Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, March 16, 2007 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-3 on Friday, March 16, 2007 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 31-28.
Sidney Crosby scored twice and Erik Christensen scored twice. Chris Higgins, Sheldon Souray, Gary Roberts, Andrei Markov and Michel Ouellet also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (30)Mark Recchi (41), Ryan Whitney (41)0–104:28 PIT
Erik Christensen (15)Unassisted0–219:34 PIT
2nd period
Chris Higgins (19)Michael Ryder (25), Sheldon Souray (35)1–203:33 MTL · PPG
Sheldon Souray (24)Tomas Plekanec (24), Andrei Markov (36)2–216:06 MTL · PPG
3rd period
- Erik Christensen (16)Evgeni Malkin (44), Michel Ouellet (26)2–303:40 PIT
Gary Roberts (16)Colby Armstrong (19), Alain Nasreddine (4)2–404:20 PIT
Andrei Markov (5)Saku Koivu (41), Michael Ryder (26)3–405:40 MTL · PPG
Michel Ouellet (15)Evgeni Malkin (45)3–513:47 PIT- Sidney Crosby (31)Mark Recchi (42), Ryan Malone (12)3–618:55 PIT · EN
Team stats
MTLPIT
28Shots on goal31
59%Faceoff %41%
3/6Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes14
19Hits19
9Blocked shots12
5Giveaways3
1Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 00:10
Mathieu Dandenault · interference2 min - 1st 01:47
Gary Roberts · holding2 min - 1st 08:31Sidney Crosby · closing hand on puck2 min
- 1st 12:07Sheldon Souray · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:07Jarkko Ruutu · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1st 12:24Max Talbot · tripping2 min
- 2nd 02:49Ryan Whitney · slashing2 min
- 2nd 15:31Josef Melichar · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:40Mark Recchi · high sticking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.