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Game Recap: Penguins 6, Canadiens 5 (OT)

Penguins 6, Canadiens 5 (OT)

Game 2 of 82 for the Canadiens · Saturday, October 3, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh · 7:00 PM ET start · Canadiens lose

Montréal CanadiensAway

5 – 6FINAL (OT)

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The Canadiens lost to the Penguins 6-5 in overtime on Saturday, October 3, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena. Jakub Dobes stopped 24 of 30 shots (.800). Three stars: Tommy Novak (2 goals and 1 assist), Nick Suzuki (1 goal and 3 assists) and Evgeni Malkin (1 goal and 2 assists).

Score by Period

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Final
Montréal Canadiens	1	1	3	0	5
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	4	0	1	6

Shots on Goal by Period

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Total
Montréal Canadiens	8	7	10	0	25
Pittsburgh Penguins	9	15	5	1	30

Scoring Summary

1st period

03:49

Cole Caufield (1)Assists: Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson

MTL 1, PIT 0

14:07

Evgeni Malkin (2)PPAssists: Kris Letang, Hendrix Lapierre

MTL 1, PIT 1

2nd period

00:32

Declan Carlile (1)Assists: Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson

MTL 1, PIT 2

07:59

Samuel Girard (1)Assists: Sidney Crosby, Kaedan Korczak

MTL 1, PIT 3

14:01

Tommy Novak (1)Assists: Egor Chinakhov, Evgeni Malkin

MTL 1, PIT 4

15:32

Ben Kindel (1)PPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Tommy Novak

MTL 1, PIT 5

18:46

Nick Suzuki (1)Assists: Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson

MTL 2, PIT 5

3rd period

03:31

Cole Caufield (2)Assists: Chris Kreider

MTL 3, PIT 5

18:52

Chris Kreider (1)Assists: Nick Suzuki, Ivan Demidov

MTL 4, PIT 5

19:16

Ivan Demidov (1)Assists: Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson

MTL 5, PIT 5

Overtime

01:33

Tommy Novak (2)Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang

MTL 5, PIT 6

Penalties

Period	Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Length	Drawn by
1st	13:38	MTL	Mike Matheson	Interference	2 min	Sidney Crosby
1st	15:54	PIT	Rickard Rakell	Interference goalkeeper	2 min	Jakub Dobes
2nd	04:17	MTL	Noah Dobson	Tripping	2 min	Egor Chinakhov
2nd	14:54	MTL	Team	Too many men on the ice	2 min	–
2nd	17:16	PIT	Trevor van Riemsdyk	Slashing	2 min	Kirby Dach
2nd	17:16	MTL	Kirby Dach	Roughing	2 min	Trevor van Riemsdyk
2nd	20:00	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Roughing	2 min	Noah Dobson
2nd	20:00	MTL	Noah Dobson	Roughing	2 min	Evgeni Malkin
3rd	09:05	MTL	Josh Anderson	Holding	2 min	Samuel Girard
3rd	16:19	PIT	Egor Chinakhov	Holding	2 min	Mike Matheson

Team Numbers

	MTL	PIT
Shots on goal	25	30
Hits	28	9
Blocked shots	12	20
Giveaways	8	12
Takeaways	5	5
Penalty minutes	10	8
Faceoff wins	38 of 68 (55.9%)	30 of 68 (44.1%)
Power play	0 for 2	2 for 3

Goalies

Team	Goalie	TOI	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	Even strength	Power play
	Jakub Dobes (O)	59:04	30	24	6	.800	17 of 21	6 of 8
	Arturs Silovs (W)	61:33	25	20	5	.800	18 of 23	2 of 2

Three Stars

1ST STARTommy NovakPIT, #18 · 2G 1A

2ND STARNick SuzukiMTL, #14 · 1G 3A

3RD STAREvgeni MalkinPIT, #71 · 1G 2A

Player Stats

Montréal Canadiens

#	Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
13	Cole Caufield	R	2	0	2	+3	3	1	0	0	–	22:50
14	Nick Suzuki	C	1	3	4	+4	4	4	0	0	45%	22:43
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	64%	15:43
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	–	12:10
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	+2	1	2	0	0	–	18:12
22	Chris Kreider	L	1	1	2	+1	1	4	0	0	–	14:57
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62%	11:24
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	69%	14:36
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:31
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	2	0%	11:40
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	09:14
93	Ivan Demidov	R	1	1	2	+1	3	1	0	0	–	16:03
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	2	–	26:24
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	08:32
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	0	–	16:09
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	3	3	+1	3	0	1	0	–	29:06
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	1	1	-1	1	1	2	4	–	23:04
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	13:43

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
11	Filip Hallander	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	09:39
14	Nick Robertson	L	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	13:35
18	Tommy Novak	C	2	1	3	+2	3	0	1	0	17%	14:42
19	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	50%	13:54
22	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	29%	11:22
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	42%	14:49
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	–	17:59
62	Andrei Kuzmenko	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	11:43
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	2	–	18:26
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	2	3	+2	1	0	1	2	100%	19:41
81	Ben Kindel	C	1	0	1	-3	5	2	0	0	40%	14:18
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	52%	19:53
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	1	1	-3	1	0	4	0	–	17:39
49	Samuel Girard	D	1	0	1	-3	3	1	1	0	–	21:11
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	2	–	18:08
58	Kris Letang	D	0	2	2	+1	3	0	1	0	–	19:30
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	–	19:38
72	Declan Carlile	D	1	0	1	+1	3	0	3	0	–	20:32

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Shots on goal include goals. Faceoff wins are counted from the play-by-play. Power play shows goals for power play chances (minor penalties only; offsetting penalties and the final-buzzer penalty are not counted). Numbers come from the NHL game data.

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