PIT @ MTL 4–5 · 2026-10-31

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FinalOct 312026-10-31

Team	1	2	3	SOG
PIT	2	1	1	29
MTL	2	3	0	27

Centre Bell

MontréalMTLCanadiens5

CallNo lean · 55% MTL

Star 1J. Anderson2G 1A
Star 2S. Crosby1G 2A
Star 3L. Hutson0G 2A

Closing linesDraftKings

+105Moneyline-125+1.5 -230Puck line-1.5 +190O -118Total 6.5U -102+155RegulationTie +310 +125

Season odds

41%34%−6.3Playoffs53%62%+9.70.9%1.0%+0.1Cup0.9%1.2%+0.3

Story

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Result MTL 5–4Call No lean · MTL 55%Market MTL 54%xG 3.62–2.74 · deserved PIT 65%Swing Texier +19 2nd 1:54Method

Goals and penalties with MTL win probability
Time	Event	MTL win before	MTL win after
1st 1:21	MTL penalty · N. Dobson · tripping · 2 min
1st 2:08	Goal PIT · E. Karlsson (PP)	55%	39%
1st 2:41	Goal MTL · O. Kapanen	39%	55%
1st 3:05	Goal MTL · J. Anderson	55%	71%
1st 7:28	Goal PIT · T. Novak	71%	55%
1st 9:05	MTL penalty · F. Xhekaj · roughing · 2 min
1st 9:05	PIT penalty · V. Koivunen · roughing · 2 min
1st 12:59	PIT penalty · E. Malkin · tripping · 2 min
2nd 1:54	Goal MTL · A. Texier	54%	73%
2nd 2:21	Goal MTL · C. Kreider	73%	87%
2nd 3:45	Goal PIT · R. Rakell	87%	74%
2nd 9:24	MTL penalty · O. Kapanen · tripping · 2 min
2nd 9:24	MTL penalty · O. Beck · fighting · 5 min
2nd 9:24	PIT penalty · B. Lizotte · fighting · 5 min
2nd 13:06	Goal MTL · J. Anderson	76%	90%
2nd 17:12	PIT penalty · S. Crosby · tripping · 2 min
3rd 7:08	PIT penalty · K. Korczak · interference · 2 min
3rd 12:01	MTL penalty · F. Xhekaj · cross checking · 2 min
3rd 16:49	Goal PIT · S. Crosby	99%	94%

On ice · final horn

PIT6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
18T. NovakC	0:31	17:58	23	1	1	2	3	8	0	0	0	1-0
71E. MalkinC	2:11	17:54	21	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	–
87S. CrosbyC	2:10	20:23	25	1	2	3	2	5	2	0	0	12-10
67R. RakellR	2:08	21:58	28	1	1	2	2	3	0	1	0	–
58K. LetangD	0:02	18:44	23	0	0	0	2	6	0	1	1	–
65E. KarlssonD	2:09	23:37	24	1	2	3	4	8	0	0	0	–

MTL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
15A. NewhookC	0:43	18:54	21	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9-6
24P. DanaultC	2:20	19:57	21	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	7-6
71J. EvansC	2:14	17:40	20	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	11-5
21K. GuhleD	2:23	24:05	27	0	0	0	1	4	0	5	3	–
45A. CarrierD	0:31	21:19	28	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	–
32J. FowlerG		60:00	SA29GA4SV%.862xGA3.62GSAx−0.38

