Game #35 - December 20, 2025 - Pittsburgh 0 at Montreal 4
Game #35 - December 20, 2025
  Pittsburgh   0   at     Montreal   4
All times below are based on data from NHL.com.               
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Lines and defensive pairings

Line Time EV PP SH +/-
13 Caufield14 Suzuki76 Bolduc
 10:22 10:22 0:00 0:00 E
20 Slafkovsky91 Kapanen93 Demidov
 9:37 9:37 0:00 0:00 E
90 Veleno62 Beck11 Gallagher
 8:30 8:30 0:00 0:00 +1
20 Slafkovsky85 Texier17 Anderson
 2:20 2:20 0:00 0:00 E
85 Texier14 Suzuki17 Anderson
 1:59 1:59 0:00 0:00 E
13 Caufield85 Texier17 Anderson
 1:47 1:47 0:00 0:00 E
90 Veleno91 Kapanen
 1:47 0:00 0:00 1:47 E
20 Slafkovsky91 Kapanen17 Anderson
 1:46 1:46 0:00 0:00 +1
85 Texier91 Kapanen17 Anderson
 1:45 1:45 0:00 0:00 E
17 Anderson85 Texier
 1:30 0:08 0:00 1:22 +1
13 Caufield14 Suzuki90 Veleno
 1:15 1:15 0:00 0:00 E
90 Veleno14 Suzuki11 Gallagher
 1:15 1:15 0:00 0:00 E
17 Anderson71 Evans
 1:10 0:00 0:00 1:10 E
14 Suzuki90 Veleno
 1:09 0:00 0:00 1:09 E
Others 13:48 12:25 0:51 0:32 E
Pair Time EV PP SH +/-
  8 Matheson53 Dobson
 18:50 17:20 0:00 1:30 +2
48 Hutson45 Carrier
 16:56 16:56 0:00 0:00 +1
72 A. Xhekaj42 Engstrom
 10:53 10:53 0:00 0:00 E
  8 Matheson45 Carrier
 5:11 1:45 0:00 3:26 E
  8 Matheson48 Hutson
 2:24 2:23 0:00 0:01 E
48 Hutson53 Dobson
 2:02 0:59 0:00 1:03 E
72 A. Xhekaj48 Hutson
 1:29 1:29 0:00 0:00 E
Others 2:15 1:24 0:51 0:00 E

Line match-ups:

Line/Pair 13CC
14NS
76ZB		 20JS
91OK
93ID		 90JV
62OB
11BG		 20JS
85AT
17JA		 8MM
53ND		 48LH
45AC		 72AX
42AE		 8MM
45AC		 8MM
48LH		 48LH
53ND
18 Novak - 87 Crosby - 17 Rust 7:12     0:49 9:56 1:21   0:05 0:03 0:41
2 McGroarty - 81 Kindel - 41 Koivunen 0:50 2:54 2:16   0:14 3:48 2:32 0:53 0:36 0:12
19 Dewar - 13 Hayes - 55 Acciari 0:12 1:15 3:19 0:46 0:45 2:55 3:50   0:25  
16 Brazeau - 67 Rakell - 39 Mantha 0:35 2:19 1:39 0:18 1:18 5:19 1:21   0:06  
87 Crosby - 17 Rust - 39 Mantha - 67 Rakell         3:07     2:58   0:31
18 Novak - 81 Kindel - 13 Hayes - 16 Brazeau         0:40 0:22   0:27 0:32 0:30
28 Wotherspoon - 65 Karlsson 3:05 4:44 3:04 0:07 3:44 5:35 3:57 0:41 0:30 0:08
5 Shea - 75 Clifton 2:11 2:06 3:56 0:08 2:05 4:16 5:25 0:28 0:10 0:36
58 Letang - 77 Kulak 3:22 2:09 0:46 1:25 6:49 4:01 0:47 0:02 0:50 0:15
65 Karlsson         0:44     2:31 0:01 0:33
58 Letang - 65 Karlsson 0:39       3:13       0:24  
58 Letang         0:40     0:55   0:30

Shift chart:
(green = even-strength, red = power-play, blue = short-handed)

For each forward: most common linemates
(as a percentage of total ice time)

11 Gallagher
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Veleno-Beck 60.9% 60.9%    
Veleno-Suzuki 8.9% 8.9%    
Texier-Beck 6.0% 6.0%    
Slafkovsky-Kapanen 4.1% 4.1%    
Slafkovsky-Beck 3.9% 3.9%    
Others 16.2% 16.2%    
Totals   100.0%    
13 Caufield
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Suzuki-Bolduc 67.2% 67.2%    
Texier-Anderson 11.6% 11.6%    
Suzuki-Veleno 8.1% 8.1%    
Suzuki-Slafkovsky-Demidov 5.5%   5.5%  
Kapanen-Bolduc 2.8% 2.8%    
Others 4.8% 4.8%    
Totals   94.5% 5.5%  
14 Suzuki
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Caufield-Bolduc 53.9% 53.9%    
Texier-Anderson 10.3% 10.3%    
Veleno-Gallagher 6.5% 6.5%    
Caufield-Veleno 6.5% 6.5%    
Veleno 6.0%     6.0%
Others 16.7% 11.0% 4.4% 1.3%
Totals   88.3% 4.4% 7.3%
17 Anderson
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Slafkovsky-Texier 14.4% 14.4%    
Texier-Suzuki 12.2% 12.2%    
Caufield-Texier 11.0% 11.0%    
Slafkovsky-Kapanen 10.9% 10.9%    
Texier-Kapanen 10.8% 10.8%    
Others 40.6% 21.8%   18.8%
Totals   81.2%   18.8%
20 Slafkovsky
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Kapanen-Demidov 58.1% 58.1%    
Texier-Anderson 14.1% 14.1%    
Kapanen-Anderson 10.7% 10.7%    
Caufield-Suzuki-Demidov 5.1%   5.1%  
Kapanen-Gallagher 3.4% 3.4%    
Others 8.6% 8.6%    
Totals   94.9% 5.1%  
62 Beck
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Veleno-Gallagher 63.9% 63.9%    
Texier-Anderson 6.3% 6.3%    
Texier-Gallagher 6.3% 6.3%    
Veleno-Demidov 5.6% 5.6%    
Texier-Demidov 5.0% 5.0%    
Others 12.9% 12.9%    
Totals   100.0%    
71 Evans
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Anderson 59.8%     59.8%
Texier-Anderson 39.3% 39.3%    
Veleno 0.9%     0.9%
Totals   39.3%   60.7%
76 Bolduc
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Caufield-Suzuki 72.9% 72.9%    
Suzuki-Demidov 5.0% 5.0%    
Kapanen-Gallagher 3.4% 3.4%    
Beck-Gallagher 3.3% 3.3%    
Caufield-Kapanen 3.0% 3.0%    
Others 12.3% 12.3%    
Totals   100.0%    
85 Texier
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Slafkovsky-Anderson 15.7% 15.7%    
Suzuki-Anderson 13.4% 13.4%    
Caufield-Anderson 12.0% 12.0%    
Kapanen-Anderson 11.8% 11.8%    
Anderson 10.1% 0.9%   9.2%
Others 37.0% 37.0%    
Totals   90.8%   9.2%
90 Veleno
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Beck-Gallagher 51.7% 51.7%    
Kapanen 10.9%     10.9%
Caufield-Suzuki 7.6% 7.6%    
Suzuki-Gallagher 7.6% 7.6%    
Suzuki 7.0%     7.0%
Others 15.2% 15.0%   0.2%
Totals   81.9%   18.1%
91 Kapanen
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Slafkovsky-Demidov 52.9% 52.9%    
Veleno 9.8%     9.8%
Slafkovsky-Anderson 9.7% 9.7%    
Texier-Anderson 9.6% 9.6%    
Slafkovsky-Gallagher 3.1% 3.1%    
Others 14.8% 13.4%   1.4%
Totals   88.8%   11.2%
93 Demidov
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Slafkovsky-Kapanen 67.0% 67.0%    
Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky 5.9%   5.9%  
Veleno-Beck 5.2% 5.2%    
Bolduc-Suzuki 5.0% 5.0%    
Anderson-Texier 4.8% 4.8%    
Others 12.1% 12.1%    
Totals   94.1% 5.9%  

For each D-man: most common partners
(as a percentage of total ice time)

8 Matheson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Dobson 70.3% 64.7%   5.6%
Carrier 19.3% 6.5%   12.8%
Hutson 9.0% 8.9%   0.1%
Engstrom 0.7% 0.7%    
A. Xhekaj-Dobson 0.4% 0.4%    
Others 0.3% 0.3%    
Totals   81.5%   18.5%
42 Engstrom
Partner Total EV PP SH
A. Xhekaj 97.2% 97.2%    
Matheson 1.6% 1.6%    
Dobson 0.6% 0.6%    
Carrier 0.4% 0.4%    
A. Xhekaj-Hutson 0.1% 0.1%    
Totals   100.0%    
45 Carrier
Partner Total EV PP SH
Hutson 75.7% 75.7%    
Matheson 23.2% 7.8%   15.4%
Dobson 0.3% 0.3%    
Matheson-Hutson 0.3% 0.3%    
Engstrom 0.2% 0.2%    
Others 0.3% 0.3%    
Totals   84.6%   15.4%
48 Hutson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Carrier 71.0% 71.0%    
Matheson 10.1% 10.0%   0.1%
Dobson 8.5% 4.1%   4.4%
A. Xhekaj 6.2% 6.2%    
  3.6%   3.6%  
Others 0.6% 0.6%    
Totals   92.0% 3.6% 4.5%
53 Dobson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Matheson 86.1% 79.2%   6.9%
Hutson 9.3% 4.5%   4.8%
A. Xhekaj 3.4% 3.4%    
Matheson-A. Xhekaj 0.5% 0.5%    
Carrier 0.3% 0.3%    
Others 0.4% 0.4%    
Totals   88.3%   11.7%
72 A. Xhekaj
Partner Total EV PP SH
Engstrom 81.7% 81.7%    
Hutson 11.1% 11.1%    
Dobson 5.6% 5.6%    
Matheson-Dobson 0.9% 0.9%    
Hutson-Carrier 0.3% 0.3%    
Others 0.4% 0.4%    
Totals   100.0%    
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