Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4, 31 Oct 2026

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NHL Saturday, 31 October 2026

Montreal Canadiens 6th place · GP 15 · W 9 · PTS 21

5–4 Final

Pittsburgh Penguins 27th place · GP 15 · W 5 · PTS 12

VenueCentre Bell CountryCanada Kick-off31 Oct · 23:00 GMT CompetitionNHL

SportsLife forecast

Made before the match

Our pick

68% Montreal Canadiens Home

32% Pittsburgh Penguins Away

68% 32%

Our pick Montreal Canadiens Medium confidence Correct

Montreal sits 5th with 20 points from 14 games, Pittsburgh 24th with 12 points
Montreal form is WWWWW, five straight wins including four on the road
Pittsburgh form is LWWLL and they lost their most recent game 3-4

Estimated by the SportsLife model from the league table, recent form and results, last meetings and home advantage. Not betting advice.

Match stats

NHL

Montreal CanadiensPittsburgh Penguins

27Shots on goal29

57%Face-off %43%

0/3Power play1/3

0%Power play %33%

13Penalty minutes13

22Hits13

22Blocked shots9

14Giveaways17

5Takeaways4

Skaters

NHL

Montreal Canadiens

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI
J. AndersonR	2	1	3	3	2	14:58
C. KreiderL	1	1	2	4	5	12:10
L. HutsonD	0	2	2	4	1	23:47
A. TexierL	1	0	1	0	3	14:32
O. KapanenC	1	0	1	1	2	11:04
P. DanaultC	0	1	1	-1	1	19:57
O. BeckC	0	1	1	1	1	08:51
J. EvansC	0	1	1	4	1	17:40

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI
E. KarlssonD	1	2	3	1	4	23:37
S. CrosbyC	1	2	3	3	2	20:23
T. NovakC	1	1	2	2	3	17:58
R. RakellR	1	1	2	3	2	21:58
S. StastneyD	0	0	0	1	5	15:16
B. KindelC	0	0	0	-1	3	16:48
E. ChinakhovR	0	0	0	-2	2	14:22
S. GirardD	0	0	0	-1	2	21:01

Scoring summary

NHL

Time	Team	Scorer	Assists	Score
P1 02:08	PIT	E. Karlsson (PP)	S. Crosby, T. Novak	0–1
P1 02:41	MTL	O. Kapanen	O. Beck, F. Xhekaj	1–1
P1 03:05	MTL	J. Anderson	C. Kreider	2–1
P1 07:28	PIT	T. Novak	R. Rakell, S. Crosby	2–2
P2 01:54	MTL	A. Texier	L. Hutson, P. Danault	3–2
P2 02:21	MTL	C. Kreider	A. Xhekaj, J. Anderson	4–2
P2 03:45	PIT	R. Rakell	E. Karlsson	4–3
P2 13:06	MTL	J. Anderson	L. Hutson, J. Evans	5–3
P3 16:49	PIT	S. Crosby	E. Karlsson	5–4

Goaltenders

NHL

Goalie	Team	Saves	SV%	TOI
J. Fowler	Montreal Canadiens	25/29	0.862	60:00
S. Murashov	Pittsburgh Penguins	22/27	0.815	57:40

Three stars

NHL

#	Player	Team	Pos	Line
1	J. Anderson	MTL	R	2G 1A
2	S. Crosby	PIT	C	1G 2A
3	L. Hutson	MTL	D	0G 2A

Form and recent results

Montreal CanadiensWWWWL

L4 NovMontreal Canadiens 4–5 Winnipeg Jets NHL
W30 OctDallas Stars 2–5 Montreal Canadiens NHL
W28 OctSt. Louis Blues 0–2 Montreal Canadiens NHL
W25 OctWinnipeg Jets 1–2 Montreal Canadiens NHL
W24 OctChicago Blackhawks 1–4 Montreal Canadiens NHL
L21 OctMontreal Canadiens 3–4 San Jose Sharks NHL

Pittsburgh PenguinsWWLLL

L4 NovPittsburgh Penguins 2–3 Vegas Golden Knights NHL
L29 OctPittsburgh Penguins 3–4 Utah Mammoth NHL
W25 OctPittsburgh Penguins 3–2 Nashville Predators NHL
W23 OctPittsburgh Penguins 4–0 Florida Panthers NHL
L20 OctUtah Mammoth 5–4 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL
L18 OctVegas Golden Knights 6–2 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL

Last meetings

4 Oct 2026Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 Montreal Canadiens NHL
15 Feb 2020Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Montreal Canadiens NHL
5 Jan 2020Montreal Canadiens 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL
11 Dec 2019Pittsburgh Penguins 1–4 Montreal Canadiens NHL