Goals

1st
Erik Karlsson(3)PP
S. Crosby (5), T. Novak (6)
xG 0.07slapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 PIT1st 02:08+16.261%
Oliver Kapanen(1)
O. Beck (2), F. Xhekaj (1)
xG 0.03snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 02:41+16.355%
Josh Anderson(5)
C. Kreider (5)
xG 0.11snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 MTL1st 03:05+15.571%
Tommy Novak(4)
R. Rakell (4), S. Crosby (6)
xG 0.17backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied1st 07:28+16.145%
2nd
Alexandre Texier(2)
L. Hutson (9), P. Danault (5)
xG 0.17wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–3 MTL2nd 01:54+18.873%
Chris Kreider(2)
A. Xhekaj (1), J. Anderson (3)
xG 0.20backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
2–4 MTL2nd 02:21+13.687%
Rickard Rakell(4)
E. Karlsson (12)
xG 0.18snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–4 MTL2nd 03:45+13.726%
Josh Anderson(6)
L. Hutson (10), J. Evans (3)
xG 0.05tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
3–5 MTL2nd 13:06+14.290%
3rd
Sidney Crosby(4)6v5
E. Karlsson (13)
xG 0.58snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–5 MTL3rd 16:49+5.96%

Shots

Shooters

PIT3.62 xG48 unblocked · 22 blocked48 unblocked · 22 blocked

MTL2.74 xG35 unblocked · 12 blocked35 unblocked · 12 blocked

Goal, taller = higher xGSavedMissedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

PITMTL4Goals53.62xG2.7429Shots2748Unblocked3570Attempts476High danger51/3Power play0/324Faceoffs3213Hits2212Blocks224Takeaways517Giveaways1413PIM13

Skaters

Player

Player
65E. KarlssonErik KarlssonD	23:37	1	2	3	4	8	0.16	+0.84	0	0	1	3	—	0	+1
67R. RakellRickard RakellR	21:58	1	1	2	2	3	0.29	+0.71	1	0	0	2	—	0	+3
49S. GirardSamuel GirardD	21:01	0	0	0	2	8	0.39	−0.39	1	0	0	0	—	0	-1
87S. CrosbySidney CrosbyC	20:23	1	2	3	2	5	0.86	+0.14	0	0	0	0	55%	2	+3
58K. LetangKris LetangD	18:44	0	0	0	2	6	0.21	−0.21	1	1	0	0	—	0	-1
72D. CarlileDeclan CarlileD	18:44	0	0	0	1	4	0.12	−0.12	0	1	0	0	—	0	-3
6K. KorczakKaedan KorczakD	18:21	0	0	0	1	4	0.04	−0.04	3	1	0	1	—	2	-1
18T. NovakTommy NovakC	17:58	1	1	2	3	8	0.58	+0.42	0	0	2	3	100%	0	+2
71E. MalkinEvgeni MalkinC	17:54	0	0	0	1	2	0.02	−0.02	0	0	0	1	—	2	-1
81B. KindelBen KindelC	16:48	0	0	0	3	5	0.29	−0.29	1	2	0	0	25%	0	-1
24S. StastneySpencer StastneyD	15:16	0	0	0	5	5	0.16	−0.16	0	0	0	2	—	0	+1
59E. ChinakhovEgor ChinakhovR	14:22	0	0	0	2	7	0.19	−0.19	0	0	0	0	—	0	-2
41V. KoivunenVille KoivunenR	13:16	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	0	2	0	0	0%	2	-2
46B. LizotteBlake LizotteC	12:55	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	43%	5	-1
19C. DewarConnor DewarC	12:30	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1	1	1	0%	0	-1
22H. LapierreHendrix LapierreC	10:34	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	−0.04	1	0	0	1	33%	0	-2
62A. KuzmenkoAndrei KuzmenkoL	10:00	0	0	0	1	1	0.27	−0.27	1	0	0	0	—	0	-2
14N. RobertsonNick RobertsonL	9:59	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1	0	1	—	0	-1
PIT total		4	6	10	29	70	3.62	+0.38	13	9	4	15	43%	13

