Pittsburgh Penguins vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 2025 · Scotiabank Arena

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SOG 32–31

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Game summary

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at Scotiabank Arena. The Penguins outshot the Maple Leafs 32-31.

William Nylander scored twice. Bryan Rust, Matias Maccelli, Steven Lorentz, Rutger McGroarty, Anthony Mantha, Max Domi and Bobby McMann also scored.

Joseph Woll made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Stuart Skinner stopped 25 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	1	1	3	32
TOR	2	1	3	6	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

William Nylander (12)UnassistedKarlsson 1:12 into shift0–109:07 TOR
Bryan Rust (13)Sidney Crosby (18), Kris Letang (16)1–109:51 PIT
Matias Maccelli (5)William Nylander (26), Philippe Myers (2)1–213:34 TOR

2nd period

Steven Lorentz (4)Unassisted1–307:38 TOR
Rutger McGroarty (2)UnassistedRielly 1:45 into shift2–311:43 PIT

3rd period

Anthony Mantha (11)Parker Wotherspoon (9), Justin Brazeau (7)3–301:00 PIT
Max Domi (4)Oliver Ekman-Larsson (17), William Nylander (27)3–411:35 TOR
Bobby McMann (10)Max Domi (10)3–517:57 TOR · EN
William Nylander (13)John Tavares (18), Matthew Knies (23)3–618:36 TOR · EN

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:45

2–3 · 2nd 11:43 · McGroarty. TOR stayed on through an icing. Rielly was 1:45 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPIT on iceTOR on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 TOR

1st 9:07 · Nylander

Long shift: Karlsson 1:12

Long shiftKarlsson 1:12

1–1 PIT

1st 9:51 · Rust

Domi 0:44

NormalDomi 0:44

1–2 TOR

1st 13:34 · Maccelli

Karlsson 0:21

Fresh legsKarlsson 0:21

1–3 TOR

2nd 7:38 · Lorentz

Karlsson 0:41

NormalKarlsson 0:41

2–3 PIT

2nd 11:43 · McGroarty

Stuck out there: Rielly 1:45

Stuck out thereRielly 1:45

3–3 PIT

3rd 1:00 · Mantha

Tavares 0:24

Fresh legsTavares 0:24

3–4 TOR

3rd 11:35 · Domi

Rust 0:33

Fresh legsRust 0:33

3–5 TOR

3rd 17:57 · EN · McMann

Crosby 0:59

Empty netCrosby 0:59

3–6 TOR

3rd 18:36 · EN · Nylander

Crosby 1:38

Empty netCrosby 1:38

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

PITTOR

32Shots on goal31

41%Faceoff %59%

0/1Power play0/2

6Penalty minutes6

16Hits19

7Blocked shots14

14Giveaways19

7Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 20:00Kris Letang · roughing2 min
1st 20:00Bobby McMann · roughing2 min
3rd 09:10Erik Karlsson · tripping2 min
3rd 09:41Matias Maccelli · slashing2 min
3rd 09:57Ben Kindel · slashing2 min
3rd 19:15Philippe Myers · interference2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

2Rutger McGroartyR	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	12:16
16Justin BrazeauR	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	13:09
17Bryan RustR	1	0	1	-3	3	0	0	0	–	19:05
39Anthony ManthaR	1	0	1	-1	3	2	0	0	–	14:52
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	1	1	-2	2	1	0	0	55	18:21
28Parker WotherspoonD	0	1	1	-2	0	1	2	0	–	22:04
58Kris LetangD	0	1	1	-2	2	2	2	2	–	20:11
13Kevin HayesR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	33	11:54
18Tommy NovakC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	38	14:53
19Connor DewarC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	14:41
41Ville KoivunenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:18
55Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	40	13:28
67Rickard RakellR	0	0	0	-3	3	0	0	0	–	17:18
81Ben KindelC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	29	12:49
3Jack St. IvanyD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	17:01
5Ryan SheaD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	17:27
65Erik KarlssonD	0	0	0	-4	6	1	0	2	–	22:42
77Brett KulakD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	20:24

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37Arturs SilovsG		0	0	0	–	00:00
74Stuart SkinnerG	L	29	25	4	.862	59:07

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

88William NylanderR	2	2	4	+2	3	0	0	0	–	18:21
11Max DomiC	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	0	100	16:56
18Steven LorentzC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	12:53
23Matthew KniesL	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	–	12:07
63Matias MaccelliL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	16:10
74Bobby McMannC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	2	–	16:56
91John TavaresC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	72	18:26
51Philippe MyersD	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	2	–	15:11
95Oliver Ekman-LarssonD	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0	–	21:10
24Scott LaughtonC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	44	12:42
34Auston MatthewsC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	52	19:17
55Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	63	09:50
81Dakota JoshuaC	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	0	–	12:33
89Nick RobertsonL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	10:41
8Chris TanevD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	17:23
22Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	+5	3	0	2	0	–	24:26
28Troy StecherD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:37
44Morgan RiellyD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	22:36

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Dennis HildebyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Joseph WollG	W	32	29	3	.906	60:00