Montréal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins, 2025-12-21

NHL · Dec 21, 2025

Montréal Canadiens19-12-5

3–4

Final – SO

Pittsburgh Penguins15-11-9

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The Penguins edged the Canadiens 4–3 in a shootout at PPG Paints Arena. S. Crosby took first star with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	SO	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	1	1	0	3	25
Penguins	2	1	0	1	4	31

★ Three Stars

1S. CrosbyPIT · 1G 1A

2R. RakellPIT · 1G 1A

3O. KapanenMTL · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

07:31

Oliver Kapanen (Juraj Slafkovský, Ivan Demidov)

1-0

07:58

Sidney Crosby (Erik Karlsson, Rickard Rakell)

1-1

12:40

Rickard Rakell (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby)PP

1-2

2nd Period

03:54

Ivan Demidov (Juraj Slafkovský, Oliver Kapanen)

2-2

11:51

Noel Acciari (Kris Letang, Arturs Silovs)

2-3

3rd Period

04:04

Noah Dobson (Samuel Blais, Mike Matheson)

3-3

Shootout

00:00

Rickard Rakell

3-4

Boxscore

Canadiens3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Ivan DemidovR	1	1	2	+2	0	2	1	0	15:56
Oliver KapanenC	1	1	2	+2	0	7	0	0	14:44
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	21:13
Noah DobsonD	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	2	22:33
Mike MathesonD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	4	27:23
Samuel BlaisL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	6	1	8:32
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	18:17
Owen BeckC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	1	10:07
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0	13:05
Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	20:04
Nick SuzukiC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	23:26
Alexandre TexierL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	16:48
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	21:29
Adam EngstromD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	10:40
Lane HutsonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	28:58
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	11:05
Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	10:40
Joseph VelenoC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13:22

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	31	28	3	.903	65:00
Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	-	0:00

Penguins4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	+1	0	2	2	1	20:53
Rickard RakellR	1	1	2	+1	0	4	2	0	21:44
Noel AcciariC	1	0	1	-1	0	1	3	0	12:34
Bryan RustR	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	21:36
Erik KarlssonD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	27:07
Kris LetangD	0	1	1	+1	2	3	3	0	23:36
Brett KulakD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1	21:51
Justin BrazeauR	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	14:27
Connor DewarC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	0	12:00
Ben KindelC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	15:11
Ville KoivunenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:47
Tommy NovakC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	17:41
Parker WotherspoonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	21:34
Jack St. IvanyD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	1	12:42
Kevin HayesR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	9:26
Anthony ManthaR	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	18:13
Ryan SheaD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	13:49
Rutger McGroartyR	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	12:49

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Arturs SilovsStart	25	22	3	.880	65:00
Stuart Skinner	0	0	0	-	0:00