Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Sunday, January 31, 1999 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–3 on Sunday, January 31, 1999 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 26–24.
Jaromir Jagr scored twice. Saku Koivu, Benoit Brunet, Scott Thornton, Stu Barnes, German Titov and Kip Miller also scored.
Peter Skudra made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Jeff Hackett stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Jaromir Jagr (19)Jan Hrdina (13), Jiri Slegr (10)1–000:34 PIT
Saku Koivu (7)Mark Recchi (26), Vladimir Malakhov (13)1–105:11 MTL ·
2nd period
Benoit Brunet (11)Eric Weinrich (10), Mark Recchi (27)1–208:03 MTL · 
Scott Thornton (3)Patrick Poulin (10), Patrice Brisebois (6)1–318:58 MTL- Jaromir Jagr (20)Unassisted2–319:57 PIT
3rd period
Stu Barnes (16)Martin Straka (28), Jaromir Jagr (46)3–307:58 PIT · 
German Titov (8)Robert Lang (15), Alex Kovalev (16)4–313:39 PIT
Kip Miller (6)Jaromir Jagr (47), Jiri Slegr (11)5–314:25 PIT
Team stats
PITMTL
2426
46%54%
1/42/5
1210
1415
2216
2720
3135
Penalties
- 1:15 into the first period
Saku Koivu · holding2 min - 5:00 into the first period
Brad Werenka · holding obstruction2 min - 8:03 into the first periodCraig Rivet · high sticking2 min
- 11:08 into the first periodTyler Wright · interference2 min
- 6:11 into the second periodDarius Kasparaitis · boarding2 min
- 10:05 into the second periodDarius Kasparaitis · interference2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodEric Weinrich · holding obstruction2 min
- 1:53 into the third periodGerman Titov · holding2 min
- 6:24 into the third periodIgor Ulanov · tripping2 min
- 8:31 into the third periodSaku Koivu · roughing2 min
- 8:31 into the third periodTyler Wright · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 5 | 27:35 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 23:34 |
| 9German TitovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:40 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 37Kip MillerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 12:00 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:09 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25:38 |
| 12Martin SonnenbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:55 |
| 25Dan KesaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:38 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:14 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:13 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:54 |
| 5Brad WerenkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:25 |
| 8Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:01 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter SkudraG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 21:00 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 20:57 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:01 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:56 |
| 22Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 25:59 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 25:25 |
| 21Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:37 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 05:54 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:16 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 34Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:38 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:29 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:01 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:05 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 39Frederic ChabotG | 0 | 0 | – |