Montreal at Pittsburgh — NHL December 21, 2025

MTL

Montreal

PIT

Pittsburgh

3 – 4

Final SO

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
MTL	1	1	1	0	(0)	3
PIT	2	1	0	0	(1)	4

MTL 25 shots on goal 31 PIT

Recap

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Three stars

1st star

S. Crosby

1 goal

1 assist

+1 rating

2nd star

R. Rakell

1 goal

1 assist

+1 rating

3rd star

O. Kapanen

1 goal

1 assist

+2 rating

Scoring

	1st Per	MTL	PIT
7:31	Oliver Kapanen 12 (Assists: Juraj Slafkovský 13, Ivan Demidov 21)	1	0
7:58	Sidney Crosby 21 (Assists: Erik Karlsson 24, Rickard Rakell 9)	1	1
12:40	Rickard Rakell 5 (power-play) (Assists: Bryan Rust 18, Sidney Crosby 18)	1	2

	2nd Per	MTL	PIT
3:54	Ivan Demidov 8 (Assists: Juraj Slafkovský 13, Oliver Kapanen 8)	2	2
11:51	Noel Acciari 2 (Assists: Kris Letang 15, Arturs Silovs 2)	2	3

	3rd Per	MTL	PIT
4:04	Noah Dobson 6 (Assists: Samuel Blais 3, Mike Matheson 13)	3	3

Shootout

Kevin Hayes shootout goal (Jakub Dobes goalie) ✓
Alexandre Texier shootout saved (Arturs Silovs goalie) ✗
Sidney Crosby shootout saved (Jakub Dobes goalie) ✗
Cole Caufield shootout goal (Arturs Silovs goalie) ✓
Rickard Rakell shootout goal (Jakub Dobes goalie) ✓
Nick Suzuki shootout saved (Arturs Silovs goalie) ✗

Penalties

1st Per

4:32 Noah Dobson (Delay of Game (Puck Over the Glass) - 2 min)
9:19 Kris Letang (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Arber Xhekaj
12:02 Adam Engstrom (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Rutger McGroarty

2nd Per

14:21 Samuel Blais (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Ryan Shea
14:21 Ryan Shea (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Samuel Blais

3rd Per

6:43 Thomas Novak (Slashing - 2 min) drawn by Owen Beck
11:23 Owen Beck (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Justin Brazeau

Highlights

HISTORIC: Sidney Crosby passes Mario Lemieux for most points in Penguins history!

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HISTORIC: Sidney Crosby passes Mario Lemieux for most points in Penguins history!

Canadiens vs. Penguins | NHL Highlights | December 21, 2025

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