🇨🇦 Canadiens Canadiens
3 – 4
Final (SO)
🐧 Penguins Penguins
Game Info • Sun, Dec 21, 2025 · 18:00 • PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh
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In a rematch from their recent encounter, the struggling Pittsburgh Penguins face off against a confident Montréal Canadiens squad riding a three-game winning streak. With Pittsburgh's offense faltering, they’ll need to rally around Bryan Rust and Anthony Mantha to turn their fortunes against a Canadiens team led by Josh Anderson and Lane Hutson's playmaking prowess.

Team Context
Home context · Pittsburgh Penguins
Best Scorer

Bryan Rust with 3

Most Assists

Anthony Mantha with 4

Last Five W L OT/SO
Away context · Montréal Canadiens
Best Scorer

Josh Anderson with 3

Most Assists

Lane Hutson with 8

Last Five W L OT/SO
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Stats
🐧 PIT
3
Goals
4
25
Shots
31
0
PPG
1
25
Hits
30
8
PIM
6
Canadiens Goals
Oliver Kapanen (1st • 07:31)
Assisted by Juraj Slafkovsky , Ivan Demidov
Ivan Demidov (2nd • 03:54)
Assisted by Juraj Slafkovsky , Oliver Kapanen
Noah Dobson (3rd • 04:04)
Assisted by Sammy Blais , Mike Matheson
Penguins Goals
Sidney Crosby (1st • 07:58)
Assisted by Erik Karlsson , Rickard Rakell
Rickard Rakell PP (1st • 12:40)
Assisted by Bryan Rust , Sidney Crosby
Noel Acciari (2nd • 11:51)
Assisted by Kris Letang , Arturs Silovs
Rickard Rakell (OT • 00:00)
Unassisted
After 1st — 1–2
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-2-1 (40% win rate, 5 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-1-2 (62% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-2-1 (50% win rate, 6 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-1-2 (57% win rate, 7 games)
Lines & Pairings · est. by ice time
MTL
L1: Slafkovsky · Suzuki · Caufield · 21:13
L2: Texier · Anderson · Demidov · 16:48
L3: Kapanen · Veleno · Bolduc · 13:22
L4: Blais · Beck · Gallagher · 10:07
D1: Hutson · Matheson · 28:10
D2: Dobson · Carrier · 22:01
D3: Xhekaj · Engstrom · 10:52
PIT
L1: Crosby · Rakell · Rust · 21:36
L2: Novak · Kindel · Mantha · 17:41
L3: Acciari · Brazeau · McGroarty · 12:49
L4: Dewar · Koivunen · Hayes · 11:47
D1: Karlsson · Letang · 25:22
D2: Kulak · Wotherspoon · 21:42
D3: Shea · St. Ivany · 13:16
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