Pittsburgh Penguins 0, Montreal Canadiens 4: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 to Montreal Canadiens 4, on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHLSaturday, December 20, 2025
DateDec 20, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance20,962
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Team comparison
Pittsburgh PenguinsMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
14-11-9Record19-12-4
6th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
3-8Road record / home record5-5
WLWLLLast 5LWWLW
W1StreakL1
Team stats
Pittsburgh PenguinsMontreal Canadiens
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.
Pittsburgh 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 ReserveMontreal 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-DayBox score
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 | 0:13 | 0:51 | 11:57 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 14:28 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 12:57 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 21:09 | 4:12 | 0:00 | 16:57 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 78.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 | 0:13 | 0:51 | 11:16 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hayes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 | 1:35 | 0:00 | 12:09 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ben Kindel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 | 1:32 | 0:00 | 13:08 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville Koivunen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:05 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Mantha | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 18:29 | 4:16 | 0:00 | 14:13 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutger McGroarty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:32 | 0:13 | 0:00 | 12:19 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:52 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 16:19 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 17:48 | 4:14 | 0:00 | 13:34 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 21:02 | 4:15 | 0:00 | 16:47 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 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 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 24:29 | 3:48 | 0:51 | 19:50 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Kulak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:32 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 21:48 | 1:59 | 0:00 | 19:49 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:08 | 0:13 | 0:00 | 16:55 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 20:06 | 0:13 | 0:51 | 19:02 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Skinner | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .850 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 55:38 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 | 0:00 | 3:03 | 13:09 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Beck | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:13 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 14:34 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:21 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 13:30 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1:57 | 0:00 | 1:11 | 0:46 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:58 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 | 0:00 | 2:02 | 16:08 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 46.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:33 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 15:42 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:13 | 0:51 | 1:24 | 16:58 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:50 | 0:00 | 1:22 | 13:28 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16:26 | 0:00 | 2:58 | 13:28 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 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 | 22:22 | 0:00 | 3:26 | 18:56 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:53 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 19:20 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Engstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:50 | 0:51 | 1:04 | 21:55 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Matheson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:48 | 0:00 | 4:57 | 21:51 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:19 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Fowler | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1.000 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens?
Montreal Canadiens won, 4-0, on Saturday, December 20, 2025.
What was the final score of Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens?
Pittsburgh Penguins 0, Montreal Canadiens 4.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Josh Anderson (2 goals).
Where is Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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