Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 2008 · Mellon Arena

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3–2

19–34

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 34–19.

Andrei Kostitsyn scored a hat trick. Pascal Dupuis and Sidney Crosby also scored.

Goals
MTL	2	0	1	3	19
PIT	1	1	0	2	34

Scoring

1st period

Andrei Kostitsyn (7)Tomas Plekanec (8), Josh Gorges (6)1–001:15 MTL
Pascal Dupuis (8)Ryan Whitney (1), Sidney Crosby (34)1–114:44 PIT
Andrei Kostitsyn (8)Tomas Plekanec (9), Alex Kovalev (19)2–119:58 MTL

2nd period

Sidney Crosby (15)Pascal Dupuis (3), Brooks Orpik (7)2–205:51 PIT

3rd period

Andrei Kostitsyn (9)Unassisted3–202:21 MTL

Team stats

MTLPIT

1934

46%54%

0/10/5

102

2128

2411

79

33

Penalties

1:45 into the first periodEvgeni Malkin · holding the stick2 min
5:20 into the first periodJosh Gorges · holding2 min
15:51 into the first periodTom Kostopoulos · tripping2 min
2:54 into the third periodTomas Plekanec · hooking2 min
9:15 into the third periodJosh Gorges · tripping2 min
16:52 into the third periodAlex Tanguay · high sticking2 min

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