Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, February 21, 2008 · Centre Bell

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5–4

Final

SOG 30–21

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-4 on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 30-21.

Goals came from Ryan Whitney, Jarkko Ruutu, Saku Koivu, Ryan Malone, Chris Higgins, Michael Ryder, Roman Hamrlik, Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	2	1	2	5	30
MTL	0	2	2	4	21

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Whitney (12)Evgeni Malkin (46), Petr Sykora (25)1–006:46 PIT
Jarkko Ruutu (2)Unassisted2–018:47 PIT

2nd period

Saku Koivu (12)Sergei Kostitsyn (10), Ryan O'Byrne (4)2–103:27 MTL
Ryan Malone (20)Ryan Whitney (19), Petr Sykora (26)3–106:59 PIT · PPG
Chris Higgins (19)Alex Kovalev (33), Andrei Markov (36)3–218:07 MTL · PPG

3rd period

Michael Ryder (12)Mark Streit (33), Josh Gorges (5)3–300:21 MTL
Roman Hamrlik (4)Saku Koivu (33), Alex Kovalev (34)3–403:25 MTL · PPG
Evgeni Malkin (35)Ryan Malone (17)4–410:22 PIT
Sergei Gonchar (10)Ryan Whitney (20), Evgeni Malkin (47)5–410:58 PIT · PPG

Team stats

PITMTL

30Shots on goal21

38%Faceoff %63%

2/4Power play2/3

11Penalty minutes23

24Hits28

16Blocked shots15

8Giveaways15

8Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 16:11Ryan O'Byrne · tripping2 min
2nd 01:26Maxim Lapierre · fighting5 min
2nd 01:26Maxim Lapierre · misconduct10 min
2nd 01:26Max Talbot · fighting5 min
2nd 05:48Guillaume Latendresse · high sticking2 min
2nd 16:31Jarkko Ruutu · hooking2 min
3rd 01:44Tyler Kennedy · hooking2 min
3rd 08:07Evgeni Malkin · high sticking2 min
3rd 10:43Alex Kovalev · interference2 min
3rd 13:18Roman Hamrlik · charging2 min

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