Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Sunday, January 6, 1991 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Sunday, January 6, 1991 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 44–22.
Guy Carbonneau scored twice. J.J. Daigneault, Scott Young, Stephan Lebeau, Eric Desjardins, Phil Bourque, Brent Gilchrist and Joe Mullen also scored.
Patrick Roy made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Frank Pietrangelo stopped 16 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
J.J. Daigneault (1)Stephane Richer (14), Denis Savard (22)0–109:50 MTL · 
Scott Young (9)Phil Bourque (8)1–111:54 PIT · 
Stephan Lebeau (14)Tom Chorske (8), J.J. Daigneault (5)1–212:14 MTL · 
Eric Desjardins (6)Russ Courtnall (16)1–313:57 MTL
Phil Bourque (13)Jaromir Jagr (12), Paul Coffey (41)2–316:18 PIT
Guy Carbonneau (7)Russ Courtnall (17)2–416:31 MTL
2nd period
- Guy Carbonneau (8)Russ Courtnall (18)2–500:11 MTL
Brent Gilchrist (4)J.J. Daigneault (6), Stephane Richer (15)2–612:22 MTL
3rd period
Joe Mullen (17)Zarley Zalapski (30), Larry Murphy (17)3–609:05 PIT
Team stats
PITMTL
2244
0%0%
0/22/4
1511
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:08 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · holding2 min - 11:01 into the first periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 17:58 into the first period
Lyle Odelein · tripping2 min - 5:10 into the second periodKevin Stevens · delaying game2 min
- 7:29 into the second periodKevin Stevens · hooking2 min
- 9:36 into the third periodJ.J. Daigneault · high sticking2 min
- 17:08 into the third periodJ.J. Daigneault · roughing2 min
- 17:08 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · fighting5 min
- 17:08 into the third periodPaul Coffey · fighting5 min
- 17:08 into the third periodTroy Loney · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 29Phil BourqueL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Scott YoungR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Randy GilhenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 38Jiri HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Peter TaglianettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | 23 | 1 | .957 | |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | L | 21 | 5 | .762 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 48J.J. DaigneaultD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 31Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 47Stephan LebeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 37Jean Claude BergeronG | 0 | 0 | – |