Final
MTL at PIT game report
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. ET · PPG Paints Arena
Penguins beat the Canadiens 6–5 in overtime in an even game: expected goals were 3.1–2.9 and 14–8 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
- 6Goals5
- 2.91Expected goals3.06
- 1.715-on-5 expected goals2.13
- 14High-danger chances8
- 30Shots on goal25
- 52Shot attempts69
- 345-on-5 shot attempts51
- 5:48Power-play time2:19
5-on-5 shares for PIT: 40.0% of shot attempts, 44.5% of expected goals.
Expected goals leave out shots at an empty net (PIT 0.63, MTL 0.00); they're in the “Other” row of By strength.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish. Shots at an empty net add no step.
Shot map
By strength
| PIT at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 44:54 | 34–51 | 1.71–2.13 | 3–2 |
| Power play | 5:48 | 14–2 | 0.91–0.06 | 2–0 |
| Shorthanded | 2:19 | 1–1 | 0.16–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 8:32 | 3–15 | 0.77–0.86 | 1–3 |
Read pairs as PIT–MTL. “Power play” means PIT had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Silovs PIT | 20/25 | .800 | 3.06 | -1.94 |
| Jakub Dobes MTL | 24/30 | .800 | 2.91 | -3.09 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingPenguins6.2Canadiens6.3
| ★Top three of the night: Nick SuzukiFMTL | 9.4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22:43 | 69.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Lane HutsonDMTL | 8.9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29:06 | 63.6 |
| ★Top three of the night: Tommy NovakFPIT | 8.4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14:42 | 38.1 |
| Cole CaufieldFMTL | 8.1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:50 | 56.1 |
| Evgeni MalkinFPIT | 7.9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19:41 | 35.5 |
| Chris KreiderFMTL | 7.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:57 | 56.8 |
| Ivan DemidovFMTL | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16:03 | 58.3 |
| Declan CarlileDPIT | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:32 | 54.8 |
| Erik KarlssonDPIT | 7.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:38 | 46.4 |
| Kris LetangDPIT | 7.3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 19:30 | 40.9 |
| Sidney CrosbyFPIT | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:53 | 43.8 |
| Rickard RakellFPIT | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:26 | 51.5 |
| Noah DobsonDMTL | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23:04 | 65.8 |
| Ben KindelFPIT | 6.4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14:18 | 43.8 |
| Egor ChinakhovFPIT | 6.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:59 | 36.7 |
| Jayden StrubleDMTL | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 | 60.9 |
| Jake EvansFMTL | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:36 | 76.5 |
| Alex NewhookFMTL | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:43 | 80.0 |
| Josh AndersonFMTL | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:10 | 80.0 |
| Samuel GirardDPIT | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:11 | 35.3 |
| Juraj SlafkovskýFMTL | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:12 | 68.8 |
| Nick RobertsonFPIT | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:35 | 48.3 |
| Zachary BolducFMTL | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 | 68.4 |
| Alexandre CarrierDMTL | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:32 | 61.5 |
| Mike MathesonDMTL | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:24 | 54.3 |
| Arber XhekajDMTL | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 | 43.8 |
| Kaedan KorczakDPIT | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:39 | 28.1 |
| Hendrix LapierreFPIT | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:22 | 33.3 |
| Alexandre TexierFMTL | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:14 | 47.1 |
| Filip HallanderFPIT | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:39 | 38.5 |
| Trevor van RiemsdykDPIT | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 | 34.8 |
| Andrei KuzmenkoFPIT | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:43 | 33.3 |
| Phillip DanaultFMTL | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:24 | 42.9 |
| Blake LizotteFPIT | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 | 30.8 |
| Connor DewarFPIT | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:54 | 20.0 |
| Arturs SilovsGPIT | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | — | 61:33 | — |
| Kirby DachFMTL | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 | 31.8 |
| Jakub DobesGMTL | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | — | 59:04 | — |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Penguins
Forward lines
- Crosby – Rakell – Robertson11:00 · 14–14 · xG 0.8–0.6
- Malkin – Novak – Chinakhov10:07 · 8–12 · xG 0.5–0.5
- Lapierre – Kuzmenko – Kindel7:26 · 4–7 · xG 0.1–0.4
- Hallander – Dewar – Lizotte6:51 · 2–7 · xG 0.1–0.1
Defence pairs
- Girard – Korczak13:40 · 9–19 · xG 0.6–0.7
- Letang – van Riemsdyk9:46 · 5–9 · xG 0.0–0.4
- Karlsson – Carlile9:43 · 12–11 · xG 0.7–0.6
Canadiens
Forward lines
- Kreider – Suzuki – Caufield9:54 · 18–7 · xG 0.6–0.3
- Newhook – Slafkovský – Demidov7:55 · 5–2 · xG 0.1–0.0
- Anderson – Evans – Bolduc7:15 · 9–2 · xG 0.4–0.1
- Danault – Texier – Dach6:17 · 6–6 · xG 0.2–0.3
Defence pairs
- Matheson – Dobson11:45 · 12–11 · xG 0.6–0.6
- Carrier – Hutson6:05 · 7–3 · xG 0.2–0.0
- Struble – Xhekaj3:51 · 4–0 · xG 0.2–0.0
Three stars
Scoring
Period 1
- 03:49MTL C. Caufield (from N. Suzuki, L. Hutson)1–0
- 14:07PIT E. Malkin pp (from K. Letang, H. Lapierre)1–1
Period 2
- 00:32PIT D. Carlile (from R. Rakell, E. Karlsson)1–2
- 07:59PIT S. Girard (from S. Crosby, K. Korczak)1–3
- 14:01PIT T. Novak (from E. Chinakhov, E. Malkin)1–4
- 15:32PIT B. Kindel pp (from E. Karlsson, T. Novak)1–5
- 18:46MTL N. Suzuki (from L. Hutson, N. Dobson)2–5
Period 3
- 03:31MTL C. Caufield (from C. Kreider)3–5
- 18:52MTL C. Kreider (from N. Suzuki, I. Demidov)4–5
- 19:16MTL I. Demidov (from N. Suzuki, L. Hutson)5–5
Overtime
- 01:33PIT T. Novak (from E. Malkin, K. Letang)5–6