Sunday, December 21, 2025
Final (SO)
- Expected goals, MTL–PIT
- 2.9–3.9
- all situations, empty nets out
- PIT share of xG
- 56.9%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 25–31
- MTL–PIT
- Pre-game model
- –
- no projection stored
The story
The Penguins beat the Canadiens 4-3 in a shootout, and the chances agreed: 3.9 expected goals to 3.0. Rickard Rakell had 9 shot attempts. Sidney Crosby had one goal and one assist.
- Rickard RakellVolume
Rickard Rakell had 9 shot attempts. Four got through to the goalie, and one went in. His average this season was 4.6. It finished 4-3 for the Penguins in a shootout.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
MTLPIT
0204060
MTL 41PIT 51
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Where the shots came from
6 goals from 92 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
GoalShot or miss
← MTL shootingPIT shooting →
Montreal Canadiens
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Hutson D | 28:58 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.42 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
| Mike Matheson D | 27:23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.20 | 1 | 4 | 32 |
| Nick Suzuki C | 23:26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.18 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Noah Dobson D | 22:33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.19 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Alexandre Carrier D | 21:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| Juraj Slafkovský L | 21:13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.22 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| Cole Caufield R | 20:04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.29 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Josh Anderson R | 18:17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.21 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Alexandre Texier L | 16:48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| Ivan Demidov R | 15:56 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.11 | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Oliver Kapanen C | 14:44 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Joseph Veleno C | 13:22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.27 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| Zachary Bolduc R | 13:05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Arber Xhekaj D | 11:05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 4 | 1 | 65 |
| Brendan Gallagher R | 10:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Adam Engstrom D | 10:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Owen Beck C | 10:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| Sammy Blais L | 8:32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.12 | 6 | 1 | 28 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Karlsson D | 27:07 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.21 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| Kris Letang D | 23:36 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.09 | 3 | 0 | 71 |
| Brett Kulak D | 21:51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.22 | 1 | 1 | 81 |
| Rickard Rakell R | 21:44 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.78 | 2 | 1 | 76 |
| Bryan Rust R | 21:36 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.04 | 1 | 2 | 75 |
| Parker Wotherspoon D | 21:34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.07 | 1 | 3 | 61 |
| Sidney Crosby C | 20:53 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.30 | 2 | 1 | 88 |
| Anthony Mantha R | 18:13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 4 | 2 | 63 |
| Tommy Novak C | 17:41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | 73 |
| Ben Kindel C | 15:11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.69 | 0 | 3 | 85 |
| Justin Brazeau R | 14:27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.16 | 2 | 1 | 54 |
| Ryan Shea D | 13:49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Rutger McGroarty R | 12:49 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Jack St. Ivany D | 12:42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.11 | 4 | 1 | 64 |
| Noel Acciari C | 12:34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.16 | 3 | 0 | 56 |
| Connor Dewar C | 12:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 4 | 0 | 50 |
| Ville Koivunen R | 11:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.16 | 1 | 0 | 89 |
| Kevin Hayes R | 9:26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.19 | 1 | 1 | 51 |
Pro: expected goals, minute by minute
The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro
The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.