Montreal Canadiens 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 2: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens 4 to Pittsburgh Penguins 2, on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHLThursday, December 11, 2025
DateDec 11, 2025
Start time7:30 PM ET
VenuePPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
TVESPN+
Attendance14,845
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensPittsburgh Penguins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
16-11-3Record14-8-7
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding6th in Metropolitan Division
6-2Road record / home record4-4
LWWLWLast 5WLWLL
L1StreakW1
Team stats
Montreal CanadiensPittsburgh Penguins
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Montreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReservePittsburgh Penguins
Elmer Soderblom LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBryan Rust RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveTrevor van Riemsdyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveRyan Graves D · Knee
Injured ReserveBox score
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:29 | 0:19 | 4:50 | 11:20 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Beck | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:08 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 16:26 | 2:49 | 0:00 | 13:37 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:12 | 4:45 | 0:00 | 13:27 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Davidson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:44 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:43 | 1:32 | 0:36 | 10:35 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:57 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 8:05 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:03 | 1:34 | 3:26 | 14:03 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 64.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:06 | 3:13 | 0:00 | 14:53 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 23:02 | 3:12 | 4:37 | 15:13 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:32 | 0:19 | 1:51 | 10:22 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:20 | 0:00 | 3:51 | 8:29 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:40 | 0:19 | 4:40 | 16:41 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Noah Dobson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:38 | 1:34 | 4:29 | 15:35 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Engstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:15 | 3:11 | 1:34 | 17:30 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 5 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 25:47 | 0:41 | 8:45 | 16:21 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Struble | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 | 0:00 | 0:08 | 13:12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Fowler | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 36 | .947 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 59:51 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Acciari | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:11 | 0:00 | 3:17 | 9:54 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 10:11 | 1:43 | 0:00 | 8:28 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24:29 | 7:57 | 0:22 | 16:10 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 84.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 | 0:00 | 3:31 | 9:49 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hayes | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:53 | 2:43 | 0:00 | 9:10 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:10 | 0:06 | 0:10 | 9:54 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ben Kindel | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 21:24 | 7:01 | 1:33 | 12:50 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville Koivunen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:25 | 2:40 | 0:00 | 10:45 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Mantha | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:36 | 7:05 | 0:00 | 11:31 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutger McGroarty | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:24 | 2:26 | 0:00 | 12:58 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:35 | 7:09 | 1:35 | 16:51 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Clifton | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:06 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Graves | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:59 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27:22 | 7:06 | 3:21 | 16:55 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 21:59 | 3:00 | 1:26 | 17:33 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Shea | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 16:25 | 0:21 | 1:58 | 14:06 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:59 | 0:00 | 3:25 | 15:34 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Jarry | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .862 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 56:00 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Montreal Canadiens won, 4-2, on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Montreal Canadiens 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 2.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Brendan Gallagher (1 goals). Pittsburgh Penguins: Bryan Rust (1 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins played?
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA.
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