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Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Sunday, December 21, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

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3–4

Final/SO

SOG 25–31

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-3 in a shootout on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 31-25.

Goals came from Oliver Kapanen, Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell, Ivan Demidov, Noel Acciari and Noah Dobson.

Arturs Silovs made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Jakub Dobes stopped 28 of 31.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL11100325
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT21001431

Three stars

  1. ★1st starSidney CrosbyPIT · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starRickard RakellPIT · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starOliver KapanenMTL · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

SO 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+
1:27

1–2 · 1st 12:40 · Rakell. Anderson was 1:27 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on icePIT on ice

1–0 MTL

1st 7:31 · Kapanen

Shea 0:48

1–1 PIT

1st 7:58 · Crosby

Matheson 0:27

1–2 PIT

1st 12:40 · PP · Rakell

Long shift: Anderson 1:27

2–2 MTL

2nd 3:54 · Demidov

St. Ivany 0:27

2–3 PIT

2nd 11:51 · Acciari

Suzuki 0:51

3–3 MTL

3rd 4:04 · Dobson

Long shift: Karlsson 1:00

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
25Shots on goal31
48%Faceoff %52%
0/2Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes6
25Hits30
18Blocked shots11
19Giveaways16
5Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 04:32Noah Dobson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 1st 09:19Kris Letang · tripping2 min
  • 1st 12:02Adam Engstrom · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 14:21Sammy Blais · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:21Ryan Shea · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 06:43Tommy Novak · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 11:23Owen Beck · hooking2 min

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