Montréal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins, 2026-10-03

NHL · Oct 3, 2026

Montréal Canadiens

5–6

Final · OT3-min recap ↗

Pittsburgh Penguins

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The Penguins edged the Canadiens 6–5 in overtime at PPG Paints Arena. T. Novak took first star with 2 goals and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	1	3	0	5	25
Penguins	1	4	0	1	6	30

★ Three Stars

1T. NovakPIT · 2G 1A

2N. SuzukiMTL · 1G 3A

3E. MalkinPIT · 1G 2A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

03:49

Cole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson)

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14:07

Evgeni Malkin (Kris Letang, Hendrix Lapierre)PP

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2nd Period

00:32

Declan Carlile (Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson)

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07:59

Samuel Girard (Sidney Crosby, Kaedan Korczak)

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14:01

Tommy Novak (Egor Chinakhov, Evgeni Malkin)

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15:32

Ben Kindel (Erik Karlsson, Tommy Novak)PP

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18:46

Nick Suzuki (Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson)

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3rd Period

03:31

Cole Caufield (Chris Kreider)

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18:52

Chris Kreider (Nick Suzuki, Ivan Demidov)

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19:16

Ivan Demidov (Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson)

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Overtime

01:33

Tommy Novak (Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang)

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Penalties

1st Period

13:38

Mike Matheson#8Interference (drawn by Sidney Crosby)

Minor · 2 min

15:54

Rickard Rakell#67Interference goalkeeper (drawn by Jakub Dobes)

Minor · 2 min

2nd Period

04:17

Noah Dobson#53Tripping (drawn by Egor Chinakhov)

Minor · 2 min

14:54B

BenchToo many men on the ice

Bench minor · 2 min

17:16

Trevor van Riemsdyk#57Slashing (drawn by Kirby Dach)

Minor · 2 min

17:16

Kirby Dach#77Roughing (drawn by Trevor van Riemsdyk)

Minor · 2 min

20:00

Evgeni Malkin#71Roughing (drawn by Noah Dobson)

Minor · 2 min

20:00

Noah Dobson#53Roughing (drawn by Evgeni Malkin)

Minor · 2 min

3rd Period

09:05

Josh Anderson#17Holding (drawn by Samuel Girard)

Minor · 2 min

16:19

Egor Chinakhov#59Holding (drawn by Mike Matheson)

Minor · 2 min

Boxscore

Canadiens5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
N. SuzukiC	1	3	4	+4	0	4	4	0	22:43
L. HutsonD	0	3	3	+1	0	3	0	1	29:06
C. CaufieldR	2	0	2	+3	0	3	1	0	22:50
C. KreiderL	1	1	2	+1	0	1	4	0	14:57
I. DemidovR	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	0	16:03
N. DobsonD	0	1	1	-1	4	1	1	2	23:04
A. CarrierD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8:32
A. NewhookC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	15:43
A. TexierL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	9:14
A. XhekajD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	13:43
J. AndersonR	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	12:10
J. EvansC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	14:36
J. SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	0	18:12
J. StrubleD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	2	16:09
K. DachC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	3	1	11:40
M. MathesonD	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	1	26:24
P. DanaultC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:24
Z. BolducR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:31

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. DobesStart	30	24	6	.800	59:04
S. Montembeault	0	0	0	-	0:00

Penguins6

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
T. NovakC	2	1	3	+2	0	3	0	1	14:42
E. MalkinC	1	2	3	+2	2	1	0	1	19:41
E. KarlssonD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1	19:38
K. LetangD	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	1	19:30
B. KindelC	1	0	1	-3	0	5	2	0	14:18
D. CarlileD	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	3	20:32
S. GirardD	1	0	1	-3	0	3	1	1	21:11
E. ChinakhovR	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	17:59
H. LapierreC	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	11:22
K. KorczakD	0	1	1	-3	0	1	0	4	17:39
R. RakellR	0	1	1	+1	2	2	2	1	18:26
S. CrosbyC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	19:53
A. KuzmenkoL	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	11:43
B. LizotteC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	14:49
C. DewarC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1	13:54
F. HallanderC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9:39
N. RobertsonL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	13:35
T. van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	2	18:08

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. SilovsStart	25	20	5	.800	61:33
S. Murashov	0	0	0	-	0:00