Jacob Fowler made 30 saves for his fourth NHL start for his first shutout and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0 on Saturday night to open a home-and-home set. The teams will meet again Sunday night in Pittsburgh.

MONTREAL -- Jacob Fowler made 31 saves for his first NHL shutout, and the Montreal Canadiens sent the Pittsburgh Penguins to their eighth straight loss, 4-0 at Bell Centre on Saturday.

Danault is in the fifth season of a six-year, $33 million contract he signed with Los Angeles in the summer of 2021.

The Habs acquired Danault from the Los Angeles Kings on late Friday night, after placing Kaiden Guhle and Dach on long-term injured reserve (retroactive to the last game they played), and then demoted Jared Davidson to Laval.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jacob Fowler made 33 saves in his NHL debut and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Thursday night.

Montreal has gone 8-8 as the oddsmakers' choice this season. The Canadiens have not played a game with their moneyline odds shorter than -184 this season. Montreal has a 64.8% chance of winning this game, based on the moneyline odds.

With the Canadiens being right in the playoff hunt, there is a real expectation that they will be buyers this season. Due to this, in a recent article for Bleacher Report, Lyle Richardson urged the Canadiens to bring in a legitimate second-line center this season.

Here are the projected lineups for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens NHL matchup on Dec. 20, 2025.