MTL 5–6 PIT

Final / OT · L

Canadiens/Schedule/Recap Sat, Oct 3, 2026 · 2026-27 regular season

Montreal Canadiens

MTL · 1-0-1

5–6

Final / OTL

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT · 2-0-0

1ST2ND3RDOTT MTL 181731000525 PIT 194150511630 goals · shots on goal

First meeting this season — the Canadiens trail the season series 0–1 ·Next: Tue, Oct 6 vs CAR

MTL 1-0-1 · PIT 2-0-0 · First meeting this season — the Canadiens trail the season series 0–1 · Next: Tue vs CAR

Canadiens fell to the Penguins

The Canadiens created the better chances (4.4 to 3.6 expected goals) — and lost it in overtime on Novak's goal. Jakub Dobes allowed 2.2 more goals than expected from the shots he faced.

▶ Recap ↗ ▶ Condensed game ↗

Video opens on NHL.com.

★ NHL first starTommy Novak

PIT · C · #18 2 G · 1 A · 3 P

Who had the better chances

The Canadiens created the better chances: 4.4 expected goals to 3.6, on 25 and 30 shots on goal.

MTL 4.4 xG · 25 shots PIT 3.6 xG · 30 shots

0

1

2

3

4

5

1st 0.8 · 1.3

2nd 0.9 · 1.4

3rd · the swing 2.5 · 0.8

OT 0.2 · 0.2

Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.

Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Canadiens win 60.

MTL 60%PIT 40%

Goals and penalties

11 goals · 10 penalties

← Canadiens shoot this way Penguins shoot this way →

On net Missed Bigger = better chance 1Goal, numbered to the list

1st period

1

03:49

Cole Caufield

Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson · wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (10%) that found a way in

1–0 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

13:38

Mike Matheson· Interference

Malkin scored on this power play

2 min
Minor

2

14:07

Evgeni Malkin PP

Kris Letang, Hendrix Lapierre · Power play (Matheson, interference) · backhand shot, a good chance (18%)

1–1 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

15:54

Rickard Rakell· Interference goalkeeper

Killed

2 min
Minor

2nd period

3

00:32

Declan Carlile

Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson · wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (9%) that found a way in

1–2 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

04:17

Noah Dobson· Tripping

Killed

2 min
Minor

4

07:59

Samuel Girard

Sidney Crosby, Kaedan Korczak · wrist shot, a good chance (13%)

1–3 ▶ Watch ↗

5

14:01

Tommy Novak GWG

Egor Chinakhov, Evgeni Malkin · wrist shot, a good chance (17%)

1–4 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

14:54

Bench· Too many men on the ice

Kindel scored on this power play

2 min
Bench minor

6

15:32

Ben Kindel PP

Erik Karlsson, Tommy Novak · Power play (too many men on the ice) · tip in shot, a good chance (12%)

1–5 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

17:16

Trevor van Riemsdyk· Slashing

Offsetting

2 min
Minor

PEN

17:16

Kirby Dach· Roughing

Offsetting

2 min
Minor

7

18:46

Nick Suzuki

Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson · backhand shot, a low-percentage shot (7%) that found a way in

2–5 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

20:00

Evgeni Malkin· Roughing

Offsetting

2 min
Minor

PEN

20:00

Noah Dobson· Roughing

Offsetting

2 min
Minor

3rd period

8

03:31

Cole Caufield

Chris Kreider · wrist shot, a good chance (17%)

3–5 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

09:05

Josh Anderson· Holding

Killed

2 min
Minor

PEN

16:19

Egor Chinakhov· Holding

Killed

2 min
Minor

9

18:52

Chris Kreider EXTRA ATTACKER

Nick Suzuki, Ivan Demidov · wrist shot, a great chance (53%)

4–5 ▶ Watch ↗

10

19:16

Ivan Demidov EXTRA ATTACKER

Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson · snap shot, a good chance (21%)

5–5 ▶ Watch ↗

Overtime

11

01:33

Tommy Novak GWG

Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang · wrist shot, a good chance (22%)

5–6 ▶ Watch ↗

NHL three stars

the league's pick

Tommy Novak

PIT · C · #18 2 G · 1 A · 3 P2G 1A ★ 2nd star

Nick Suzuki

MTL · C · #14 1 G · 3 A · 4 P1G 3A ★ 3rd star

Evgeni Malkin

PIT · C · #71 1 G · 2 A · 3 P1G 2A

Goaltending

Jakub Dobes

MTL

−2.2

vs expected

24/30 saves · 6 GA · 3.8 xGA Allowed 2.2 more goals than expected from the shots he faced.

Arturs Silovs

PIT

−1.6

vs expected

20/25 saves · 5 GA · 3.4 xGA Allowed 1.6 more goals than expected from the shots he faced.

Team MTLPIT

Shots on goal

25

30

Expected goals

4.4

3.6

Hits

28

9

Blocks

12

20

Faceoffs

56%

44%

Power play

0/2

2/4

Penalty minutes

10

8

The Canadiens went 0-for-2 on the power play and allowed 2 on 4 Penguins power plays.

Box score

xG and GSAx are Inside the Game numbers

Forwards	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
13Cole CaufieldC. CaufieldRW	2	0	2	+3	0	3	1	0	22:50	24	—	0	0	0	0.4
14Nick SuzukiN. SuzukiC	1	3	4	+4	0	4	4	0	22:43	25	46%	0	1	0	0.6
20Juraj SlafkovskýJ. SlafkovskýLW	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	0	18:12	22	50%	0	0	2	0.0
93Ivan DemidovI. DemidovRW	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	0	16:03	20	—	0	1	0	0.4
15Alex NewhookA. NewhookC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	2	15:43	22	64%	0	1	0	0.3
22Chris KreiderC. KreiderLW	1	1	2	+1	0	1	4	0	14:57	18	—	0	0	0	1.4
71Jake EvansJ. EvansC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	14:36	19	69%	0	0	0	0.3
17Josh AndersonJ. AndersonRW	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	12:10	18	100%	0	1	1	0.2
77Kirby DachK. DachC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	3	1	11:40	15	—	0	0	0	0.0
76Zachary BolducZ. BolducRW	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:31	13	—	0	0	0	0.0
24Phillip DanaultP. DanaultC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:24	19	62%	0	0	0	0.1
85Alexandre TexierA. TexierLW	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	1	09:14	12	—	0	0	0	0.2

Defense	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
48Lane HutsonL. HutsonD	0	3	3	+1	0	3	0	1	29:06	29	—	0	1	1	0.2
8Mike MathesonM. MathesonD	0	0	0	−2	2	2	1	1	26:24	28	—	0	2	0	0.2
53Noah DobsonN. DobsonD	0	1	1	−1	4	1	1	2	23:04	28	—	0	1	0	0.1
47Jayden StrubleJ. StrubleD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	2	16:09	17	—	0	0	1	0.0
72Arber XhekajA. XhekajD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	13:43	18	—	0	0	0	0.0
45Alexandre CarrierA. CarrierD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	08:32	10	—	0	0	0	0.0

Goalies	Saves	SA	GA	Sv%	EV	PP	SH	TOI	GS	GSAx
75Jakub DobesJ. DobesG	24	30	6	.800	17/21	6/8	1/1	59:04	✓	−2.2

Forwards	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
87Sidney CrosbyS. CrosbyC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	19:53	25	52%	0	1	0	0.2
71Evgeni MalkinE. MalkinC	1	2	3	+2	2	1	0	1	19:41	23	100%	1	1	0	0.2
67Rickard RakellR. RakellRW	0	1	1	+1	2	2	2	1	18:26	23	—	0	1	1	0.4
59Egor ChinakhovE. ChinakhovRW	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	17:59	24	—	0	0	1	0.2
46Blake LizotteB. LizotteC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	1	14:49	21	42%	0	1	0	0.0
18Tommy NovakT. NovakC	2	1	3	+2	0	3	0	1	14:42	21	17%	0	1	0	0.6
81Ben KindelB. KindelC	1	0	1	−3	0	5	2	0	14:18	18	40%	1	1	1	0.9
19Connor DewarC. DewarC	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	1	13:54	22	50%	0	0	2	0.0
14Nick RobertsonN. RobertsonLW	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	13:35	19	—	0	1	0	0.2
62Andrei KuzmenkoA. KuzmenkoLW	0	0	0	−2	0	2	0	0	11:43	16	—	0	0	0	0.1
22Hendrix LapierreH. LapierreC	0	1	1	−2	0	0	0	0	11:22	17	29%	0	0	0	0.0
11Filip HallanderF. HallanderC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:39	17	—	0	0	0	0.0

Defense	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
49Samuel GirardS. GirardD	1	0	1	−3	0	3	1	1	21:11	23	—	0	1	0	0.3
72Declan CarlileD. CarlileD	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	3	20:32	24	—	0	0	0	0.1
65Erik KarlssonE. KarlssonD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1	19:38	26	—	0	0	0	0.2
58Kris LetangK. LetangD	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	1	19:30	23	—	0	3	0	0.2
57Trevor van RiemsdykT. van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	2	18:08	21	—	0	0	0	0.0
6Kaedan KorczakK. KorczakD	0	1	1	−3	0	1	0	4	17:39	23	—	0	1	0	0.0

Goalies	Saves	SA	GA	Sv%	EV	PP	SH	TOI	GS	GSAx
37Arturs SilovsA. SilovsG	20	25	5	.800	18/23	2/2	0/0	61:33	✓	−1.6

EV / PP / SH = saves on shots at even strength, on the opponent's power play, and shorthanded. GS = started. A dash means the stat isn't on file for that player or game. Showing the short set. Tap "All columns" to scroll through every stat inside this card.

Last night's Cap Challenge

3 squads played

RO

PointsRyan Otto

4 pts · $33.0M

RO

HitsRyan Otto

13 hits · $25.2M

RO

GoaliesRyan Otto

51 saves · $7.5M

Build tonight's squad → See the leaderboards →