Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, March 15, 2018 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-3 on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at Centre Bell. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 39-20.
Patric Hornqvist scored twice. Artturi Lehkonen, Paul Byron, Phil Kessel, Evgeni Malkin, Nicolas Deslauriers and Bryan Rust also scored.
Tristan Jarry made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Antti Niemi stopped 34 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Artturi Lehkonen (9)Jeff Petry (25), Alex Galchenyuk (27)0–103:15 MTL
Paul Byron (17)Brendan Gallagher (18), Alex Galchenyuk (28)0–206:31 MTL · PPG
Phil Kessel (29)Bryan Rust (24), Derick Brassard (23)1–210:05 PIT
Patric Hornqvist (21)Evgeni Malkin (49), Kris Letang (37)2–214:33 PIT
2nd period
Evgeni Malkin (40)Kris Letang (38), Sidney Crosby (54)3–210:30 PIT · PPG
Nicolas Deslauriers (8)Daniel Carr (10), Jonathan Drouin (26)3–312:57 MTL
3rd period
- Patric Hornqvist (22)Carl Hagelin (18), Brian Dumoulin (10)4–312:24 PIT
Bryan Rust (12)Patric Hornqvist (17), Jamie Oleksiak (9)5–318:07 PIT · EN
Team stats
PITMTL
39Shots on goal20
49%Faceoff %51%
1/2Power play1/1
2Penalty minutes4
27Hits29
16Blocked shots14
13Giveaways14
5Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 06:08
Jamie Oleksiak · holding2 min - 2nd 01:07
Brendan Gallagher · interference2 min - 2nd 10:07Jeff Petry · interference2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 10 | 18:07 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 20:05 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:58 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 21:18 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:32 |
| 37Carter RowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:11 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:57 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:04 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:54 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 21:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 60:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 18:52 |
| 20Nicolas DeslauriersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:57 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 18:43 |
| 43Daniel CarrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:53 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 20:39 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 24:49 |
| 25Jacob de la RoseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:17 |
| 38Nikita ScherbakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 42Byron FroeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 49Logan ShawR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:48 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 22Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:21 |
| 28Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:23 |
| 36Brett LernoutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 |
| 58Noah JuulsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Antti NiemiG | L | 38 | 34 | 4 | .895 | 58:04 |
| 39Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |