Montreal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Score | Status |
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | F/SO |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 7:31 | Montreal Canadiens, goal by Oliver Kapanen (Assist: Juraj Slafkovsky, Ivan Demidov) |
| 7:58 | Pittsburgh Penguins, goal by Sidney Crosby (Assist: Erik Karlsson, Rickard Rakell) |
| 12:40 | Pittsburgh Penguins, power play goal by Rickard Rakell (Assist: Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby) |
| 2nd Period | |
| 3:54 | Montreal Canadiens, goal by Ivan Demidov (Assist: Juraj Slafkovsky, Oliver Kapanen) |
| 11:51 | Pittsburgh Penguins, goal by Noel Acciari (Assist: Kris Letang, Arturs Silovs) |
| 3rd Period | |
| 4:04 | Montreal Canadiens, goal by Noah Dobson (Assist: Sammy Blais, Mike Matheson) |
| Overtime | |
| , by | |
| Shootout | |
| Pittsburgh Penguins, Kevin Hayes Goal Wrist Shot | |
| Montreal Canadiens, Alexandre Texier Backhand saved by Arturs Silovs | |
| Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes | |
| Montreal Canadiens, Cole Caufield Goal Wrist Shot | |
| Pittsburgh Penguins, Rickard Rakell Goal Backhand | |
| Montreal Canadiens, Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs | |
| Penalty Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 4:32 | Montreal Canadiens, Noah Dobson 2 minutes for Delaying Game - Puck over glass |
| 9:19 | Pittsburgh Penguins, Kris Letang 2 minutes for Tripping Arber Xhekaj |
| 12:02 | Montreal Canadiens, Adam Engstrom 2 minutes for Tripping Rutger McGroarty |
| 2nd Period | |
| 14:21 | Montreal Canadiens, Samuel Blais 2 minutes for Roughing Ryan Shea |
| 14:21 | Pittsburgh Penguins, Ryan Shea 2 minutes for Roughing Samuel Blais |
| 3rd Period | |
| 6:43 | Pittsburgh Penguins, Thomas Novak 2 minutes for Slashing Owen Beck |
| 11:23 | Montreal Canadiens, Owen Beck 2 minutes for Hooking Justin Brazeau |
| Montreal Canadiens | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| J. Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18:17 |
| O. Beck | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10:07 |
| S. Blais | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8:32 |
| Z. Bolduc | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:05 |
| C. Caufield | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:04 |
| I. Demidov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:56 |
| B. Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:40 |
| O. Kapanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:44 |
| J. Slafkovsky | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:13 |
| N. Suzuki | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:26 |
| A. Texier | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:48 |
| J. Veleno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:22 |
| A. Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:29 |
| N. Dobson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:33 |
| A. Engstrom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:40 |
| L. Hutson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28:58 |
| M. Matheson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27:23 |
| A. Xhekaj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:05 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| N. Acciari | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:34 |
| J. Brazeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 |
| S. Crosby | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:53 |
| C. Dewar | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12:00 |
| K. Hayes | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:26 |
| B. Kindel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:11 |
| V. Koivunen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 |
| A. Mantha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18:13 |
| R. McGroarty | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:49 |
| T. Novak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 |
| R. Rakell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21:44 |
| B. Rust | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:36 |
| E. Karlsson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27:07 |
| B. Kulak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:51 |
| K. Letang | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23:36 |
| R. Shea | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:49 |
| J. St. Ivany | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 |
| P. Wotherspoon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 21:34 |
Last updated on Monday, December 22, 2025 1:52 AM.