Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, March 31, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–2 on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 33–26.
Goals came from Jeff Petry, Conor Sheary, Patric Hornqvist, Carl Hagelin, Jonathan Drouin, Phil Kessel and Riley Sheahan.
Matt Murray made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Antti Niemi stopped 28 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Petry (11)Brendan Gallagher (20), Paul Byron (15)1–008:42 MTL
Conor Sheary (17)Riley Sheahan (20), Matt Hunwick (6)1–109:41 PIT
Patric Hornqvist (26)Justin Schultz (20), Phil Kessel (56)1–210:18 PIT · 
Carl Hagelin (10)Evgeni Malkin (52)1–314:36 PIT
Jonathan Drouin (13)Alex Galchenyuk (31), Brendan Gallagher (21)2–319:49 MTL ·
3rd period
Phil Kessel (31)Sidney Crosby (58), Evgeni Malkin (53)2–407:18 PIT · 
Riley Sheahan (11)Olli Maatta (21), Kris Letang (41)2–509:07 PIT ·
Team stats
MTLPIT
2633
35%65%
1/13/5
102
3930
1216
59
68
Penalties
- 9:57 into the first period
Michael McCarron · hooking2 min - 11:33 into the first periodJordie Benn · slashing2 min
- 19:05 into the first period
Jake Guentzel · cross checking2 min - 3:36 into the second periodDaniel Carr · holding2 min
- 6:26 into the third periodJonathan Drouin · hooking2 min
- 7:32 into the third periodAlex Galchenyuk · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:56 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:52 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:51 |
| 20Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:31 |
| 25Jacob de la RoseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 34Michael McCarronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:12 |
| 38Nikita ScherbakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:40 |
| 43Daniel CarrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 49Logan ShawR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 21:26 |
| 21David SchlemkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 22Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 36Brett LernoutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 58Noah JuulsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Antti NiemiG | L | 33 | 5 | .848 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Riley SheahanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:42 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:10 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:53 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:02 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:06 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:06 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:19 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 21:13 |
| 22Matt HunwickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:10 |
| 16Josh JoorisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:10 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:10 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:44 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:16 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:16 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |