Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, March 21, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-3 on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 39-30.
Goals came from Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist, Jonathan Drouin, Nikita Scherbak, Jacob de la Rose, Sidney Crosby, Derick Brassard and Jake Guentzel.
Casey DeSmith made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 34 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (41)Carl Hagelin (19)0–109:53 PIT
Patric Hornqvist (23)Evgeni Malkin (50), Phil Kessel (52)0–217:31 PIT · PPG
Jonathan Drouin (12)Paul Byron (14), Jordie Benn (10)1–219:30 MTL
2nd period
Nikita Scherbak (4)Charles Hudon (19), Brett Lernout (1)2–208:19 MTL · SHG
Jacob de la Rose (4)Brendan Gallagher (19)3–214:24 MTL
Sidney Crosby (24)Jake Guentzel (22), Bryan Rust (25)3–315:02 PIT
3rd period
Derick Brassard (20)Jake Guentzel (23), Olli Maatta (20)3–402:38 PIT · PPG
Jake Guentzel (21)Phil Kessel (53), Sidney Crosby (55)3–518:27 PIT
Team stats
MTLPIT
30Shots on goal39
47%Faceoff %53%
0/3Power play2/3
11Penalty minutes11
41Hits23
15Blocked shots18
6Giveaways10
7Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 01:19
Brett Lernout · ps hooking on breakaway0 min - 1st 16:58Karl Alzner · holding2 min
- 2nd 03:14
Jamie Oleksiak · ps slash on breakaway0 min - 2nd 05:37Michael McCarron · fighting5 min
- 2nd 05:37Jamie Oleksiak · fighting5 min
- 2nd 06:09Jake Guentzel · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:10Brendan Gallagher · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 10:39Olli Maatta · hooking2 min
- 3rd 01:05Artturi Lehkonen · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:42Sidney Crosby · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:51 |
| 25Jacob de la RoseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:47 |
| 38Nikita ScherbakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:37 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 36Brett LernoutD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 20Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:46 |
| 34Michael McCarronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:33 |
| 43Daniel CarrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:33 |
| 49Logan ShawR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:11 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:33 |
| 22Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:52 |
| 28Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:23 |
| 58Noah JuulsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 39 | 34 | 5 | .872 | 60:00 |
| 37Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 15:14 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 18:06 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:12 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:22 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 18:44 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:11 |
| 16Josh JoorisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:44 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:24 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:27 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 25:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 60:00 |
| 30Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |