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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, October 31, 2026 · Centre Bell

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SNE · TVAS · SN-PIT

Game preview

The Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Montréal Canadiens at Centre Bell on Saturday, October 31, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on SNE, TVAS and SN-PIT.

This is the second of 3 meetings this season. Penguins 1, Canadiens 0 so far; the last game finished MTL 5, PIT 6.

Rest and travel

Penguins

First game of a road trip.

  1. 212026-10-21: no game
  2. 222026-10-22: vs FLA
  3. 232026-10-23: no game
  4. 242026-10-24: vs NSH
  5. 252026-10-25: no game
  6. 262026-10-26: no game
  7. 272026-10-27: no game
  8. 282026-10-28: no game
  9. 292026-10-29: vs UTA
  10. 302026-10-30: no game
  11. 312026-10-31: at MTL
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~477 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~477 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Canadiens

First home game after a 4-game road trip (Chicago, Winnipeg, St. Louis and Dallas).

  1. 212026-10-21: no game
  2. 222026-10-22: no game
  3. 232026-10-23: at CHI
  4. 242026-10-24: no game
  5. 252026-10-25: at WPG
  6. 262026-10-26: no game
  7. 272026-10-27: at STL
  8. 282026-10-28: no game
  9. 292026-10-29: at DAL
  10. 302026-10-30: no game
  11. 312026-10-31: vs PIT
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~1,515 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~4,374 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsTue, Oct 13 at CHI
  1. L1Malkin#71Novak#18Chinakhov#59
    10:00 together at 5v5
  2. L2Crosby#87Rust#17Rakell#67
    9:53 together at 5v5
  3. L3Robertson#14Dewar#19Lizotte#46
    9:30 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewKuzmenko#62Kindel#81Koivunen#41
    8:19 together at 5v5
  1. D1Girard#49Korczak#6
    13:06 together at 5v5
  2. D2Letang#58Stastney#24
    12:11 together at 5v5
  3. D3Karlsson#65Carlile#72
    10:48 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Malkin CCrosby CKindel CRakell RKarlsson D5:00
  2. 2Kuzmenko LNovak CChinakhov RKoivunen RLetang D1:40

Penalty kill

  1. 1Lizotte CRust RKorczak DCarlile D1:29
  2. 2Dewar CKindel CKorczak DCarlile D1:11
Montréal CanadiensCanadiensTue, Oct 13 vs BUF
  1. L1Slafkovský#20Suzuki#14Caufield#13
    13:14 together at 5v5
  2. L2Texier#85Danault#24Bolduc#76
    10:29 together at 5v5
  3. L3Kreider#22Newhook#15Anderson#17
    7:44 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewEvans#71Dach#77Beck#62
    5:17 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewCarrier#45Guhle#21
    16:53 together at 5v5
  2. D2Dobson#53Hutson#48
    12:32 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewXhekaj#72Engstrom#42
    7:19 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Kreider LSlafkovský LSuzuki CCaufield RHutson D2:22
  2. 2Texier LDach CNewhook CBolduc RDobson D0:47

Penalty kill

  1. 1Danault CEvans CCarrier DGuhle D1:14
  2. 2Evans CNewhook CDobson DXhekaj D0:58

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

PITMTL

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

PIT 70% (15th most settled)MTL 69% (16th most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

PIT 1:56 left (10th earliest · 14 pulls)MTL 1:48 left (16th latest · 16 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

PIT 51.1s (3rd longest)MTL 51.0s (4th longest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

PIT 33% (8th most often)MTL 38% (3rd most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series