Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens — December 20, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens shut out the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0 on December 20, 2025. Despite the result, the Pittsburgh Penguins held the edge in expected goals (9.57 to 6.55) at 5-on-5, indicating the Montreal Canadiens received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Pittsburgh Penguins created 11 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Montreal Canadiens at 5-on-5. Josh Anderson scored 2 goals. Rickard Rakell was the most dangerous skater with 2.65 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Pittsburgh Penguins outshot the Montreal Canadiens 31-21 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens progressed on Dec 20, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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PIT0 - 4MTL

Dec 20, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
MTL	P1	20	20	50.0	13	13	50.0	10	9	52.6	17	13	56.7	3	3	50.0	3.16	3.03	51.0	2	0	100.0
	P2	18	17	51.4	13	14	48.1	5	5	50.0	13	10	56.5	2	4	33.3	3.07	3.26	48.5	1	0	100.0
	P3	12	32	27.3	11	25	30.6	6	17	26.1	4	19	17.4	2	6	25.0	1.60	6.01	21.0	1	0	100.0
	Total	50	69	42.0	37	52	41.6	21	31	40.4	34	42	44.7	7	13	35.0	7.82	12.30	38.9	4	0	100.0
PIT	P1	20	20	50.0	13	13	50.0	9	10	47.4	13	17	43.3	3	3	50.0	3.03	3.16	49.0	0	2	0.0
	P2	17	18	48.6	14	13	51.9	5	5	50.0	10	13	43.5	4	2	66.7	3.26	3.07	51.5	0	1	0.0
	P3	32	12	72.7	25	11	69.4	17	6	73.9	19	4	82.6	6	2	75.0	6.01	1.60	79.0	0	1	0.0
	Total	69	50	58.0	52	37	58.4	31	21	59.6	42	34	55.3	13	7	65.0	12.30	7.82	61.1	0	4	0.0

Win Probability

MTL Favored

PIT Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

MTL

PIT

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

PIT Attempts

MTL Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (MTL) performed against every skater on the away team (PIT) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = MTL players, Columns = PIT players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the MTL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

MTL ↓ / PIT →	Crosby	Novak	Dewar	Acciari	Kindel	Rust	Rakell	Mantha	Hayes	McGroarty	Koivunen	Brazeau	Karlsson	Letang	Wotherspoon	Shea	Kulak	Clifton
Suzuki	50	59	100	100	67	44	17	14	20	50	80	33	33	56	39	63	100	33
Veleno	29	—	67	40	57	25	25	20	30	43	43	100	29	11	31	83	0	80
Kapanen	60	17	60	67	33	54	38	26	33	33	33	0	48	60	43	18	20	17
Beck	100	—	50	29	55	100	67	50	25	50	50	50	44	33	30	70	0	70
Evans	100	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100	—	100	—	—	100	—
Slafkovský	62	17	57	60	20	55	37	28	33	17	25	0	48	47	33	18	25	18
Texier	70	54	40	50	56	50	33	29	43	38	60	33	50	50	33	38	45	43
Caufield	71	74	83	80	67	70	33	25	0	80	83	0	56	68	73	67	92	50
Bolduc	64	71	75	50	67	64	0	0	33	67	71	—	44	72	47	71	83	50
Anderson	71	50	40	50	75	57	55	55	43	25	100	38	62	61	33	25	44	33
Demidov	100	20	64	71	14	100	43	10	33	17	22	0	50	33	46	22	20	22
Gallagher	—	—	20	17	67	0	25	13	18	56	56	40	11	0	17	60	0	56
Matheson	49	63	67	67	70	44	29	31	38	63	83	40	35	62	25	67	86	50
Dobson	69	57	67	50	75	64	71	69	25	40	67	33	54	71	40	40	91	40
Hutson	65	75	53	50	38	60	22	20	36	27	25	27	46	35	40	30	31	22
Carrier	42	83	50	29	43	30	8	4	27	31	33	29	26	35	33	42	27	14
Xhekaj	100	0	55	56	67	100	100	17	30	57	55	0	50	33	43	50	0	50
Engstrom	100	0	70	56	67	100	100	17	43	67	75	0	56	100	50	54	—	54