🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 54-18-2 before this game
7–2
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 40-28-4 before this game
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Canadiens at Penguins

Canadiens beat Penguins 7–2 at PPG Paints Arena on March 18, 1989.

🗓 Sat, Mar 18, 1989 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1988-89 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Bobby Smith
1 G, 4 A
2 shots · +3
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mats Naslund
3 G
5 shots · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Eric Desjardins
3 A
2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL PIT🐧
23 Shots on goal 30
3/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
18 Penalty minutes 16
MTL shooting 30.4% (7/23) PIT shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Wendell Young
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 40:00 TOI
Tom Barrasso
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 20:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 54-18-2 (73% win rate, 74 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 40-28-4 (56% win rate, 72 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 54-18-2 (73% win rate, 74 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 40-28-4 (56% win rate, 72 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Jan 31, 1989
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
5–1 · Canadiens won
Oct 29, 1988
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–4 · Penguins won
Mar 25, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
2–5 · Penguins won
Jan 23, 1988
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 (OT) · Penguins won
Oct 17, 1987
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs PIT, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Penguins on March 18, 1989?

Canadiens won 7–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Penguins?

The final score was Canadiens 7, Penguins 2.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Wendell Young made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Penguins season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Mar 17
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–4 · WSH won
Next game · Mar 22
⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–8 · MTL won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Mar 16
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
2–1 · PIT won
Next game · Mar 20
🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS
2–7 · MNS won
Also on March 18, 1989
🔔PHI @ 🐻BOS
3–6 final
🪶CHI @ 😈NJD
3–1 final
🦅WSH @ 🐳HFD
8–2 final
🗽NYR @ ⚜️QUE
3–8 final
🏝️NYI @ 🐋VAN
1–2 final
✈️WIN @ 🍁TOR
10–2 final
⚔️BUF @ 🌌MNS
0–3 final
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
2–3 final
Canadiens season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule