Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, October 6, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena
NHLN-US · TVAS · CITY · ATTSN-PT
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 29–22.
Paul Byron scored twice. Brendan Gallagher, Joel Armia, Riley Sheahan and Charles Hudon also scored.
Carey Price made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Matt Murray stopped 24 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brendan Gallagher (1)Tomas Tatar (1), Phillip Danault (1)1–011:08 MTL
Paul Byron (1)Artturi Lehkonen (1), Jeff Petry (1)2–015:56 MTL
2nd period
- Paul Byron (2)Max Domi (3), Artturi Lehkonen (2)3–003:43 MTL
Joel Armia (1)Paul Byron (2), Jeff Petry (2)4–014:05 MTL · 
Riley Sheahan (1)Kris Letang (2), Daniel Sprong (2)4–117:10 PIT
3rd period
Charles Hudon (1)Andrew Shaw (1)5–110:08 MTL
Team stats
MTLPIT
2922
40%60%
0/30/3
66
3224
227
26
912
Penalties
- 1:59 into the first period
Jesperi Kotkaniemi · slashing2 min - 6:25 into the first period
Dominik Simon · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 7:32 into the second periodXavier Ouellet · tripping2 min
- 13:16 into the second periodJesperi Kotkaniemi · hooking2 min
- 18:09 into the second periodCarl Hagelin · slashing2 min
- 18:45 into the third periodDerick Brassard · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 41Paul ByronL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 14:54 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:20 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 21:33 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 13Max DomiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:16 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:19 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:53 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:30 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 14:10 |
| 63Matthew PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 28Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:27 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:19 |
| 58Noah JuulsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:36 |
| 61Xavier OuelletD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
| 37Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Riley SheahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 11:53 |
| 41Daniel SprongR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 11:06 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 24:32 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:39 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:02 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:03 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:02 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:46 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:36 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:27 |
| 73Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |