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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, December 12, 2024 · Centre Bell

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9–2

Final

SOG 33–23

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 9-2 on Thursday, December 12, 2024 at Centre Bell. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 33-23.

Rickard Rakell scored twice and Bryan Rust scored a hat trick. Nick Suzuki, Joel Armia, Kris Letang, Anthony Beauvillier, Matt Nieto and Noel Acciari also scored.

Tristan Jarry made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 20 of 26.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT126933
Montréal CanadiensMTL110223

Three stars

  1. ★1st starBryan RustPIT · 3G 1A
  2. ★2nd starSidney CrosbyPIT · 0G 3A
  3. ★3rd starRickard RakellPIT · 2G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:51

5–2 · 3rd 7:42 · Letang. Armia was 1:51 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPIT on iceMTL on ice

0–1 MTL

1st 2:12 · Suzuki

Crosby 0:36

1–1 PIT

1st 4:18 · PP · Rakell

Long shift: Matheson 1:07

2–1 PIT

2nd 10:03 · Rust

Long shift: Matheson 1:27

3–1 PIT

2nd 13:27 · Rust

Long shift: Gallagher 1:08

3–2 MTL

2nd 14:36 · Armia

Long shift: Pickering 1:09

4–2 PIT

3rd 4:40 · Rakell

Newhook 0:59

5–2 PIT

3rd 7:42 · PP · Letang

Stuck out there: Armia 1:51

6–2 PIT

3rd 8:41 · Beauvillier

Struble 0:59

7–2 PIT

3rd 11:56 · Rust

Xhekaj 0:28

8–2 PIT

3rd 14:20 · Nieto

Anderson 0:29

9–2 PIT

3rd 18:42 · Acciari

Long shift: Laine 1:05

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

PITMTL
33Shots on goal23
51%Faceoff %49%
2/3Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes6
11Hits26
8Blocked shots16
13Giveaways15
7Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 03:11Patrik Laine · hooking2 min
  • 1st 19:11Blake Lizotte · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 03:02Drew O'Connor · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 06:53Kris Letang · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 01:11Josh Anderson · interference2 min
  • 3rd 05:51Josh Anderson · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 09:24Ryan Graves · tripping2 min

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