Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 12/20/25

The Pittsburgh Penguins will take on the Montreal Canadiens. The Penguins come into this one dropping their last 7 games, but will today end that streak? In order to end the streak, the defensive play will need to pick up. The Penguins have given up 25 goals over the past 5 games. On the opposing side, the Canadiens have won 3 of their last 5 games overall. The Canadiens hold a home record of 9-9-1 while losing 6 of their last 10 at home. Part of the issue for the Canadiens is that they have given up 70 goals in their 19 home games. Both of these teams struggle to stop the opposing offenses, so let’s take a look at the offensive side.

On the offensive side, the Penguins average 28.3 shots per game compared to the Canadiens 25.4 shots. Both of these teams have great power play offense with the Penguins scoring on 30.4% of power plays while the Canadiens have scored on 25.5% of power plays. With both teams scoring so efficiently on the power play, the cleaner team may come away with the win in this one. The Canadiens currently rank 10^th in opponent power plays with 110 while the Penguins rank 17^th with 101. Overall, I think the Canadiens being favored makes sense but I do not see enough to side with them. I am taking the Penguins to break the losing streak with a win here.

Penguins vs. Canadiens Prediction: Penguins ML (+120) available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.