National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Montreal 3
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 7:00 PM
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 TOI
Carey Price G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Antti Niemi G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Jordie Benn D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 17:41
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 1 1 E 2 5 17:51
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 10:29
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 19:50
Jacob De La Rose LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 15:47
Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20:52
Alex Galchenyuk LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18:46
Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19:23
Michael McCarron RW 0 0 0 E 5 1 8:33
Brett Lernout D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 19:08
Nikita Scherbak RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 13:37
Paul Byron LW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 16:54
Daniel Carr LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 15:33
Logan Shaw RW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 16:11
Charles Hudon LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 10:35
Noah Juulsen D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 18:08
Artturi Lehkonen LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 18:33
Jonathan Drouin LW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 18:03
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Casey DeSmith G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:42
Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 E 2 0 16:36
Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 20:18
Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 +1 5 1 17:16
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 E 0 3 22:27
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 11:11
Josh Jooris RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 4:44
Bryan Rust RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 17:41
Derick Brassard C 1 0 1 E 0 3 15:39
Tom Kuhnhackl RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 7:24
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 12:14
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 25:33
Jake Guentzel C 1 2 3 +2 2 3 15:14
Carl Hagelin LW 0 1 1 E 0 5 18:22
Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 -1 0 1 19:37
Patric Hornqvist RW 1 0 1 -2 0 5 18:44
Phil Kessel RW 0 2 2 -1 0 4 18:06
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 +1 2 4 18:12
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