MTL @ PIT 3–4 · 2025-12-21

Team	1	2	3	OT	SOG
MTL	1	1	1	0	25
PIT	2	1	0	0	31

Story

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Result PIT 4–3 SOCall No lean · MTL 52%xG 2.75–3.74 · deserved PIT 66%Swing Dobson +31 3rd 4:04Method

Goals and penalties with PIT win probability
Time	Event	PIT win before	PIT win after
1st 4:32	MTL penalty · N. Dobson · delaying game puck over glass · 2 min
1st 7:31	Goal MTL · O. Kapanen	48%	30%
1st 7:58	Goal PIT · S. Crosby	30%	48%
1st 9:19	PIT penalty · K. Letang · tripping · 2 min
1st 12:02	MTL penalty · A. Engstrom · tripping · 2 min
1st 12:40	Goal PIT · R. Rakell (PP)	48%	68%
2nd 3:54	Goal MTL · I. Demidov	71%	49%
2nd 11:51	Goal PIT · N. Acciari	49%	73%
2nd 14:21	MTL penalty · S. Blais · roughing · 2 min
2nd 14:21	PIT penalty · R. Shea · roughing · 2 min
3rd 4:04	Goal MTL · N. Dobson	80%	49%
3rd 6:43	PIT penalty · T. Novak · slashing · 2 min
3rd 11:23	MTL penalty · O. Beck · hooking · 2 min

On ice · final horn

MTL3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
14N. SuzukiC	0:33	23:21	26	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	5-11
13C. CaufieldR	0:20	19:59	23	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0-1
48L. HutsonD	0:13	28:53	30	0	0	0	3	6	0	1	4	–
75J. DobesG		64:55	SA31GA3SV%.903xGA3.74GSAx+0.74

PIT3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
87S. CrosbyC	1:29	20:48	22	1	1	2	2	8	0	2	1	14-10
67R. RakellR	1:29	21:39	23	1	1	2	4	9	0	2	1	0-2
58K. LetangD	1:19	23:31	26	0	1	1	3	4	2	3	0	–
37A. SilovsG		64:55	SA25GA3SV%.880xGA2.70GSAx−0.30

Goals

1st
Oliver Kapanen(1)
J. Slafkovský (1), I. Demidov (1)
xG 0.12wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 MTL1st 07:31+18.270%
Sidney Crosby(1)
E. Karlsson (1), R. Rakell (1)
xG 0.27wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 07:58+18.348%
Rickard Rakell(1)PP
B. Rust (1), S. Crosby (1)
xG 0.26wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 PIT1st 12:40+19.568%
2nd
Ivan Demidov(1)
J. Slafkovský (2), O. Kapanen (1)
xG 0.02wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied2nd 03:54+22.151%
Noel Acciari(1)
K. Letang (1), A. Silovs (1)
xG 0.05wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–3 PIT2nd 11:51+24.673%
3rd
Noah Dobson(1)
S. Blais (1), M. Matheson (1)
xG 0.14backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
3–3 Tied3rd 04:04+30.951%

ShootoutPIT K. Hayes GMTL A. Texier –PIT S. Crosby –MTL C. Caufield GPIT R. Rakell GMTL N. Suzuki –

Shots

MTL2.75 xG41 unblocked · 14 blocked41 unblocked · 14 blocked

PIT3.74 xG51 unblocked · 24 blocked51 unblocked · 24 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

MTLPIT3Goals32.75xG3.7425Shots3141Unblocked5155Attempts754High danger50/2Power play1/325Faceoffs2725Hits3024Blocks145Takeaways419Giveaways168PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
48L. HutsonLane HutsonD	28:58	0	0	0	3	6	0.37	−0.37	1	4	0	3	—	0	0
8M. MathesonMike MathesonD	27:23	0	1	1	3	5	0.18	−0.18	1	4	0	2	—	0	+1
14N. SuzukiNick SuzukiC	23:26	0	0	0	1	5	0.19	−0.19	0	1	0	1	31%	0	-2
53N. DobsonNoah DobsonD	22:33	1	0	1	3	4	0.19	+0.81	1	2	0	3	—	2	0
45A. CarrierAlexandre CarrierD	21:29	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	0	2	1	2	—	0	0
20J. SlafkovskýJuraj SlafkovskýL	21:13	0	2	2	0	5	0.21	−0.21	1	0	1	1	50%	0	+2
13C. CaufieldCole CaufieldR	20:04	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	−0.27	0	1	0	0	0%	0	-1
17J. AndersonJosh AndersonR	18:17	0	0	0	1	2	0.16	−0.16	3	0	1	1	100%	0	0
85A. TexierAlexandre TexierL	16:48	0	0	0	2	4	0.05	−0.05	1	1	0	2	0%	0	-1
93I. DemidovIvan DemidovR	15:56	1	1	2	2	3	0.08	+0.92	1	0	0	0	—	0	+2
91O. KapanenOliver KapanenC	14:44	1	1	2	7	7	0.67	+0.33	0	0	1	0	50%	0	+2
90J. VelenoJoseph VelenoC	13:22	0	0	0	2	4	0.24	−0.24	0	0	0	2	67%	0	0
76Z. BolducZachary BolducR	13:05	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	—	0	-2
72A. XhekajArber XhekajD	11:05	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	−0.04	4	1	0	0	—	0	0
11B. GallagherBrendan GallagherR	10:40	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1	—	0	+1
42A. EngstromAdam EngstromD	10:40	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	0	—	2	+1
62O. BeckOwen BeckC	10:07	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	1	0	1	63%	2	+1
27S. BlaisSammy BlaisL	8:32	0	1	1	1	1	0.12	−0.12	6	1	0	0	—	2	+1
MTL total		3	6	9	25	55	2.75	+0.25	25	18	5	19	48%	8

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Slafkovský+0.71

Kapanen+0.62

Demidov+0.50

Blais+0.39

Beck−0.11

Veleno−0.26

Gallagher−0.29

Texier−0.33

Bolduc−0.43

Anderson−0.46

Caufield−0.53

Suzuki−0.65

Defence

Xhekaj+0.27

Hutson+0.18

Matheson+0.03

Dobson+0.02

Carrier−0.22

Engstrom−0.29

Goalie

Dobes+0.76

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Suzuki·Caufield·Bolduc	10:52	15	7	15	31.8%	2	3	0	1	0.13	0.78	14.0%	−0.66	2	2	50%
Texier·Veleno·Anderson	9:28	14	11	8	57.9%	6	5	0	0	0.32	0.44	42.4%	−0.12	2	1	67%
Slafkovský·Kapanen·Demidov	7:49	13	12	9	57.1%	7	2	2	0	0.50	0.35	59.1%	+0.16	3	1	75%
Blais·Beck·Gallagher	7:16	13	3	9	25.0%	3	6	1	0	0.28	0.48	36.6%	−0.20	1	1	50%
Occasional · 7 groups
Texier·Kapanen·Anderson	1:56	4	2	2	50.0%	1	2	0	0	0.02	0.14	12.2%	−0.12	1	0	100%
Slafkovský·Kapanen·Gallagher	1:16	5	1	2	33.3%	1	1	0	0	0.01	0.11	9.0%	−0.10	0	1	0%
Slafkovský·Beck·Demidov	0:53	3	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.03	0.0%	−0.03	0	0	—
Slafkovský·Suzuki·Caufield	0:51	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Slafkovský·Texier·Gallagher	0:44	1	0	4	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.09	0.0%	−0.09	0	0	—
Texier·Suzuki·Anderson	0:32	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Blais·Beck·Anderson	0:30	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
MTL 5v5	49:22		40	59	40.4%	21	25	3	2	1.39	2.94	32.0%	−1.55

Goalies

Jakub Dobes

MTL · 65:00

Saves: 28/31
SV%: .903
xGA: 3.74
GSAx: +0.74

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	27/29	.931	3.23	+1.23
Power play	1/2	.500	0.51	−0.49
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/4	.500	1.14	−0.86

Arturs Silovs

PIT · 65:00

Saves: 22/25
SV%: .880
xGA: 2.75
GSAx: −0.25

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	21/24	.875	2.34	−0.66
Power play	0/0	—	0.26	+0.26
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.16	+0.16
High danger	4/4	1.000	0.79	+0.79

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Montréal Canadiens

Minutes

28:58Hutson
27:23Matheson
22:33Dobson
21:29Carrier
11:05Xhekaj
10:40Engstrom

23:26Suzuki
21:13Slafkovský
20:04Caufield
18:17Anderson
16:48Texier
15:56Demidov
14:44Kapanen
13:22Veleno
13:05Bolduc
10:40Gallagher
10:07Beck
8:32Blais

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareMTLPIT

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

HutsonD1 O3
DobsonD4 O4
XhekajD0 O0
EngstromD0 O0
MathesonD6 O4
CarrierD3 O1
KapanenD2 O4
SlafkovskýD2 O4
DemidovD1 O3
TexierD1 O2
GallagherD1 O1
AndersonD2 O2
BlaisD1 O1
CaufieldD3 O3
BolducD2 O2
BeckD1 O1
VelenoD3 O2
SuzukiD6 O4

Shift starts · darker = later period