Montreal Canadiens 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 6: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Canadiens 5 to Pittsburgh Penguins 6, on Saturday, October 3, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHLSaturday, October 3, 2026
DateOct 3, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
TVESPN+
Attendance18,382
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensPittsburgh Penguins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
1-0-1Record2-0-0
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding7th in Metropolitan Division
6-2Road record / home record4-4
WWLWWLast 5LWLLL
W2StreakL1
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 ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
OutSam 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 ReserveVille Koivunen RW · Lower Body - Not Specified
Day-To-DayBox 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:10 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 11:17 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 10:27 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:50 | 2:56 | 0:00 | 19:54 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 11:40 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 10:58 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:24 | 0:49 | 2:05 | 8:30 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 | 2:58 | 0:00 | 13:05 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 | 0:00 | 3:09 | 11:27 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kreider | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14:57 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 12:53 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:43 | 1:04 | 2:56 | 11:43 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18:12 | 2:56 | 0:01 | 15:15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22:43 | 2:56 | 0:26 | 19:21 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 45.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:14 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 8:12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 8:32 | 0:00 | 0:29 | 8:03 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:04 | 0:57 | 2:28 | 19:39 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Lane Hutson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29:06 | 3:03 | 0:05 | 25:58 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 26:24 | 0:00 | 3:59 | 22:25 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jayden Struble | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16:09 | 0:00 | 1:34 | 14:35 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:43 | 0:00 | 1:41 | 12:02 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .800 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 59:04 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egor Chinakhov | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:59 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 15:55 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:53 | 3:03 | 0:00 | 16:50 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 51.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 13:54 | 0:00 | 2:28 | 11:26 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Hallander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:39 | 0:00 | 1:05 | 8:34 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kindel | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 14:18 | 3:04 | 0:37 | 10:37 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:43 | 2:03 | 0:00 | 9:40 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:22 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 9:22 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lizotte | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:49 | 0:00 | 2:55 | 11:54 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:41 | 2:05 | 0:00 | 17:36 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tommy Novak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:42 | 3:03 | 0:00 | 11:39 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18:26 | 3:02 | 0:24 | 15:00 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:35 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 13:05 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Carlile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:32 | 0:04 | 2:31 | 17:57 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 21:11 | 0:00 | 1:05 | 20:06 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:38 | 3:12 | 0:23 | 16:03 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaedan Korczak | 4 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 17:39 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 16:53 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:30 | 1:54 | 0:00 | 17:36 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:08 | 0:01 | 3:16 | 14:51 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Silovs | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .800 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 61:33 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Jan 9, 2027PIT 0, MTL 0
Oct 31, 2026PIT 4, MTL 5
Oct 3, 2026MTL 5, PIT 6
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 6-5, on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Montreal Canadiens 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 6.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Cole Caufield (2 goals). Pittsburgh Penguins: Tommy Novak (2 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins played?
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA.
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