🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 1-0-1 before this game
3–0
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 1-1-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 2103
PIT 0000

Canadiens at Penguins

Canadiens beat Penguins 3–0 at PPG Paints Arena on October 8, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Oct 8, 1997 · 18:00 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Vladimir Malakhov
3 A
3 shots · 20:36 TOI · +1
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
2 A
17:10 TOI · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Valeri Bure
1 G
6 shots · 13:04 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Mark Recchi Go-ahead 1st · 00:11
Assists: Saku Koivu, Vladimir Malakhov · beat Tom Barrasso
1–0
🇨🇦 Shayne Corson PP 1st · 01:55
Assists: Saku Koivu, Vladimir Malakhov · beat Tom Barrasso
2–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Valeri Bure PP 2nd · 14:37
Assists: Vladimir Malakhov, Martin Rucinsky · beat Tom Barrasso
3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL PIT🐧
27 Shots on goal 26
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/8
8 Hits 11
4 Blocked shots 9
6 Takeaways 3
9 Giveaways 16
53 Penalty minutes 35
MTL shooting 11.1% (3/27) PIT shooting 0.0% (0/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Andy Moog
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:48 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–0
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Damphousse · Koivu · Recchi 17:30
L2 Corson · Brunet · Rucinsky 15:40
L3 Bordeleau · Bure · Richer 12:31
L4 Thornton · Stevenson · Tucker 10:12
D1 Manson · Quintal 25:04
D2 Malakhov · Brisebois 19:40
D3 Rivet · Clark 14:31
🐧Penguins
L1 Francis · Barnes · Jagr 21:31
L2 Straka · Brown · Ferraro 15:47
L3 Johansson · Ferraro · Morozov 11:54
L4 Valk · Hicks · Wright 10:10
D1 Hatcher · Olausson 23:30
D2 Werenka · Kasparaitis 21:24
D3 Tamer · Slegr 13:25

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 26, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–8 · Canadiens won
Mar 10, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
2–2 (OT) · Canadiens won
Feb 5, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 · Penguins won
Jan 26, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–2 · Penguins won
Dec 26, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–3 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs PIT, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Penguins on October 8, 1997?

Canadiens won 3–0.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Penguins?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Penguins 0.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mark Recchi, Shayne Corson, Valeri Bure.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Oct 4
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–1 · MTL won
Next game · Oct 11
🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–2 · PHI won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Oct 4
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
5–3 · FLA won
Next game · Oct 9
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
1–3 · PHI won
Also on October 8, 1997
🔔PHI @ 😈NJD
1–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🐙DET
1–3 final
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
6–3 final
🗽NYR @ 🛢️EDM
3–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🌵PHX
3–2 final
Canadiens season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule