Montreal Canadiens 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 4: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Canadiens 3 to Pittsburgh Penguins 4, on Sunday, December 21, 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.
NHLSunday, December 21, 2025
DateDec 21, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
TVESPN+
Attendance17,695
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensPittsburgh Penguins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
19-12-5Record15-11-9
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 ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayPittsburgh 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 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18:17 | 0:23 | 3:39 | 14:15 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Beck | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:07 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sammy Blais | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:32 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 13:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:05 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:04 | 3:34 | 0:00 | 16:30 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:56 | 3:31 | 0:00 | 12:25 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:40 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:44 | 0:00 | 0:58 | 13:46 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21:13 | 3:35 | 0:00 | 17:38 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 23:26 | 3:37 | 2:48 | 17:01 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 31.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:48 | 0:25 | 0:41 | 15:42 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 | 0:26 | 1:11 | 11:45 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 2 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:29 | 0:00 | 3:26 | 18:03 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:33 | 0:31 | 0:32 | 21:30 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Engstrom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:40 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28:58 | 3:39 | 0:57 | 24:22 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:23 | 0:19 | 4:02 | 23:02 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:05 | 0:00 | 0:18 | 10:47 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .903 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 65:00 | 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 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:34 | 0:00 | 1:39 | 10:55 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 13:28 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:53 | 3:38 | 0:00 | 17:15 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 58.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 0 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 12:00 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 10:15 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hayes | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:26 | 1:01 | 0:00 | 8:25 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kindel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:11 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 14:08 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville Koivunen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:47 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Mantha | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18:13 | 3:39 | 0:00 | 14:34 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutger McGroarty | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:49 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 16:22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rickard Rakell | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21:44 | 3:18 | 2:14 | 16:12 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:36 | 3:36 | 2:23 | 15:37 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Karlsson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27:07 | 3:27 | 3:27 | 20:13 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Kulak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:51 | 0:00 | 0:55 | 20:56 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23:36 | 1:10 | 0:21 | 22:05 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Shea | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 13:49 | 0:00 | 0:12 | 13:37 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack St. Ivany | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 12:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:42 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:34 | 0:00 | 3:04 | 18:30 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Silovs | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .880 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 4-3, on Sunday, December 21, 2025.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Montreal Canadiens 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 4.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Oliver Kapanen (1 goals). Pittsburgh Penguins: Sidney Crosby (1 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins played?
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA.
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