Pittsburgh Penguins at Montréal Canadiens

Sat, Dec 20, 2025 · Centre Bell · 2025–26 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

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Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0 on Sat, Dec 20, 2025 at Centre Bell. Josh Anderson scored twice. Jacob Fowler made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–21.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	0	0	0	31
MTL	2	1	1	4	21

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	16:41	MTL	PP	Juraj Slafkovský (10) · snap	Cole Caufield (18), Nick Suzuki (30)	0–1
1st	18:49	MTL	EV	Owen Beck (1) · snap	Brendan Gallagher (10), Lane Hutson (27)	0–2
2nd	12:14	MTL	SH	Josh Anderson (7) · snap	Oliver Kapanen (7)	0–3
3rd	17:02	MTL	SH EN	Josh Anderson (8) · wrist	Unassisted	0–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:04	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	boarding	2
1st	15:50	PIT	Kevin Hayes	tripping	2
2nd	11:18	MTL	Nick Suzuki	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	08:29	MTL	Lane Hutson	cross checking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: PIT 4.78 · MTL 5.41 · xG% PIT 46.9

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
65	Erik Karlsson	D	-3	0	2	1	1		24:29	20
58	Kris Letang	D	-1	0	0	1	2		21:48	22
87	Sidney Crosby	C	-2	0	3	2	0	78.3	21:09	19
17	Bryan Rust	R	-2	0	3	1	2		21:02	20
28	Parker Wotherspoon	D	-1	0	1	1	1		20:06	20
39	Anthony Mantha	R	-3	0	2	1	0		18:29	17
18	Tommy Novak	C	0	0	4	2	1	100.0	17:52	20
67	Rickard Rakell	R	-3	0	5	1	1		17:48	17
5	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	1	1	0		17:08	19
77	Brett Kulak	D	0	0	0	0	3		15:32	17
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	1	6	0		15:18	18
81	Ben Kindel	C	0	0	1	0	1	66.7	14:40	17
16	Justin Brazeau	R	-1	0	0	3	0		14:28	15
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	2	2	1	0	16.7	13:44	15
55	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	1	1	1	100.0	13:01	15
2	Rutger McGroarty	R	0	0	1	1	0		12:32	17
19	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	2	1	0	50.0	12:20	14
41	Ville Koivunen	R	0	0	2	0	0		12:05	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
74	Stuart Skinner	L	20	17	3	.850	55:38

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	Josh Anderson	R	2	0	2	+2	0	4	2	1		16:12	16
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	3		23:50	27
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	50.0	19:13	21
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2	46.7	18:10	19
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	3		16:33	18
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		15:25	19
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		13:58	15
62	Owen Beck	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	0	50.0	13:18	16
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	1		26:48	24
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		22:22	27
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	1		21:53	25
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	2	16.7	16:26	19
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		14:50	14
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:21	17
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:13	17
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		13:19	15
42	Adam Engstrom	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:12	14
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50.0	1:57	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Jacob Fowler	W	31	31	0	1.000	60:00