Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Monday, December 20, 1999 · Centre Molson

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1–5

Final

SOG 28–22

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Monday, December 20, 1999 at Centre Molson. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 28-22.

Goals came from Benoit Brunet, Patrick Poulin, Scott Thornton, Karl Dykhuis, Darius Kasparaitis and Shayne Corson.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	1	0	1	28
MTL	3	2	0	5	22

Scoring

1st period

Benoit Brunet (2)Martin Rucinsky (10), Karl Dykhuis (5)0–104:33 MTL
Patrick Poulin (5)Turner Stevenson (2), Craig Darby (4)0–211:41 MTL
Scott Thornton (2)Dainius Zubrus (9)0–313:50 MTL

2nd period

Karl Dykhuis (5)Unassisted0–411:05 MTL · SHG
Darius Kasparaitis (1)Ian Moran (2)1–412:38 PIT
Shayne Corson (2)Karl Dykhuis (6)1–519:52 MTL

Team stats

PITMTL

28Shots on goal22

52%Faceoff %48%

0/5Power play0/2

28Penalty minutes24

25Hits29

8Blocked shots17

13Giveaways16

1Takeaways16

Penalties

1st 17:39Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
2nd 03:12Jason Ward · charging2 min
2nd 04:55Patrick Poulin · slashing2 min
2nd 10:28Shayne Corson · roughing2 min
2nd 10:28Shayne Corson · roughing2 min
2nd 10:28Craig Rivet · slashing2 min
2nd 10:28Jaromir Jagr · high sticking2 min
2nd 10:28Jiri Slegr · roughing2 min
2nd 10:28Jiri Slegr · misconduct10 min
2nd 12:38Scott Thornton · misconduct10 min
2nd 12:38Darius Kasparaitis · misconduct10 min
2nd 16:45Martin Rucinsky · elbowing2 min
2nd 17:18Alex Kovalev · hooking obstruction2 min
3rd 04:57Sergei Zholtok · tripping2 min

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