Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Friday, May 1, 1998 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 on Friday, May 1, 1998 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 34–29.
Mark Recchi scored twice. Patrice Brisebois, Shayne Corson, Martin Straka, Jaromir Jagr and Vincent Damphousse also scored.
Andy Moog made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
Patrice Brisebois (1)Vincent Damphousse (6), Turner Stevenson (2)1–010:33 MTL
Shayne Corson (3)Mark Recchi (4)2–012:02 MTL
3rd period
Mark Recchi (1)Saku Koivu (1), Vladimir Malakhov (3)3–001:01 MTL
Martin Straka (2)Robert Lang (3), Aleksey Morozov (1)3–105:45 PIT
Jaromir Jagr (4)Ron Francis (5)3–213:30 PIT
Vincent Damphousse (2)Igor Ulanov (2)4–218:53 MTL- Mark Recchi (2)Shayne Corson (2)5–219:19 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLPIT
2934
54%46%
0/30/3
66
2824
912
911
109
Penalties
- 1:18 into the first period
Darius Kasparaitis · interference obstruction2 min - 1:59 into the first periodBrad Werenka · high sticking2 min
- 2:02 into the first period
Vincent Damphousse · interference obstruction2 min - 6:32 into the first periodVincent Damphousse · interference obstruction2 min
- 6:34 into the second periodBrad Werenka · high sticking2 min
- 13:33 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 20:43 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | 23:15 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:55 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 26:48 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:29 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:05 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:36 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:03 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:22 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:15 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:13 |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:06 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 20:15 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:16 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:43 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 27:51 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:42 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:15 |
| 12Sean ProngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:52 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:29 |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:19 |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:23 |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:20 |
| 5Brad WerenkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:22 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:37 |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 26:20 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 26:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |