Penguins vs. Canadiens Prediction, Odds & Stats - December 20, 2025

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Pittsburgh Penguins 41-25-6-10	0	0	0	+6
Montreal Canadiens 48-24-5-5	2	1	1	+110

Date	Result	Competition
05/14/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 6 - 3	Atlantic
05/12/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
05/10/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 2 - 6	Atlantic
05/08/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 5 - 1	Atlantic
05/06/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 2 - 4	Atlantic
05/03/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 2 - 1	Atlantic
04/29/26	Pittsburgh Penguins PIT ( 41-25-6-10 ) Philadelphia Flyers PHI ( 43-27-8-4 ) 0 - 1	Metropolitan
04/27/26	Philadelphia Flyers PHI ( 43-27-8-4 ) Pittsburgh Penguins PIT ( 41-25-6-10 ) 2 - 3	Metropolitan
04/25/26	Pittsburgh Penguins PIT ( 41-25-6-10 ) Philadelphia Flyers PHI ( 43-27-8-4 ) 4 - 2	Metropolitan
04/22/26	Pittsburgh Penguins PIT ( 41-25-6-10 ) Philadelphia Flyers PHI ( 43-27-8-4 ) 2 - 5	Metropolitan
04/20/26	Philadelphia Flyers PHI ( 43-27-8-4 ) Pittsburgh Penguins PIT ( 41-25-6-10 ) 3 - 0	Metropolitan
04/18/26	Philadelphia Flyers PHI ( 43-27-8-4 ) Pittsburgh Penguins PIT ( 41-25-6-10 ) 3 - 2	Metropolitan

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	+1.5 0	0	U+60
Montreal Canadiens MON	-1.5 0	0	O+60

time	fav	line	total
Opening 19 Dec 5:20pm	PIT		O +6 -118
Closing 21 Dec 2:18am	PIT		U +4.5 -165

Nick Suzuki Center Pittsburgh	101	Points	74	Sidney Crosby Center Montreal
Nick Suzuki Center Pittsburgh	37	+ / -	30	Ryan Shea Defense Montreal
Cole Caufield Right Wing Pittsburgh	258	Shots	183	Bryan Rust Right Wing Montreal
Arber Xhekaj Defense Pittsburgh	116	Penalty Mins	61	Evgeni Malkin Center Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Pittsburgh	29	Wins	19	Arturs Silovs Goaltender Montreal
Sergei Murashov Goaltender Montreal	2.6	GAA	2.4	Jacob Fowler Goaltender Pittsburgh

Lane Hutson Defense Pittsburgh	12	Points	5	Sidney Crosby Center Montreal
Alexandre Texier Left Wing Pittsburgh	8	+ / -	1	Rickard Rakell Right Wing Montreal
Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing Pittsburgh	34	Shots	19	Sidney Crosby Center Montreal
Kaiden Guhle Defense Pittsburgh	30	Penalty Mins	20	Kris Letang Defense Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Pittsburgh	7	Wins	2	Arturs Silovs Goaltender Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Pittsburgh	2.3	GAA	1.5	Arturs Silovs Goaltender Montreal

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins	14	10	5-5-0	3L	22-11	1080	6-6-3-2	8-4-1-3	16-12-5
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens	18	12	7-3-0	1L	16-18	-555	9-9-0-1	9-3-2-1	21-10-3

