Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, October 3, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

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Recap

Novak strikes in overtime as Penguins outlast Canadiens 6-5

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-5 in overtime on Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena, improving to 2-0-0 on the season. Tommy Novak scored the winner at 1:33 of the extra period off assists from Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang, his second goal of the night.

Montréal led early on Cole Caufield's first of the season, but the Penguins seized control with a four-goal second period from Declan Carlile, Samuel Girard, Novak and Ben Kindel to lead 5-2. The Canadiens stormed back with three third-period goals, and Ivan Demidov tied it 5-5 at 19:16 to force overtime.

Novak, Malkin and Nick Suzuki were the three stars. Suzuki finished with 4 points on a goal and 3 assists, Caufield scored twice, and Lane Hutson added 3 assists. Arturs Silovs made 20 saves for the win; Jakub Dobes stopped 24 shots in the overtime loss. The Penguins went 2 for 4 on the power play.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
MTL	1	1	3	0	5	25
PIT	1	4	0	1	6	30

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Cole Caufield (1)Nick Suzuki (1), Lane Hutson (1)1–003:49 MTL
Evgeni Malkin (2)Kris Letang (2), Hendrix Lapierre (2)1–114:07 PIT · PPG

2nd period

Declan Carlile (1)Rickard Rakell (2), Erik Karlsson (2)1–200:32 PIT
Samuel Girard (1)Sidney Crosby (2), Kaedan Korczak (3)Hutson 1:47 into shift1–307:59 PIT
Tommy Novak (1)Egor Chinakhov (1), Evgeni Malkin (1)Dobson 1:25 into shift1–414:01 PIT
Ben Kindel (1)Erik Karlsson (3), Tommy Novak (2)Newhook 1:31 into shift1–515:32 PIT · PPG
Nick Suzuki (1)Lane Hutson (2), Noah Dobson (1)2–518:46 MTL

3rd period

Cole Caufield (2)Chris Kreider (1)3–503:31 MTL
Chris Kreider (1)Nick Suzuki (2), Ivan Demidov (1)van Riemsdyk 2:33 into shift4–518:52 MTL
Ivan Demidov (1)Nick Suzuki (3), Lane Hutson (3)5–519:16 MTL

OT period

Tommy Novak (2)Evgeni Malkin (2), Kris Letang (3)5–601:33 PIT

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:33

4–5 · 3rd 18:52 · Kreider. van Riemsdyk was 2:33 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on icePIT on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 MTL

1st 3:49 · Caufield

Girard 0:54

NormalGirard 0:54

1–1 PIT

1st 14:07 · PP · Malkin

Dobson 0:52

NormalDobson 0:52

1–2 PIT

2nd 0:32 · Carlile

Kreider 0:32

Fresh legsKreider 0:32

1–3 PIT

2nd 7:59 · Girard

Stuck out there: Hutson 1:47

Stuck out thereHutson 1:47

1–4 PIT

2nd 14:01 · Novak

Long shift: Dobson 1:25

Long shiftDobson 1:25

1–5 PIT

2nd 15:32 · PP · Kindel

Stuck out there: Newhook 1:31

Stuck out thereNewhook 1:31

2–5 MTL

2nd 18:46 · Suzuki

Girard 0:56

NormalGirard 0:56

3–5 MTL

3rd 3:31 · Caufield

Korczak 0:38

Fresh legsKorczak 0:38

4–5 MTL

3rd 18:52 · Kreider

Stuck out there: van Riemsdyk 2:33

Stuck out therevan Riemsdyk 2:33

5–5 MTL

3rd 19:16 · Demidov

Crosby 0:24

Fresh legsCrosby 0:24

5–6 PIT

OT 1:33 · Novak

Matheson 0:48

NormalMatheson 0:48

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 goal30

56%Faceoff %44%

0/2Power play2/4

12Penalty minutes8

28Hits9

12Blocked shots20

8Giveaways13

5Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 13:38Mike Matheson · interference2 min
1st 15:54Rickard Rakell · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 04:17Noah Dobson · tripping2 min
2nd 14:54Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 17:16Trevor van Riemsdyk · slashing2 min
2nd 17:16Kirby Dach · roughing2 min
2nd 20:00Evgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
2nd 20:00Noah Dobson · roughing2 min
3rd 09:05Josh Anderson · holding2 min
3rd 16:19Egor Chinakhov · holding2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

14Nick SuzukiC	1	3	4	+4	4	4	0	0	45	22:43
48Lane HutsonD	0	3	3	+1	3	0	1	0	–	29:06
13Cole CaufieldR	2	0	2	+3	3	1	0	0	–	22:50
22Chris KreiderL	1	1	2	+1	1	4	0	0	–	14:57
93Ivan DemidovR	1	1	2	+1	3	1	0	0	–	16:03
53Noah DobsonD	0	1	1	-1	1	1	2	4	–	23:04
15Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	64	15:43
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	100	12:10
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	+2	1	2	0	0	50	18:12
24Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	11:24
71Jake EvansC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	69	14:36
76Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:31
77Kirby DachC	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	2	–	11:40
85Alexandre TexierL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	09:14
8Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	2	–	26:24
45Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	08:32
47Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	0	–	16:09
72Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	13:43

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Samuel MontembeaultG		0	0	0	–	00:00
75Jakub DobesG	O	30	24	6	.800	59:04

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

18Tommy NovakC	2	1	3	+2	3	0	1	0	17	14:42
71Evgeni MalkinC	1	2	3	+2	1	0	1	2	100	19:41
58Kris LetangD	0	2	2	+1	3	0	1	0	–	19:30
65Erik KarlssonD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	–	19:38
22Hendrix LapierreC	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	29	11:22
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	–	17:59
67Rickard RakellR	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	2	–	18:26
81Ben KindelC	1	0	1	-3	5	2	0	0	40	14:18
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	52	19:53
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	1	1	-3	1	0	4	0	–	17:39
49Samuel GirardD	1	0	1	-3	3	1	1	0	–	21:11
72Declan CarlileD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	3	0	–	20:32
11Filip HallanderC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	09:39
14Nick RobertsonL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	13:35
19Connor DewarC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	50	13:54
46Blake LizotteC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	42	14:49
62Andrei KuzmenkoL	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	11:43
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	2	–	18:08

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Sergei MurashovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Arturs SilovsG	W	25	20	5	.800	61:33