonMTL	18	18:17	1:01	2:00	2	2
Anthony ManthaPIT	19	18:13	0:58	2:27	4	0
Tommy NovakPIT	22	17:41	0:48	1:41	1	0
Alexandre TexierMTL	19	16:48	0:53	1:41	2	1
Ivan DemidovMTL	18	15:56	0:53	2:06	3	1
Ben KindelPIT	21	15:11	0:43	1:27	0	2
Oliver KapanenMTL	20	14:44	0:44	1:11	4	2
Justin BrazeauPIT	18	14:27	0:48	1:28	2	0
Ryan SheaPIT	20	13:49	0:41	1:25	3	0
Joseph VelenoMTL	18	13:22	0:45	1:33	2	3
Zachary BolducMTL	15	13:05	0:52	1:22	2	2
Rutger McGroartyPIT	20	12:49	0:38	1:16	1	2
Jack St. IvanyPIT	18	12:42	0:42	1:22	2	0
Noel AcciariPIT	16	12:34	0:47	1:16	0	7
Connor DewarPIT	17	12:00	0:42	1:23	0	5
Ville KoivunenPIT	15	11:47	0:47	1:28	1	2
Arber XhekajMTL	15	11:05	0:44	1:25	0	0
Brendan GallagherMTL	16	10:40	0:40	1:05	1	1
Adam EngstromMTL	15	10:40	0:43	1:14	0	0
Owen BeckMTL	15	10:07	0:40	1:07	1	1
Kevin HayesPIT	12	9:26	0:47	1:13	0	3
Sammy BlaisMTL	14	8:32	0:37	1:03	1	1

Montréal Canadiens 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 (SO)

Who was on the ice

Shift totals