Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, November 29, 1997 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–3 on Saturday, November 29, 1997 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 27–22.
Robert Lang scored twice. Kevin Hatcher, Martin Straka, Turner Stevenson, Stu Barnes, Saku Koivu, Jaromir Jagr and Brian Savage also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 11 saves on 13 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 6 of 10.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Hatcher (7)Stu Barnes (10), Ron Francis (18)0–107:32 PIT · 
Martin Straka (7)Kevin Hatcher (7)0–215:16 PIT · 
Turner Stevenson (2)Shayne Corson (20), Scott Thornton (4)1–216:37 MTL ·
2nd period
Stu Barnes (7)Jaromir Jagr (16), Ron Francis (19)1–301:48 PIT · 
Robert Lang (1)Rob Brown (12)1–402:31 PIT
Saku Koivu (7)Valeri Bure (12), Shayne Corson (21)2–406:10 MTL · - Robert Lang (2)Fredrik Olausson (10), Martin Straka (10)2–512:43 PIT ·
3rd period
Jaromir Jagr (10)Ron Francis (20), Kevin Hatcher (8)2–603:54 PIT
Brian Savage (6)Stephane Quintal (4)3–615:12 MTL
Team stats
MTLPIT
2227
37%63%
2/83/5
1016
1121
211
913
414
Penalties
- 7:04 into the first period
Mark Recchi · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 12:42 into the first period
Jaromir Jagr · high sticking2 min - 12:42 into the first periodJaromir Jagr · high sticking2 min
- 18:47 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · slashing2 min
- 1:31 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · interference obstruction2 min
- 4:49 into the second periodDarius Kasparaitis · roughing2 min
- 6:55 into the second periodDave Manson · roughing2 min
- 11:50 into the second periodDave Manson · roughing2 min
- 13:15 into the second periodChris Ferraro · slashing2 min
- 0:52 into the third periodJiri Slegr · cross checking2 min
- 9:09 into the third periodPeter Ferraro · slashing2 min
- 11:58 into the third periodTurner Stevenson · high sticking2 min
- 16:48 into the third periodBrad Werenka · boarding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:29 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:14 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 13:03 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:21 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:22 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:16 |
| 12Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:51 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 13:20 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:32 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:16 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:15 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 19:53 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 10 | 4 | .600 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 17 | 2 | .882 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 24:29 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25:05 |
| 20Robert LangC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:07 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:53 |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:21 |
| 17Peter FerraroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:50 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 57Chris FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:59 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 5Brad WerenkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:16 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:56 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter SkudraG | 9 | 1 | .889 | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 13 | 2 | .846 |