National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Montreal 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Where: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Ian Walsh, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Steve Miller
Attendance: 18574
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 1203
Pittsburgh 2125
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
9:53 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (EV) Assists: Carl Hagelin
17:31 - Penguins Patric Hornqvist (PP) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Phil Kessel
19:30 - Canadiens Jonathan Drouin (EV) Assists: Paul Byron , Jordie Benn
Penalties
16:58 - Canadiens Karl Alzner (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
8:19 - Canadiens Nikita Scherbak (SH) Assists: Charles Hudon , Brett Lernout
14:24 - Canadiens Jacob De La Rose (EV) Assists: Brendan Gallagher
15:02 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Jake Guentzel , Bryan Rust
Penalties
5:37 - Canadiens Michael McCarron (5) Fighting
5:37 - Penguins Jamie Oleksiak (5) Fighting
6:09 - Penguins Jake Guentzel (2) Holding
7:10 - Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (2) High sticking
10:39 - Penguins Olli Maatta (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
2:38 - Penguins Derick Brassard (PP) Assists: Jake Guentzel , Olli Maatta
18:27 - Penguins Jake Guentzel (EV) Assists: Phil Kessel , Sidney Crosby
Penalties
1:05 - Canadiens Artturi Lehkonen (2) Hooking
8:42 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (2) Tripping
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Carey Price G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:50 5:03 3:07 0 0 - - - - -
Antti Niemi G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jordie Benn D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 28 17:41 15:52 0:00 1:49 0 0 - 1 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 1 1 E 2 5 24 17:51 14:43 2:34 0:34 0 0 3 - 0 4 0
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 10:29 8:54 0:08 1:27 0 0 4 2 - - -
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 30 19:50 18:22 0:10 1:18 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jacob De La Rose LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 22 15:47 15:03 0:02 0:42 0 0 8 - 14 10 58
Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 29 20:52 17:13 3:06 0:33 0 0 4 2 - - -
Alex Galchenyuk LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 18:46 15:51 2:55 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 28 19:23 17:36 1:47 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Michael McCarron RW 0 0 0 E 5 1 13 8:33 8:25 0:08 0:00 0 0 2 - 4 4 50
Brett Lernout D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 26 19:08 17:52 0:00 1:16 0 0 1 2 - - -
Nikita Scherbak RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 13:37 11:29 1:58 0:10 0 1 - 1 - - -
Paul Byron LW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 25 16:54 13:44 2:34 0:36 0 0 3 - - - -
Daniel Carr LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 19 15:33 13:12 2:21 0:00 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
Logan Shaw RW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 23 16:11 14:22 0:08 1:41 0 0 2 2 7 8 47
Charles Hudon LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 16 10:35 8:25 2:00 0:10 0 0 2 - - - -
Noah Juulsen D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 30 18:08 16:40 0:10 1:18 0 0 6 1 - - -
Artturi Lehkonen LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 24 18:33 15:20 2:19 0:54 0 0 2 - - - -
Jonathan Drouin LW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 23 18:03 15:08 2:55 0:00 0 0 1 - 9 12 43
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Casey DeSmith G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:50 3:07 5:03 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 14:42 13:46 0:00 0:56 0 0 2 4 - - -
Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 E 2 0 25 16:36 14:48 0:34 1:14 0 0 1 1 - - -
Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 27 20:18 19:19 0:59 0:00 0 0 - 4 - - -
Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 +1 5 1 26 17:16 15:00 0:00 2:16 0 0 3 1 - - -
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 E 0 3 33 22:27 19:40 0:00 2:47 0 0 1 2 - - -
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 11:11 8:14 0:00 2:57 0 0 1 - 8 2 80
Josh Jooris RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 4:44 4:44 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Bryan Rust RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 30 17:41 15:01 0:00 2:40 0 0 4 - - - -
Derick Brassard C 1 0 1 E 0 3 22 15:39 15:05 0:34 0:00 1 0 2 1 8 7 53
Tom Kuhnhackl RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13 7:24 5:29 0:00 1:55 0 0 - - - - -
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 12:14 11:36 0:38 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 31 25:33 20:32 2:08 2:53 0 0 1 - - - -
Jake Guentzel C 1 2 3 +2 2 3 26 15:14 14:36 0:38 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Carl Hagelin LW 0 1 1 E 0 5 26 18:22 15:59 0:00 2:23 0 0 2 - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 -1 0 1 24 19:37 17:02 2:33 0:02 0 0 - 1 8 11 42
Patric Hornqvist RW 1 0 1 -2 0 5 22 18:44 16:09 2:33 0:02 1 0 2 2 0 1 0
Phil Kessel RW 0 2 2 -1 0 4 22 18:06 15:37 2:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 +1 2 4 27 18:12 15:34 2:29 0:09 0 0 1 - 15 12 56
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Carey Price L (15-23-6) 39 34 5 .872 0 60:00
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Casey DeSmith W (5-4-1) 30 27 3 .900 0 60:00