🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 1-0 in series
1–4
Final
MTL leads 4–2
🐧 Home Penguins 0-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Canadiens at Penguins — First Round Game 2

Penguins, First Round Game 2, beat Canadiens 4–1 at PPG Paints Arena on April 25, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Apr 25, 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 🐧 PIT
Stu Barnes
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 21:46 TOI · +3
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jaromir Jagr
3 A
4 shots · 23:55 TOI · +3
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Ron Francis
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 21:56 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL PIT🐧
28 Shots on goal 28
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
18 Hits 33
17 Blocked shots 6
6 Takeaways 14
4 Giveaways 15
8 Penalty minutes 10
MTL shooting 3.6% (1/28) PIT shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Andy Moog
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 58:52 TOI
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 42-28-13 (51% win rate, 83 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 48-22-13 (58% win rate, 83 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 42-28-13 (51% win rate, 83 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 48-22-13 (58% win rate, 83 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 21:57
L2 Brunet · Savage · Rucinsky 15:38
L3 Bureau · Stevenson · Hoglund 11:13
L4 Thornton 9:48
D1 Malakhov · Brisebois 25:10
D2 Ulanov · Manson 18:44
D3 Quintal · Popovic 15:14
D4 Zalapski · Rivet 8:38
🐧Penguins
L1 Francis · Barnes · Jagr 21:56
L2 Straka · Lang · Brown 17:07
L3 Hicks · Pronger · Morozov 13:29
L4 Wright · Olczyk 3:08
D1 Hatcher · Werenka 22:34
D2 Kasparaitis · Olausson 20:15
D3 Tamer · Slegr 16:58
D4 Moran 4:53

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 23, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–2 (OT) · Canadiens won
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

❓ MTL vs PIT, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Penguins on April 25, 1998?

Penguins won 4–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Penguins?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Penguins 4.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 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 23
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 27
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · MTL won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 23
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 27
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · MTL won
Also on April 25, 1998
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
1–2 final
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