date	home-away	ats	o/u	MON:Shots	MON:Goals	MON:Assists	PIT:Shots	PIT:Goals	PIT:Assists
12/21/2025	PIT 3 - MON 3	MON	Under 6	25	3	6	31	3	5
12/20/2025	MON 4 - PIT 0	MON	Under 6	21	4	5	31	0	0
12/11/2025	PIT 2 - MON 4	MON	Under 6	29	4	6	38	2	4
09/22/2025	MON 1 - PIT 1	PIT	Under 6	31	1	2	34	1	2
12/12/2024	MON 2 - PIT 9	PIT	Over 6.5	33	9	13	23	2	3
11/02/2024	PIT 3 - MON 1	PIT	Under 6.5	26	1	2	24	3	4
10/14/2024	MON 3 - PIT 6	PIT	Over 6	30	6	9	28	3	4
02/22/2024	PIT 4 - MON 1	PIT	Under 6.5	31	1	0	27	4	6
01/27/2024	PIT 3 - MON 2	PIT	Under 6.5	27	2	4	33	3	6
12/13/2023	MON 3 - PIT 3	MON	Over 0	30	3	5	42	3	4
03/14/2023	PIT 4 - MON 6	MON	Over 6.5	22	6	10	43	4	8
11/12/2022	MON 5 - PIT 4	MON	Over 6.5	24	4	8	42	5	6
10/17/2022	MON 3 - PIT 2	MON	Under 7	28	2	4	39	3	6
12/14/2021	PIT 5 - MON 2	PIT	Over 5.5	30	2	2	31	5	6
11/27/2021	PIT 3 - MON 6	MON	Over 5.5	33	6	10	50	3	6
11/18/2021	MON 0 - PIT 6	PIT	Over 5.5	43	6	11	24	0	0
08/07/2020	MON 2 - PIT 0	MON	Under 5.5	22	0	0	22	2	1
08/05/2020	MON 4 - PIT 3	MON	Over 5.5	33	3	6	31	4	8
08/03/2020	PIT 3 - MON 1	PIT	Under 5.5	27	1	2	38	3	5
08/01/2020	PIT 2 - MON 3 (OT)	MON	Under 5.5	35	3	4	41	2	4

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/29/2026	PHI 1 - PIT 0	L	Under 5.5	42	0	0
04/27/2026	PIT 3 - PHI 2	W	Under 5.5	20	2	4
04/25/2026	PHI 2 - PIT 4	W	Under 6	22	4	5
04/22/2026	PHI 5 - PIT 2	L	Over 6	30	2	4
04/20/2026	PIT 0 - PHI 3	L	Under 6	24	3	5
04/18/2026	PIT 2 - PHI 3	L	Under 6	20	3	5
04/14/2026	STL 7 - PIT 5	L	Over 6.5	23	5	5
04/12/2026	WAS 3 - PIT 0	L	Under 7	24	0	0
04/11/2026	PIT 3 - WAS 6	L	Over 6.5	32	6	10
04/09/2026	NJ 2 - PIT 5	W	Over 6.5	30	5	10

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/14/2026	BUF 3 - MON 6	W	Over 6	36	3	5
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	L	Under 6.5	31	2	4
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	W	Over 6	36	6	11
05/08/2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	W	Under 6	30	1	2
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	L	Under 6	16	4	5
05/03/2026	TB 1 - MON 2	W	Under 5	29	1	2
05/01/2026	MON 0 - TB 1 (OT)	L	Under 5.5	30	0	0
04/29/2026	TB 2 - MON 3	W	Under 5.5	40	2	2
04/26/2026	MON 2 - TB 3	L	Under 6	18	2	4
04/24/2026	MON 3 - TB 2	W	Under 6	29	3	5

Pittsburgh Penguins PIT Montreal Canadiens MON

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
1.8	10	Goals Per Game	5	3.1
2.7	5	Goals Against Per Game	2	2.3
26.5	11	Shots Per Game	12	25.4
25.8	3	Shots Against Per Game	6	27.3
6.9	13	Shooting %	5	12.1
10.3	6	Opponent Shooting %	3	8.6
0.67	6	Shot Differential Per Game	7	-1.83
6.9	13	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	5	12.1
.900	4	Save %	3	.910
.930	7	Opponent Save %	2	.880
17.3	3	Penalty Minutes Per Game	6	15.6
0.5	10	Power Play Goals Per Game	3	0.92
0.33	3	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	11	0.83
15.8	10	Power Play %	6	22.9
88.2	4	Penalty Kill %	13	78.7
2.07	3	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	13	1.63

offence

Pittsburgh Penguins PIT

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.54	3
Shots	28.57	10
Power Play (%)	24	7
Faceoff (%)	48	24
Penalty Mins	666	21

Montreal Canadiens MON

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.4	7
Shots	26.29	24
Power Play (%)	23	9
Faceoff (%)	51	9
Penalty Mins	849	5

defence

Pittsburgh Penguins PIT

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.54	3
Shots	28.57	10
Power Play (%)	24	7
Faceoff (%)	48	24
Penalty Mins	666	21

Montreal Canadiens MON

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.4	7
Shots	26.29	24
Power Play (%)	23	9
Faceoff (%)	51	9
Penalty Mins	849	5

Pittsburgh Penguins PIT

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Blake Lizotte (C)	Questionable	Upper Body - 16 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noel Acciari (C)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 12 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Anthony Mantha (RW)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 12 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Ryan Shea (D)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 12 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Connor Clifton (D)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 12 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Bryan Rust (RW)	Ques Sun	Lower Body - 11 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sidney Crosby (C)	Ques Sun	Lower Body - 11 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Parker Wotherspoon (D)	Ques Sun	Upper Body - 11 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Ben Kindel (RW)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 11 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Evgeni Malkin (C)	Ques Sun	Upper Body - 11 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Montreal Canadiens MON

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Noah Dobson (D)	Out indefinitely	Thumb - 12 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexandre Carrier (D)	Out Indefinitely	Upper Body - 31 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Anderson (RW)	Ques Tues	Illness - 28 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexandre Texier (LW)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 26 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Anderson (RW)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 19 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Kirby Dach (C)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 16 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Cole Caufield (RW)	Ques Sat	Illness - 11 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Joe Veleno (C)	Ques Thurs	Illness - 03 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexandre Texier (LW)	Ques Feb. 26	Lower Body - 02 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Kirby Dach (C)	Ques Tues	Hand - 24 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Pittsburgh Penguins PIT

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Montreal Canadiens MON

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Pittsburgh Penguins PIT

Over is 7-3 in Penguins last 10 Saturday games.

Under is 4-1-2 in Penguins last 7 games as a favorite.

Penguins are 9-24 in their last 33 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Penguins are 21-7 in their last 28 games as a road favorite of -201 or greater.

Over is 15-6-1 in Penguins last 22 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Montreal Canadiens MON

Over is 7-2 in Canadiens last 9 Saturday games.

Over is 7-3 in Canadiens last 10 games as a favorite.

Canadiens are 9-42 in their last 51 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 6-2 in Canadiens last 8 games a home underdog.

Under is 5-2 in Canadiens last 7 games as a home favorite of -151 to -200.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pitchers

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Hitters

POS	Player

Montreal Canadiens

Pitchers

POS	Player

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Game Statistics

Shots

19.0

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT ( 41-25-6-10 )	L W W L L
Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 )	L W W L W

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Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )

Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 )

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Matchup

Nick Suzuki Center Pittsburgh	101	Points	74	Sidney Crosby Center Montreal
Nick Suzuki Center Pittsburgh	37	+ / -	30	Ryan Shea Defense Montreal
Cole Caufield Right Wing Pittsburgh	258	Shots	183	Bryan Rust Right Wing Montreal
Arber Xhekaj Defense Pittsburgh	116	Penalty Mins	61	Evgeni Malkin Center Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Pittsburgh	29	Wins	19	Arturs Silovs Goaltender Montreal
Sergei Murashov Goaltender Montreal	2.6	GAA	2.4	Jacob Fowler Goaltender Pittsburgh

Lane Hutson Defense Pittsburgh	12	Points	5	Sidney Crosby Center Montreal
Alexandre Texier Left Wing Pittsburgh	8	+ / -	1	Rickard Rakell Right Wing Montreal
Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing Pittsburgh	34	Shots	19	Sidney Crosby Center Montreal
Kaiden Guhle Defense Pittsburgh	30	Penalty Mins	20	Kris Letang Defense Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Pittsburgh	7	Wins	2	Arturs Silovs Goaltender Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Pittsburgh	2.3	GAA	1.5	Arturs Silovs Goaltender Montreal