Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, January 5, 2001 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Friday, January 5, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 32–21.
Eric Weinrich scored twice. Brian Savage, Alex Kovalev, Jim Campbell, Mario Lemieux and Martin Straka also scored.
Jose Theodore made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Garth Snow stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Savage (15)Jim Campbell (4), Andrei Markov (11)1–002:51 MTL · 
Eric Weinrich (3)Saku Koivu (8), Brian Savage (13)2–006:27 MTL
Alex Kovalev (20)Mario Lemieux (7), Martin Straka (26)2–107:01 PIT ·
2nd period
Jim Campbell (5)Patrick Poulin (5), Craig Darby (8)3–101:10 MTL ·
3rd period
- Eric Weinrich (4)Oleg Petrov (12), Brian Savage (14)4–100:32 MTL
Mario Lemieux (4)Jaromir Jagr (24), Marc Bergevin (1)4–204:56 PIT
Martin Straka (13)Mario Lemieux (8), Alex Kovalev (22)4–312:38 PIT ·
Team stats
MTLPIT
2132
48%52%
2/32/3
1313
2221
713
513
47
Penalties
- 0:46 into the first period
Mario Lemieux · cross checking2 min - 1:54 into the first periodBob Boughner · boarding2 min
- 5:59 into the first period
Arron Asham · slashing2 min - 5:59 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · slashing2 min
- 6:52 into the first periodOleg Petrov · high sticking2 min
- 8:04 into the first periodArron Asham · fighting5 min
- 8:04 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
- 19:20 into the first periodJanne Laukkanen · boarding2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodJuha Lind · holding2 min
- 11:36 into the third periodSheldon Souray · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 49Brian SavageL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 19:43 |
| 8Jim CampbellR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 09:14 |
| 22Eric WeinrichD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 27:24 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:43 |
| 32Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:35 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:55 |
| 63Craig DarbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:13 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 25Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:58 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:08 |
| 47Juha LindL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 61Jason WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:09 |
| 78Eric LandryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:24 |
| 24Christian LaflammeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:38 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:12 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:15 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 25:23 |
| 56Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 | 23:13 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:09 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:59 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 23:26 |
| 3Marc BergevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 9Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:53 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 15Roman SimicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:49 |
| 18Josef BeranekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:59 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:55 |
| 37Kip MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:09 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:22 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:53 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:25 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:29 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34Garth SnowG | L | 21 | 4 | .809 |