Final / SO/Mon Dec 22, 2025/PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdOTSOT
111003
210014

The shootout column is the single goal the winner is credited with in the final score, not the number of attempts converted. Shootout attempts do not appear on any skater's goal total.


02/Scoring summary

6 goals

1st

3 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLPIT
07:31MTLOliver Kapanen (11)Juraj Slafkovský, Ivan Demidov10
07:58PITSidney Crosby (20)Erik Karlsson, Rickard Rakell11
12:40PITRickard Rakell (4)Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby12

2nd

2 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLPIT
03:54MTLIvan Demidov (8)Juraj Slafkovský, Oliver Kapanen22
11:51PITNoel Acciari (2)Kris Letang, Arturs Silovs23

3rd

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLPIT
04:04MTLNoah Dobson (6)Sammy Blais, Mike Matheson33

Shootout

3 converted

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
MTL
Away / Home
PIT
3
Goals
4
25
Shots on goal
31
16
Missed shots
20
18
Blocked shots
11
55
Shot attempts
75
25
Hits
30
25
Faceoffs won of 52
27
48.1%
Faceoff win %
51.9%
19
Giveaways
16
5
Takeaways
4
4
Penalties
3
8
Penalty minutes
6
2
Power plays
3

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Montréal Canadiens

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Juraj SlafkovskýL022+200101-121:13
Ivan DemidovR112+2021015:56
Oliver KapanenC112+207007-714:44
Mike MathesonD011+1031427:23
Noah DobsonD1010231222:33
Sammy BlaisL011+121618:32
Lane HutsonD0000031428:58
Nick SuzukiC000-201015-1123:26
Alexandre CarrierD0000000221:29
Cole CaufieldR000-100010-120:04
Josh AndersonR000001301-018:17
Alexandre TexierL000-102110-116:48
Joe VelenoC000002006-313:22
Zack BolducR000-2003013:05
Arber XhekajD0000004111:05
Brendan GallagherR000+1000010:40
NHL 8483686000+1200010:40
NHL 8483424000+120315-310:07
Skaters3698252518

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Jakub Dobes31283.90365:00
NHL 8484170

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Pittsburgh Penguins

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Rickard RakellR112+104200-221:44
Sidney CrosbyC112+1022114-1020:53
Erik KarlssonD0110011027:07
Kris LetangD011+1233023:36
Bryan RustR0110021121:36
Noel AcciariC101-101303-312:34
Brett KulakD000+1021121:51
Parker WotherspoonD0000021321:34
Anthony ManthaR0000004118:13
Tommy NovakC000021003-317:41
Ben KindelC000003014-515:11
Justin BrazeauR0000012114:27
Ryan SheaD000-2200013:49
NHL 8483487000-104001-112:49
NHL 8481030000-2024112:42
Connor DewarC000-201402-012:00
NHL 84827580000001011:47
Kevin HayesR000-102110-19:26
Skaters3586313011

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Arturs Silovs25223.88065:00
Stuart Skinner

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

7 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st04:32MTLNoah DobsonDelay of game (puck over the glass)2
1st09:19PITKris LetangTripping2Arber Xhekaj
1st12:02MTLNHL 8483686Tripping2NHL 8483487
2nd14:21MTLSammy BlaisRoughing2Ryan Shea
2nd14:21PITRyan SheaRoughing2Sammy Blais
3rd06:43PITTommy NovakSlashing2NHL 8483424
3rd11:23MTLNHL 8483424Hooking2Justin Brazeau

07/Game

Date
Mon Dec 22, 2025
Venue
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final / SO
NHL game id
2025020566

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 6 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.