🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 0-0 in series
3–2
Final / OT
MTL leads 4–2
🐧 Home Penguins 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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Canadiens at Penguins — First Round Game 1

Canadiens, First Round Game 1, beat Penguins 3–2 in overtime at PPG Paints Arena on April 23, 1998.

🗓 Thu, Apr 23, 1998 · 18:30 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1997-98 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

MTL vs PIT · MTL leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
3–2
OT · MTL
Game 2
1–4
Final · PIT
Game 3
1–3
Final · MTL
Game 4
6–3
Final · PIT
Game 5
5–2
Final · MTL
Game 6
0–3
Final · MTL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Vincent Damphousse
2 A
6 shots · 23:45 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jiri Slegr
2 A
1 shots · 29:04 TOI · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Benoit Brunet
1 G
5 shots · 23:21 TOI
4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andy Moog
34 saves
0.944 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL PIT🐧
40 Shots on goal 36
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
20 Hits 23
13 Blocked shots 11
8 Takeaways 18
13 Giveaways 17
16 Penalty minutes 18
MTL shooting 7.5% (3/40) PIT shooting 5.6% (2/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Andy Moog
34/36
.944 SV% · 2 GA · 78:39 TOI
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
37/40
.925 SV% · 3 GA · 78:31 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 41-28-13 (50% win rate, 82 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 48-22-12 (59% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 41-28-13 (50% win rate, 82 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 48-22-12 (59% win rate, 82 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 26:27
L2 Brunet · Rucinsky · Stevenson 22:04
L3 Savage · Bureau · Hoglund 19:33
L4 Bordeleau 4:05
D1 Malakhov · Ulanov 31:59
D2 Manson · Brisebois 29:42
D3 Zalapski · Popovic 19:18
D4 Quintal · Rivet 10:24
🐧Penguins
L1 Francis · Barnes · Jagr 30:25
L2 Straka · Lang · Brown 22:07
L3 Hicks · Pronger · Morozov 16:12
L4 Wright · Olczyk 4:20
D1 Olausson · Hatcher 29:32
D2 Slegr · Werenka 25:56
D3 Tamer · Kasparaitis 21:38
D4 Moran 5:20

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Feb 25, 1998
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–2 · Penguins won
Dec 27, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
1–0 · Canadiens won
Dec 1, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–0 · Penguins won
Nov 29, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–6 · Penguins won
Oct 15, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–1 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ MTL vs PIT, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Penguins on April 23, 1998?

Canadiens won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Penguins?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Penguins 2, in overtime.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 37 saves on 40 shots (.925 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Penguins played?

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

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 · Apr 18
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 25
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 18
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
2–5 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 25
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
Also on April 23, 1998
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
3–8 final
Canadiens season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule