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Sunday, December 21, 2025
7:00 PM ET
PPG Paints Arena (SN-PIT)
MTL
Montreal Canadiens
3 – 4
Final/SO
Pittsburgh Penguins
 PIT
48% xGF%
52% xGF%
MTL was expected to score 3.40 goals PIT was expected to score 3.68 goals
P1 P2 P3 OT 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG MTL PIT Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Montreal Canadiens Pittsburgh Penguins
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 4:00 0.33 0 6:17 0.57 1
Even Strength 54:43 2.85 3 54:43 3.11 2
Penalty Kill 6:17 0.22 0 4:00 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 0:27 0.00 0 23:27 1.54 0
Tied 41:01 2.98 1 41:01 1.89 2
Down 1 23:27 0.42 2 0:27 0.26 1
  • ► Oliver Kapanen scores at 7:31 in the 1st period 0.09 xG (1-0)
  • ► Sidney Crosby scores at 7:58 in the 1st period 0.13 xG (1-1)
  • ► Rickard Rakell scores at 12:40 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (1-2)
  • ► Ivan Demidov scores at 3:54 in the 2nd period 0.04 xG (2-2)
  • ► Noel Acciari scores at 11:51 in the 2nd period 0.10 xG (2-3)
  • ► Noah Dobson scores at 4:04 in the 3rd period 0.17 xG (3-3)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
PIT PIT xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
PIT Rickard Rakell (R) 0.81 1 1 2 23 21:44 4 +1 0 1 0 0 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.71 1 1 2 20 14:44 7 +2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Sidney Crosby (C) 0.53 1 1 2 22 20:53 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.46 0 0 0 18 13:22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Ben Kindel (C) 0.46 0 0 0 21 15:11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.35 0 0 0 23 20:04 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.24 0 0 0 26 23:26 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Noel Acciari (C) 0.23 1 0 1 16 12:34 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.22 0 0 0 18 18:17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Ville Koivunen (R) 0.20 0 0 0 15 11:47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.19 0 2 2 21 21:13 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Tommy Novak (C) 0.19 0 0 0 22 17:41 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Rutger McGroarty (R) 0.18 0 0 0 20 12:49 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.13 1 1 2 18 15:56 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Justin Brazeau (R) 0.13 0 0 0 18 14:27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Sammy Blais (L) 0.12 0 1 1 14 08:32 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Kevin Hayes (R) 0.12 0 0 0 12 09:26 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Anthony Mantha (R) 0.07 0 0 0 19 18:13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.05 0 0 0 19 16:48 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Bryan Rust (R) 0.02 0 1 1 23 21:36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Connor Dewar (C) 0.02 0 0 0 17 12:00 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.00 0 0 0 15 13:05 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Owen Beck (C) 0.00 0 0 0 15 10:07 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.00 0 0 0 16 10:40 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.47 0 0 0 30 28:58 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Brett Kulak (D) 0.25 0 0 0 24 21:51 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.22 0 1 1 30 27:23 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.21 1 0 1 29 22:33 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Erik Karlsson (D) 0.17 0 1 1 27 27:07 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Jack St. Ivany (D) 0.10 0 0 0 18 12:42 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.08 0 1 1 26 23:36 3 +1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Ryan Shea (D) 0.07 0 0 0 20 13:49 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Parker Wotherspoon (D) 0.07 0 0 0 24 21:34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.03 0 0 0 15 11:05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.00 0 0 0 27 21:29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Adam Engstrom (D) 0.00 0 0 0 15 10:40 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +2.20% 0.903 0.7 3 28 65:00 31 O 0
PIT Arturs Silovs (G) +1.62% 0.880 0.4 3 22 65:00 25 W 0