Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 29, 1998 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–3 on Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 30–20.
Jaromir Jagr scored twice. Rob Brown, Kevin Hatcher, Vladimir Malakhov, Eddie Olczyk, Martin Straka, Marc Bureau and Jonas Hoglund also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 4 of 9.
Scoring
1st period
Rob Brown (1)Jiri Slegr (4), Robert Lang (2)1–003:19 PIT · 
Kevin Hatcher (1)Jaromir Jagr (5), Ron Francis (2)2–004:43 PIT · 
Vladimir Malakhov (1)Mark Recchi (3), Vincent Damphousse (5)2–106:25 MTL · 
Jaromir Jagr (2)Ron Francis (3), Stu Barnes (2)3–116:53 PIT · 
Eddie Olczyk (2)Tyler Wright (1), Chris Tamer (1)4–119:25 PIT ·
2nd period
Martin Straka (1)Unassisted5–102:59 PIT ·
3rd period
Marc Bureau (1)Turner Stevenson (1), Zarley Zalapski (1)5–201:48 MTL
Jonas Hoglund (1)Scott Thornton (1), Dave Manson (1)5–317:30 MTL- Jaromir Jagr (3)Ron Francis (4), Stu Barnes (3)6–319:48 PIT ·
Team stats
PITMTL
2030
53%47%
3/91/7
1832
1621
106
411
54
Penalties
- 1:49 into the first period
Dave Manson · roughing2 min - 4:00 into the first periodBenoit Brunet · slashing2 min
- 4:00 into the first period
Chris Tamer · elbowing2 min - 4:36 into the first periodVincent Damphousse · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 5:33 into the first periodDarius Kasparaitis · interference2 min
- 6:53 into the first periodRob Brown · tripping obstruction2 min
- 13:19 into the first periodScott Thornton · high sticking2 min
- 13:19 into the first periodScott Thornton · high sticking2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodMartin Straka · holding obstruction2 min
- 1:19 into the second periodShayne Corson · cross checking2 min
- 1:19 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · spearing2 min
- 1:19 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · spearing2 min
- 5:42 into the second periodIgor Ulanov · roughing2 min
- 9:17 into the second periodFredrik Olausson · interference2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodShayne Corson · misconduct10 min
- 12:46 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · high sticking2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodJaromir Jagr · roughing2 min
- 3:28 into the third periodTom Barrasso · slashing2 min
- 5:12 into the third periodShayne Corson · slashing2 min
- 5:36 into the third periodMarc Bureau · high sticking2 min
- 12:26 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · elbowing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 24:24 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 25:30 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:05 |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:32 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 04:55 |
| 44Rob BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:49 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:23 |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:45 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:56 |
| 12Sean ProngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:03 |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:23 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:26 |
| 5Brad WerenkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:38 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:38 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 27:50 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:51 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 24:49 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:37 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 10:57 |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:16 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:55 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 25:23 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:54 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:19 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:17 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:57 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:10 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 23:54 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 9 | 5 | .444 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 10 | 0 | 1.000 |