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Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, December 11, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

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4–2

Final

SOG 29–38

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TSN2 · RDS · SN-PIT

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 38-29.

Goals came from Alexandre Texier, Brendan Gallagher, Cole Caufield, Bryan Rust, Oliver Kapanen and Erik Karlsson.

Jacob Fowler made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 25 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL121429
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT002238

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJacob FowlerMTL · .947 SV%
  2. ★2nd starOliver KapanenMTL · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starBryan RustPIT · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:20

1–0 · 1st 2:54 · Texier. PIT stayed on through an icing. Letang was 2:20 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on icePIT on ice

1–0 MTL

1st 2:54 · Texier

Stuck out there: Letang 2:20

2–0 MTL

2nd 4:37 · Gallagher

Long shift: Rust 1:09

3–0 MTL

2nd 10:18 · PP · Caufield

Long shift: Wotherspoon 1:18

3–1 PIT

3rd 0:44 · Rust

Matheson 0:44

4–1 MTL

3rd 0:59 · Kapanen

Letang 0:15

4–2 PIT

3rd 15:07 · Karlsson

Matheson 0:17

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLPIT
29Shots on goal38
41%Faceoff %59%
1/4Power play1/6
12Penalty minutes8
12Hits25
24Blocked shots19
12Giveaways14
1Takeaways9

Penalties

  • 1st 09:16Alexandre Carrier · holding2 min
  • 1st 13:48Justin Brazeau · holding2 min
  • 2nd 04:58Noah Dobson · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 09:29Ville Koivunen · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 10:32Jared Davidson · holding2 min
  • 3rd 02:15Danton Heinen · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 04:11Ivan Demidov · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 05:46Alexandre Carrier · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 14:50Adam Engstrom · holding2 min
  • 3rd 19:41Kris Letang · hooking2 min

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