Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, February 22, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena

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Final

SOG 31–27

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-1 on Thursday, February 22, 2024 at PPG Paints Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 31-27.

Kris Letang scored twice. Mike Matheson, Bryan Rust and Drew O'Connor also scored.

Tristan Jarry made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Cayden Primeau stopped 23 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	0	0	1	31
PIT	1	2	1	4	27

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mike Matheson (8)Unassisted1–009:05 MTL
Kris Letang (5)Evgeni Malkin (27), Drew O'Connor (12)1–111:24 PIT

2nd period

Bryan Rust (16)Erik Karlsson (33), Sidney Crosby (25)1–211:30 PIT · PPG
Drew O'Connor (8)Valtteri Puustinen (8), Erik Karlsson (34)1–311:51 PIT

3rd period

Kris Letang (6)Unassisted1–418:35 PIT · EN

Team stats

MTLPIT

31Shots on goal27

48%Faceoff %52%

0/3Power play1/2

6Penalty minutes8

10Hits22

9Blocked shots20

8Giveaways5

4Takeaways14

Penalties

2nd 03:46Bryan Rust · tripping2 min
2nd 11:24Brendan Gallagher · holding2 min
2nd 13:09Arber Xhekaj · tripping2 min
3rd 03:38Rickard Rakell · tripping2 min
3rd 07:13Bryan Rust · tripping2 min
3rd 11:49Josh Anderson · roughing2 min
3rd 11:49Marcus Pettersson · roughing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

8Mike MathesonD	1	0	1	-2	3	1	0	0	–	24:52
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	100	11:42
14Nick SuzukiC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	60	20:13
15Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	15	19:16
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	14:24
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	–	21:00
22Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	–	20:12
36Colin WhiteC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	33	11:11
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	–	14:30
56Jesse YlonenR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	10:54
70Tanner PearsonL	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	–	12:07
71Jake EvansC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	75	12:56
89Joshua RoyR	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	–	14:45
21Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	20:47
47Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:41
54Jordan HarrisD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	15:37
58David SavardD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	18:13
72Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	21:23

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cayden PrimeauG	L	26	23	3	.885	59:11
34Jake AllenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

10Drew O'ConnorL	1	1	2	+2	3	1	2	0	–	16:25
58Kris LetangD	2	0	2	+1	2	2	3	0	–	22:29
65Erik KarlssonD	0	2	2	+1	4	1	1	0	–	24:03
17Bryan RustR	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	–	18:33
48Valtteri PuustinenR	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	10:40
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	43	17:42
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	55	17:07
16Matthew PhillipsR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	09:59
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:17
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	38	15:29
43Jansen HarkinsC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	07:45
55Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	71	15:10
67Rickard RakellR	0	0	0	-1	1	5	2	2	–	16:34
77Jeff CarterC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	75	15:42
2Chad RuhwedelD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:32
27Ryan GravesD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	16:12
28Marcus PetterssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	2	–	24:54
73Pierre-Olivier JosephD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	16:27

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Tristan JarryG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00
39Alex NedeljkovicG		0	0	0	–	00:00