MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
1-0-1 · OT1 · L10: 1-0-1
W
L
W
L
W
W
L
W
W
W
Final/OT
5—6
2026-10-03 · PPG Paints Arena
PIT
PIT
Pittsburgh Penguins
2-0-0 · W2 · L10: 2-0-0
W
L
L
L
W
W
W
L
W
W
PIT dominated expected goals 3.2 to 2.9 · Decided in overtime

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RDOT
MTL xG
2.90
ACTUAL
5 — 6
PIT xG
3.21

Scoring Timeline

0.06
MED xG
MTL1P 03:49Even Strength
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(1)
R · MTL · #13
Nick Suzuki (1), Lane Hutson (1)
MTL 1 - 0 PIT
0.18
HIGH xG
PIT1P 14:07Power Play
Evgeni Malkin
71
Evgeni Malkin(2)
C · PIT · #71
Kris Letang (2), Hendrix Lapierre (2)
MTL 1 - 1 PIT
0.06
MED xG
PIT2P 00:32Even Strength
Declan Carlile
67
Declan Carlile(1)
D · PIT · #67
Rickard Rakell (2), Erik Karlsson (2)
MTL 1 - 2 PIT
0.24
HIGH xG
PIT2P 07:59Even Strength
Samuel Girard
49
Samuel Girard(1)
D · PIT · #49
Sidney Crosby (2), Kaedan Korczak (3)
MTL 1 - 3 PIT
0.13
HIGH xG
PIT2P 14:01Even Strength
Tommy Novak
18
Tommy Novak(1)
C · PIT · #18
Egor Chinakhov (1), Evgeni Malkin (1)
MTL 1 - 4 PIT
0.07
MED xG
PIT2P 15:32Power Play
Benjamin Kindel
Benjamin Kindel(1)
C · PIT
Erik Karlsson (3), Tommy Novak (2)
MTL 1 - 5 PIT
0.04
MED xG
MTL2P 18:464 on 4
Nick Suzuki
14
Nick Suzuki(1)
C · MTL · #14
Lane Hutson (2), Noah Dobson (1)
MTL 2 - 5 PIT
0.11
HIGH xG
MTL3P 03:31Even Strength
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(2)
R · MTL · #13
Chris Kreider (1)
MTL 3 - 5 PIT
0.14
HIGH xG
MTL3P 18:52Power Play
Chris Kreider
20
Chris Kreider(1)
C · MTL · #20
Nick Suzuki (2), Ivan Demidov (1)
MTL 4 - 5 PIT
0.11
HIGH xG
MTL3P 19:16Power Play
Ivan Demidov
93
Ivan Demidov(1)
R · MTL · #93
Nick Suzuki (3), Lane Hutson (3)
MTL 5 - 5 PIT
0.20
HIGH xG
PITOT 01:333 on 3
Tommy Novak
18
Tommy Novak(2)
C · PIT · #18
Evgeni Malkin (2), Kris Letang (3)
MTL 5 - 6 PIT

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Nick Suzuki
14
Nick Suzuki
C · MTL · #14
1G, 3A, 4 SOG, 4 HIT
★2
Tommy Novak
18
Tommy Novak
C · PIT · #18
2G, 1A, 3 SOG
★3
Evgeni Malkin
71
Evgeni Malkin
C · PIT · #71
1G, 2A, 1 SOG

Team Stats

MTLPIT
25Shots30
2.89xGF3.21
60CF%40
55.9FO%44.1
0/2PP2/4
28Hits9
12Blocks20
8Giveaways13
5Takeaways5
12PIM8

Period Breakdown

PeriodMTL SOGPIT SOGMTL xGPIT xG
1st780.720.94
2nd6110.731.13
3rd751.300.93
OT000.150.20
Total20242.903.20

Penalties

10 TOTAL
1P 13:38
MTL
Mike Mathesoninterference (2 min)
Drawn by Sidney Crosby
1P 15:54
PIT
Rickard Rakellinterference-goalkeeper (2 min)
Drawn by Jakub Dobes
2P 04:17
MTL
Noah Dobsontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Egor Chinakhov
2P 14:54
MTL
Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
2P 17:16
PIT
Trevor van Riemsdykslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Kirby Dach
2P 17:16
MTL
Kirby Dachroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Trevor van Riemsdyk
2P 20:00
PIT
Evgeni Malkinroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Noah Dobson
2P 20:00
MTL
Noah Dobsonroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Evgeni Malkin
3P 09:05
MTL
Josh Andersonholding (2 min)
Drawn by Samuel Girard
3P 16:19
PIT
Egor Chinakhovholding (2 min)
Drawn by Mike Matheson