Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 1997 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 1–0 on Saturday, December 27, 1997 at Civic Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 28–19.
Goals came from Scott Thornton.
Andy Moog made 19 saves on 19 shots for the win; Peter Skudra stopped 26 of 27.
Scoring
2nd period
Scott Thornton (3)Patrice Brisebois (15), Dave Manson (11)1–004:44 MTL
Team stats
MTLPIT
2819
59%41%
0/30/3
66
620
818
820
214
Penalties
- 1:25 into the first period
Ron Francis · tripping2 min - 6:38 into the first period
Martin Rucinsky · hooking2 min - 16:08 into the first periodJiri Slegr · tripping obstruction2 min
- 9:19 into the second periodTyler Wright · interference obstruction2 min
- 15:30 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · tripping obstruction2 min
- 17:58 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:04 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:59 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:00 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:21 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:01 |
| 12Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:16 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:46 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:47 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:12 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:27 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:15 |
| 21Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:17 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:00 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 19 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:00 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:57 |
| 15Robert DomeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:51 |
| 38Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:44 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:35 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:25 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:33 |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:26 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:28 |
| 5Brad WerenkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:49 |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter SkudraG | L | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |