Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Wednesday, February 25, 1998 · Centre Molson

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6–2

25–23

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–2 on Wednesday, February 25, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 25–23.

Stu Barnes scored twice and Jaromir Jagr scored twice. Robert Lang, Peter Popovic, Scott Thornton and Ron Francis also scored.

Goals
PIT	2	2	2	6	25
MTL	0	2	0	2	23

Scoring

1st period

Robert Lang (8)Unassisted1–000:52 PIT
Stu Barnes (23)Kevin Hatcher (22)2–008:37 PIT ·

2nd period

Peter Popovic (2)Martin Rucinsky (23), Vincent Damphousse (30)2–108:43 MTL
Scott Thornton (4)Stephane Quintal (7), Benoit Brunet (10)2–210:35 MTL
Jaromir Jagr (26)Stu Barnes (23), Ron Francis (44)3–215:29 PIT
Stu Barnes (24)Ron Francis (45), Jaromir Jagr (43)4–219:14 PIT

3rd period

Ron Francis (17)Jaromir Jagr (44), Fredrik Olausson (19)5–200:46 PIT
Jaromir Jagr (27)Ron Francis (46)6–211:08 PIT

Team stats

PITMTL

2523

45%55%

0/60/3

612

1916

108

1222

37

Penalties

2:09 into the first periodBenoit Brunet · interference obstruction2 min
6:02 into the first periodVincent Damphousse · interference obstruction2 min
6:27 into the first periodStu Barnes · holding obstruction2 min
7:11 into the first periodDarius Kasparaitis · tripping obstruction2 min
14:40 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · tripping obstruction2 min
17:55 into the first periodBenoit Brunet · tripping2 min
1:28 into the third periodEddie Olczyk · tripping obstruction2 min
6:53 into the third periodBrian Savage · cross checking2 min
15:14 into the third periodBenoit Brunet · high sticking2 min

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