Saturday, December 20, 2025
- Expected goals, PIT–MTL
- 4.0–2.5
- all situations, empty nets out
- MTL share of xG
- 38.0%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 31–21
- PIT–MTL
- Pre-game model
- –
- no projection stored
The story
The Canadiens beat the Penguins 4-0 while losing the expected-goals count 2.5 to 4.2. Jacob Fowler made 31 saves and allowed nothing. Josh Anderson scored twice. Juraj Slafkovský scored the winner.
- Jacob FowlerShutout
Jacob Fowler made 31 saves and allowed nothing. The shots he faced were worth 4.2 goals to an average goalie. The Canadiens beat the Penguins 4-0.
- Josh AndersonTwo goals
Josh Anderson scored twice. His 2.3 expected goals say the goals were no fluke. He has 8 goals this season. It finished 4-0 for the Canadiens.
- Owen BeckDrought over
Owen Beck scored for the first time in at least 19 games. That was his first goal of the season. It finished 4-0 for the Canadiens.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
Where the shots came from
4 goals from 89 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Karlsson D | 24:29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 | 1 | 1 | 74 |
| Kris Letang D | 21:48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 1 | 2 | 55 |
| Sidney Crosby C | 21:09 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.34 | 2 | 0 | 58 |
| Bryan Rust R | 21:02 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.51 | 1 | 2 | 78 |
| Parker Wotherspoon D | 20:06 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 1 | 73 |
| Anthony Mantha R | 18:29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.37 | 1 | 1 | 91 |
| Tommy Novak C | 17:52 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 2 | 1 | 68 |
| Rickard Rakell R | 17:48 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.05 | 1 | 1 | 85 |
| Ryan Shea D | 17:08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| Brett Kulak D | 15:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 70 |
| Connor Clifton D | 15:18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 6 | 0 | 52 |
| Ben Kindel C | 14:40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| Justin Brazeau R | 14:28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.32 | 3 | 0 | 92 |
| Kevin Hayes R | 13:44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.32 | 1 | 0 | 79 |
| Noel Acciari C | 13:01 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Rutger McGroarty R | 12:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Connor Dewar C | 12:20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.31 | 1 | 0 | 53 |
| Ville Koivunen R | 12:05 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Matheson D | 26:48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.86 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| Lane Hutson D | 23:50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| Alexandre Carrier D | 22:22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| Noah Dobson D | 21:53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.07 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Nick Suzuki C | 19:13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.12 | 0 | 2 | 41 |
| Oliver Kapanen C | 18:10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Juraj Slafkovský L | 16:33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Joseph Veleno C | 16:26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.95 | 4 | 2 | 43 |
| Josh Anderson R | 16:12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.26 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| Cole Caufield R | 15:25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| Alexandre Texier L | 14:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Ivan Demidov R | 14:21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Zachary Bolduc R | 14:13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Brendan Gallagher R | 13:58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Arber Xhekaj D | 13:19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 2 | 0 | 40 |
| Owen Beck C | 13:18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.14 | 3 | 0 | 35 |
| Adam Engstrom D | 11:12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Jake Evans C | 1:57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | – |
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