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Pittsburgh Penguins at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 in overtime on Monday, September 22, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 41-25-16
at Montreal Canadiens 2 48-24-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 0 0 0 0 1
Montreal Canadiens 0 0 1 0 1 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 12 14 6 2 0 34
Montreal Canadiens 7 8 14 2 0 31

Three stars

  1. O. Beck, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal)
  2. H. Brunicke, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 assist)
  3. O. Kapanen, Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 10:26 Pittsburgh Penguins Tristan Broz (1) Valtteri Puustinen (1), Harrison Brunicke (1) Power play PIT 1, MTL 0
3rd 02:36 Montreal Canadiens Owen Beck (1) Filip Mesar (1), Mike Matheson (1) Even strength PIT 1, MTL 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Montreal Canadiens Ivan Demidov Saved
1 Pittsburgh Penguins Anthony Mantha Saved
2 Montreal Canadiens Patrik Laine Saved
2 Pittsburgh Penguins Tommy Novak Saved
3 Montreal Canadiens Sean Farrell Goal
3 Pittsburgh Penguins Tristan Broz Goal
4 Montreal Canadiens Filip Mesar Saved
4 Pittsburgh Penguins Ben Kindel Saved
5 Montreal Canadiens Oliver Kapanen Goal (winner)
5 Pittsburgh Penguins Avery Hayes Saved

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 34 31
Power play 1 of 4 0 of 5
Penalty minutes 15 13
Hits 23 31
Blocked shots 18 22
Giveaways 3 11
Faceoffs won 20/56 (35.7%) 36/56 (64.3%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
12 R. Fabbri C 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 13:51
14 B. Imama L 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 13:36
15 J. Koppanen L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 20% 15:23
18 T. Novak C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 28.6% 17:34
22 S. Poulin R 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 100% 13:00
26 T. Broz C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 45% 17:23
39 A. Mantha R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 18:43
43 D. Heinen L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:47
48 V. Puustinen R 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 11:04
49 R. Harvey-Pinard L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 1 0 14:56
81 B. Kindel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 41.7% 18:24
85 A. Hayes R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 15:01
5 R. Shea D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 4 0 21:05
24 M. Dumba D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 1 0 24:49
27 R. Graves D 0 0 0 -1 4 3 0 1 0 17:55
38 O. Pickering D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:29
45 H. Brunicke D 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 0 21:32
75 C. Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 18:28
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1 S. Murashov 20 19 1 .950 34:55 OT loss
30 J. Blomqvist 11 11 0 1.000 30:05

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
11 B. Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16:33
17 J. Anderson R 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 13:43
46 F. Mesar R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 14:42
49 J. Davidson C 0 0 0 0 7 1 4 1 0 10:20
57 S. Farrell C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 13:07
60 A. Belzile R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 50% 13:02
62 O. Beck C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 3 2 0 70% 18:16
71 J. Evans C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 76.9% 18:42
82 L. Condotta L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 50% 11:41
91 O. Kapanen C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 60.9% 19:20
92 P. Laine L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 19:26
93 I. Demidov R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:28
8 M. Matheson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 2 0 22:56
37 M. Del Gaizo D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 17:35
42 A. Engstrom D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 2 1 0 19:37
44 N. Clurman D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 18:52
47 J. Struble D 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 16:49
53 N. Dobson D 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 24:16
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
32 J. Fowler 13 13 0 1.000 34:55 Win
35 S. Montembeault 21 20 1 .952 30:05

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:59 Montreal Canadiens Adam Engstrom Hooking 2
1st 05:06 Pittsburgh Penguins Bokondji Imama Roughing 2
1st 05:36 Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Graves Slashing 2
1st 08:51 Montreal Canadiens Jared Davidson Boarding 2
1st 14:49 Montreal Canadiens Josh Anderson Roughing 2
1st 19:18 Montreal Canadiens Josh Anderson Tripping 2
2nd 10:05 Pittsburgh Penguins Sam Poulin Fighting (major) 5
2nd 10:05 Montreal Canadiens Jared Davidson Fighting (major) 5
2nd 19:05 Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Shea Holding 2
3rd 00:29 Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Graves Tripping 2
3rd 04:45 Pittsburgh Penguins Valtteri Puustinen Tripping 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Dan Muse
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Martin St. Louis
Referees
Pierre Lambert, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen
Devin Berg, Mark Shewchyk
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Marc-Andre Fleury, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Erik Karlsson, Kevin Hayes, Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell, Ryan Segalla, Tristan Jarry, Parker Wotherspoon, Caleb Jones, Noel Acciari, Brett Murray, Filip Larsson, Joseph Masonius, Justin Brazeau, Zach Gallant, Sebastian Aho, Philip Kemp, Alexander Alexeyev, Filip Hallander, Connor Dewar, Jack St. Ivany, Blake Lizotte, Taylor Gauthier, Philip Tomasino, Arturs Silovs, Aidan McDonough, Aaron Huglen, Filip Lindberg, Callahan Burke, Raivis Ansons, Brent Johnson, Jack Beck, Ville Koivunen, Jordan Kaplan, Kirill Tankov, Daniel Laatsch, Gabe Klassen, Cruz Lucius, Rutger McGroarty, Zam Plante, Luke Devlin, Atley Calvert, Emil Pieniniemi, Jake Livingstone, Kalle Kangas, Emil Jarventie, Finn Harding, Scooter Brickey, Tanner Howe, Mathieu De St. Phalle, Chase Pietila, Max Graham, Joona Väisänen, Mac Swanson, Brayden Edwards, Bill Zonnon, Charlton Trethewey, Peyton Kettles, William Horcoff, Brady Peddle, Nolan Renwick, David Breazeale, Tommy Budnick, Maxim Pavlenko, Zach Urdahl, Gabriel D'Aigle, Travis Hayes, Ryan Miller, Quinn Beauchesne, Jordan Charron, Carter Sanderson, Kale Dach, Noah Erliden, Linards Feldbergs, Brady Smith, Caden Taylor
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Vincent Arseneau, Laurent Dauphin, Josh Jacobs, Kaapo Kahkonen, Sammy Blais, Alexandre Carrier, Nick Suzuki, Joseph Veleno, Kevin Mandolese, Wyatte Wylie, Tobie Paquette-Bisson, Kirby Dach, Cole Caufield, Hunter Jones, Alex Newhook, Xavier Simoneau, Kaiden Guhle, Ty Smilanic, Luke Tuch, Ryan O'Rourke, Jakub Dobes, Alexander Gordin, Jack Smith, Luke Mittelstadt, Dmitri Kostenko, Daniil Sobolev, Benjamin Gaudreau, Zachary Bolduc, Joshua Roy, William Trudeau, Riley Kidney, Gannon Laroque, Arber Xhekaj, Lane Hutson, Vinzenz Rohrer, Juraj Slafkovský, Simon Lavigne, Emmett Croteau, David Reinbacher, Florian Xhekaj, Bogdan Konyushkov, Quentin Miller, Sam Harris, Yevgeni Volokhin, Filip Eriksson, Israel Mianscum, Tyler Thorpe, Charles Martin, Michael Hage, Aatos Koivu, Logan Sawyer, Owen Protz, Mikus Vecvanags, Ben Merrill, Makar Khanin, Rasmus Bergqvist, Darick Louis-Jean, Bryce Pickford, Hayden Paupanekis, Carlos Handel, Will Dineen, Mark Estapa, Joseph Dunlap, Egor Goriunov, Alexander Zharovsky, Arseni Radkov, John Mooney, Alexis Cournoyer, Andrew MacNiel, Maxon Vig, Maleek McGowan, Matthew Wang

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