Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2016 · PPG Paints Arena
CBC · TVAS · ROOT
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 41-40.
Goals came from Alexander Radulov, Patric Hornqvist, Phil Kessel, Paul Byron, Brian Flynn, Conor Sheary and Evgeni Malkin.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 37 of 41.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Radulov (8)Paul Byron (11), Shea Weber (12)1–004:07 MTL
2nd period
Patric Hornqvist (9)Evgeni Malkin (27), Carl Hagelin (10)1–101:07 PIT
Phil Kessel (12)Carl Hagelin (11), Olli Maatta (3)1–204:28 PIT
Paul Byron (12)Jeff Petry (10)2–219:21 MTL
3rd period
Brian Flynn (4)Daniel Carr (5)3–202:04 MTL
Conor Sheary (9)Justin Schultz (17), Kris Letang (18)3–319:05 PIT
OT period
Evgeni Malkin (16)Phil Kessel (26), Kris Letang (19)3–401:54 PIT · PPG
Team stats
MTLPIT
40Shots on goal41
55%Faceoff %45%
0/2Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes4
26Hits42
17Blocked shots12
2Giveaways6
4Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 05:05
Jeff Petry · tripping2 min - 1st 08:34Tomas Plekanec · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 15:21Phillip Danault · slashing2 min
- 2nd 11:18
Patric Hornqvist · roughing2 min - 2nd 15:52Trevor Daley · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 16:32Paul Byron · holding2 min
- OT 01:10Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 41Paul ByronL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 32Brian FlynnC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:27 |
| 43Daniel CarrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:17 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:03 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28:42 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:20 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15:03 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 15Chris TerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:28 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:35 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 34Michael McCarronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:08 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:42 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:22 |
| 28Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 24:58 |
| 45Mark BarberioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 25:05 |
| 89Ryan JohnstonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | O | 41 | 37 | 4 | .902 | 61:47 |
| 35Al MontoyaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21:23 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 21:52 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25:40 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:46 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:14 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:19 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:10 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:26 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:07 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 23Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 23:00 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:11 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 40 | 37 | 3 | .925 | 61:25 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |