🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 19-13-7 before this game

1–0

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 23-11-4 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	0	0	1
PIT	0	0	0	0

Canadiens at Penguins

Canadiens beat Penguins 1–0 at PPG Paints Arena on December 27, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Dec 27, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Scott Thornton

1 G

1 shots · 08:04 TOI · +1

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Patrice Brisebois

1 A

3 shots · 24:00 TOI · +1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Dave Manson

1 A

1 shots · 21:59 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL PIT🐧

28 Shots on goal 19

6 Hits 20

8 Blocked shots 18

2 Takeaways 14

8 Giveaways 20

6 Penalty minutes 6

MTL shooting 3.6% (1/28) PIT shooting 0.0% (0/19)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Andy Moog

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐧Penguins

Peter Skudra

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 56:36 TOI

Tom Barrasso

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 02:02 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 19-13-7 (49% win rate, 39 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 23-11-4 (61% win rate, 38 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 19-13-7 (49% win rate, 39 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 23-11-4 (61% win rate, 38 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 21:21

L2 Rucinsky · Savage · Koivu 16:44

L3 Brunet · Bureau · Bure 15:26

L4 Thornton · Tucker 7:10

D1 Brisebois · Malakhov 23:28

D2 Manson · Quintal 19:07

D3 Popovic · Clark 13:42

D4 Cullimore 2:17

🐧Penguins

L1 Barnes · Lang · Brown 21:44

L2 Dome · Francis · Straka 20:25

L3 Johansson · Wright · Morozov 13:33

L4 Jagr 4:35

D1 Hatcher · Werenka 22:08

D2 Slegr · Olausson 19:08

D3 Kasparaitis · Moran 15:39

D4 Wilkinson · Tamer 10:08

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →

1–1 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ MTL vs PIT, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Penguins on December 27, 1997?

Canadiens won 1–0.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Penguins?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Penguins 0.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

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

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Peter Skudra made 0 saves on 1 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?

Penguins lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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 · Dec 23

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Dec 26

Also on December 27, 1997

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