Pony score

Incredible9.0+Great7.5+Good6.0+Average4.0+Below avg2.5+HorribleMethod

Forwards

Crosby8.3

Rakell8.2

Novak7.7

Chinakhov5.3

Robertson5.3

Kindel5.2

Lapierre4.9

Kuzmenko4.5

Lizotte3.8

Dewar3.8

Malkin2.7

Koivunen2.5

Defence

Karlsson9.3

Carlile5.4

Letang5.4

Girard4.6

Stastney4.1

Korczak3.3

Goalie

Murashov2.8

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Novak·Crosby·Rakell	10:54	17	18	5	78.3%	9	3	2	0	1.09	0.30	78.3%	+0.79	4	1	80%
Malkin·Kindel·Chinakhov	8:56	14	7	5	58.3%	4	3	0	2	0.19	0.29	40.2%	−0.09	0	2	0%
Kuzmenko·Lapierre·Koivunen	7:31	10	8	11	42.1%	1	7	0	2	0.10	0.73	12.1%	−0.63	2	0	100%
Robertson·Dewar·Lizotte	6:52	11	4	7	36.4%	1	3	0	1	0.07	0.26	20.5%	−0.19	0	1	0%
Occasional · 7 groups
Lapierre·Koivunen·Chinakhov	1:00	1	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.0%	+0.00	0	0	—
Dewar·Crosby·Rakell	0:52	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Lapierre·Malkin·Koivunen	0:43	1	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.10	0.0%	−0.10	0	0	—
Malkin·Crosby·Rakell	0:38	3	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	1	0	100%
Novak·Malkin·Kindel	0:36	5	3	0	100.0%	3	0	0	0	0.15	0.00	100.0%	+0.15	0	0	—
Lizotte·Malkin·Chinakhov	0:34	2	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.08	0.0%	−0.08	0	0	—
Novak·Malkin·Crosby	0:31	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Other 32 brief groups	5:46		7	6	53.8%	2	3	0	0	0.41	0.13	76.6%	+0.29
PIT 5v5	44:53		50	38	56.8%	22	22	2	5	2.05	1.87	52.2%	+0.17

Goalies

Sergei Murashov

PIT · 58:06

Saves: 22/27
SV%: .815
GAA: 5.16
xGA: 2.74
GSAx: −2.26

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	17/22	.773	1.93	−3.07
Power play	4/4	1.000	0.65	+0.65
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.16	+0.16
High danger	2/4	.500	0.87	−1.13

Jacob Fowler

MTL · 60:00

Saves: 25/29
SV%: .862
GAA: 4.00
xGA: 3.62
GSAx: −0.38

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	23/26	.885	2.87	−0.13
Power play	1/2	.500	0.63	−0.37
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.12	+0.12
High danger	1/4	.250	1.66	−1.34

Lines

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

Minutes

23:37Karlsson
21:01Girard
18:44Letang
18:44Carlile
18:21Korczak
15:16Stastney

21:58Rakell
20:23Crosby
17:58Novak
17:54Malkin
16:48Kindel
14:22Chinakhov
13:16Koivunen
12:55Lizotte
12:30Dewar
10:34Lapierre
10:00Kuzmenko
9:59Robertson

Matchups

Full game

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG sharePITMTLGoalHard matchEdge bars = skater 5v5 total

Faceoffs

Both teams · pick a taker to focus

24–3243%

D 42%5–7N 36%9–16O 53%10–9 5 won into a shot

MTL attacks57PIT DZ 42% MTL OZ

Neutral916PIT NZ 36% MTL NZ

PIT attacks109PIT OZ 53% MTL DZ

32–2457%

D 47%9–10N 64%16–9O 58%7–5 6 won into a shot

Bead = draw, winner’s colourClockwise from the top in game order Shot attempt within 10sHover a zone for its draws · click a taker to focus

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

KarlssonD2 O4
StastneyD0 O2
LetangD1 O2
GirardD2 O2
CarlileD2 O0
KorczakD4 O1
CrosbyD1 O8
RakellD2 O8
NovakD1 O7
KoivunenD0 O4
LapierreD0 O2
KuzmenkoD0 O2
ChinakhovD0 O0
MalkinD1 O0
RobertsonD1 O0
KindelD3 O0
DewarD4 O0
LizotteD4 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period