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Sat, Oct 3, 2026

Canadiens 5 Penguins 6 OT

Deserved to win

MTL 52%48% PIT

MTL 3.00 xG on 47 attempts, PIT 2.92 xG excl. empty net on 39, empty nets left out. How it works →

14%MTL 3+
12%MTL 2
16%MTL 1
18%Tied
16%PIT 1
11%PIT 2
12%PIT 3+
Replayed: final margins. Dark bar = actual result.

Scoring

Every goal, all situations, with the score after it (away–home).

  1. Period 1

    1. 3:49MTLCole Caufield (1)Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson1–0
    2. 14:07PITEvgeni Malkin (1)PPKris Letang, Hendrix Lapierre1–1

  2. Period 2

    1. 0:32PITDeclan Carlile (1)Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson1–2
    2. 7:59PITSamuel Girard (1)Sidney Crosby, Kaedan Korczak1–3
    3. 14:01PITTommy Novak (1)Yegor Chinakhov, Evgeni Malkin1–4
    4. 15:32PITBen Kindel (1)PPErik Karlsson, Tommy Novak1–5
    5. 18:46MTLNick Suzuki (1)Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson2–5

  3. Period 3

    1. 3:31MTLCole Caufield (2)Chris Kreider3–5
    2. 18:52MTLChris Kreider (1)6v5Nick Suzuki, Ivan Demidov4–5
    3. 19:16MTLIvan Demidov (1)6v5Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson5–5

  4. Overtime

    1. 1:33PITTommy Novak (2)Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang5–6

Goalies

Saves on shots on goal (the NHL's boxscore), all situations; GSAx is expected goals against minus goals against on unblocked attempts while he was in.

Teams

TeamTOICF%GF%xGF%xGFxGASh%Sv%PDO
MTL
6257.045.546.73.003.4320.080.0100.0
PIT
6243.054.553.33.433.0020.080.0100.0

Flow

Unblocked attempts, running total · MTL 47, PIT 40

MTLPIT goal

Shots

Connor Dewar, P3 17:30, wrist, missed, 0.52 xGNick Suzuki, P1 19:45, wrist, missed, 0.41 xGTommy Novak, P3 10:15, wrist, missed, 0.30 xGBen Kindel, P2 5:17, wrist, on goal, 0.16 xGNick Suzuki, P2 3:16, snap, on goal, 0.15 xGSidney Crosby, P2 7:54, wrist, on goal, 0.14 xGMike Matheson, P1 0:40, tip-in, on goal, 0.14 xGAlex Newhook, P2 11:26, wrist, on goal, 0.14 xGJake Evans, P1 9:31, wrist, on goal, 0.14 xGBen Kindel, P1 17:29, wrist, on goal, 0.13 xGChris Kreider, P3 18:11, wrist, missed, 0.13 xGYegor Chinakhov, P2 10:05, snap, on goal, 0.11 xGSidney Crosby, P2 7:53, backhand, on goal, 0.11 xGNick Suzuki, OT 0:36, wrist, missed, 0.11 xGJosh Anderson, P2 8:36, tip-in, on goal, 0.10 xGIvan Demidov, P3 17:53, slap, on goal, 0.10 xGBen Kindel, P3 10:14, tip-in, on goal, 0.10 xGSamuel Girard, P1 12:27, tip-in, missed, 0.09 xGSamuel Girard, P2 7:51, tip-in, on goal, 0.09 xGAndrei Kuzmenko, P3 12:48, backhand, on goal, 0.09 xGTommy Novak, P3 9:44, wrist, on goal, 0.08 xGLane Hutson, P2 3:34, wrist, on goal, 0.08 xGChris Kreider, P3 3:16, tip-in, missed, 0.08 xGAlexandre Texier, P1 17:09, slap, missed, 0.08 xGJosh Anderson, P1 2:45, backhand, missed, 0.08 xGFilip Hallander, P3 11:55, tip-in, missed, 0.08 xGSidney Crosby, P1 13:25, snap, missed, 0.07 xGCole Caufield, OT 0:48, wrist, missed, 0.07 xGSamuel Girard, P2 7:52, tip-in, on goal, 0.07 xGRickard Rakell, P3 9:27, wrist, on goal, 0.07 xGJake Evans, P3 19:38, wrist, missed, 0.07 xGJake Evans, P3 5:44, tip-in, missed, 0.07 xGAlexandre Texier, P3 6:45, wrist, on goal, 0.07 xGAlex Newhook, P1 8:39, wrist, on goal, 0.06 xGKris Letang, P1 14:04, slap, on goal, 0.06 xGBen Kindel, P1 18:05, wrist, on goal, 0.05 xGNicholas Robertson, P1 12:54, wrist, missed, 0.05 xGRickard Rakell, P3 9:24, wrist, on goal, 0.05 xGCole Caufield, P3 14:09, snap, missed, 0.05 xGJosh Anderson, P1 5:36, wrist, on goal, 0.05 xGNick Suzuki, P3 17:04, wrist, on goal, 0.04 xGNicholas Robertson, P1 12:57, tip-in, on goal, 0.04 xGErik Karlsson, P2 9:53, slap, missed, 0.04 xGNick Suzuki, P2 16:01, wrist, missed, 0.04 xGRickard Rakell, P1 18:08, backhand, missed, 0.04 xGJuraj Slafkovský, P1 19:44, wrist, on goal, 0.04 xGKris Letang, P1 3:03, slap, on goal, 0.01 xGNick Suzuki, P1 4:09, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGMike Matheson, P1 4:58, slap, on goal, 0.02 xGPhillip Danault, P1 6:58, wrist, missed, 0.03 xGNick Suzuki, P1 11:21, slap, missed, 0.01 xGAndrei Kuzmenko, P1 15:28, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGKris Letang, P1 15:32, slap, on goal, 0.02 xGDeclan Carlile, P1 18:13, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGKirby Dach, P1 18:42, wrist, missed, 0.01 xGKaedan Korczak, P2 3:51, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGYegor Chinakhov, P2 6:23, snap, on goal, 0.03 xGNoah Dobson, P2 11:52, wrist, missed, 0.02 xGConnor Dewar, P2 12:34, wrist, on goal, 0.03 xGJosh Anderson, P2 13:06, wrist, on goal, 0.00 xGTrevor van Riemsdyk, P2 13:19, backhand, on goal, 0.01 xGDeclan Carlile, P2 13:25, slap, on goal, 0.03 xGCole Caufield, P2 19:55, snap, on goal, 0.00 xGNick Suzuki, P3 0:43, wrist, missed, 0.03 xGIvan Demidov, P3 1:38, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGErik Karlsson, P3 2:35, wrist, missed, 0.04 xGLane Hutson, P3 3:46, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGLane Hutson, P3 5:50, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGIvan Demidov, P3 7:17, wrist, missed, 0.01 xGNoah Dobson, P3 8:02, wrist, on goal, 0.02 xGNoah Dobson, P3 8:07, wrist, missed, 0.02 xGNick Suzuki, P3 8:14, snap, missed, 0.04 xGLane Hutson, P3 11:40, wrist, missed, 0.01 xGSidney Crosby, P3 12:42, wrist, missed, 0.01 xGNoah Dobson, P3 13:28, slap, missed, 0.03 xGLane Hutson, P3 18:20, wrist, missed, 0.02 xGSamuel Girard, P2 7:59, wrist, goal, 0.18 xGTommy Novak, OT 1:33, wrist, goal, 0.17 xGChris Kreider, P3 18:52, wrist, goal, 0.13 xGBen Kindel, P2 15:32, tip-in, goal, 0.12 xGEvgeni Malkin, P1 14:07, backhand, goal, 0.10 xGTommy Novak, P2 14:01, wrist, goal, 0.10 xGCole Caufield, P3 3:31, wrist, goal, 0.10 xGIvan Demidov, P3 19:16, snap, goal, 0.08 xGCole Caufield, P1 3:49, wrist, goal, 0.05 xGNick Suzuki, P2 18:46, backhand, goal, 0.05 xGDeclan Carlile, P2 0:32, wrist, goal, 0.04 xG
End
MTL ← 5 G · 25 SOG · 47 unblocked · 3.01 xG goal on goal miss40 unblocked · 30 SOG · 6 G · 3.43 xG → PIT
Area = xG:0.050.200.50smallest ≤ 0.04

Montréal Canadiens skaters

PlayerTOICF%GF%xGF%xGFxGASh%Sv%PDO
Lane Hutson
D
2970.066.758.51.951.3814.388.9103.2
Mike Matheson
D
2643.820.042.91.291.729.176.585.6
Noah Dobson
D
2349.120.039.20.971.5111.175.086.1
Cole Caufield
F
2366.771.455.81.931.5338.581.8120.3
Nick Suzuki
F
2375.983.369.52.040.8938.583.3121.8
Juraj Slafkovský
F
1875.9100.068.51.250.5722.2100.0122.2
Jayden Struble
D
1665.4100.056.10.480.3850.0100.0150.0
Ivan Demidov
F
1672.066.744.80.610.7528.675.0103.6
Alex Newhook
F
1639.10.036.60.380.650.057.157.1
Chris Kreider
F
1563.060.049.81.181.1933.381.8115.2
Jake Evans
F
1545.20.032.00.561.190.080.080.0
Arber Xhekaj
D
1445.066.723.60.270.8840.087.5127.5
Josh Anderson
F
1281.3–81.70.560.130.0100.0100.0
Kirby Dach
F
1231.80.09.60.100.930.077.877.8
Zack Bolduc
F
1268.2–68.80.790.360.0100.0100.0
Phillip Danault
F
1133.350.014.60.271.5533.387.5120.8
Alexandre Texier
F
944.40.026.30.180.510.083.383.3
Alexandre Carrier
D
950.00.059.50.290.200.080.080.0

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

PlayerTOICF%GF%xGF%xGFxGASh%Sv%PDO
Samuel Girard
D
2133.320.038.40.921.4711.163.674.7
Declan Carlile
D
2145.266.759.01.250.8722.283.3105.6
Sidney Crosby
F
2053.275.061.71.711.0620.087.5107.5
Evgeni Malkin
F
2043.2100.050.90.780.7537.5100.0137.5
Erik Karlsson
D
2057.1100.057.41.501.1123.1100.0123.1
Kris Letang
D
2046.7100.047.30.490.5425.0100.0125.0
Rickard Rakell
F
1856.075.057.61.811.3317.687.5105.1
Trevor van Riemsdyk
D
1825.70.042.80.680.900.090.990.9
Yegor Chinakhov
F
1839.566.738.50.610.9828.685.7114.3
Kaedan Korczak
D
1827.820.046.90.820.9312.550.062.5
Blake Lizotte
F
1521.70.046.70.650.740.080.080.0
Tommy Novak
F
1559.4100.071.61.460.5827.3100.0127.3
Ben Kindel
F
1462.125.067.71.210.578.350.058.3
Connor Dewar
F
1416.70.061.00.620.400.060.060.0
Nicholas Robertson
F
1443.866.744.60.831.0322.288.9111.1
Andrei Kuzmenko
F
1244.433.337.20.270.4520.060.080.0
Hendrix Lapierre
F
1142.933.335.90.270.4720.066.786.7
Filip Hallander
F
1040.0–89.00.330.040.0100.0100.0