🐧 Away Penguins 1-1 in series
1–3
Final
MTL leads 4–2
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 1-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0001
MTL 0003

Penguins at Canadiens — First Round Game 3

Canadiens, First Round Game 3, beat Penguins 3–1 at Bell Centre on April 27, 1998.

🗓 Mon, Apr 27, 1998 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 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
Shayne Corson
2 G
4 shots · 20:02 TOI · +1
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mark Recchi
2 A
2 shots · 21:32 TOI · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Vincent Damphousse
2 A
19:59 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦
20 Shots on goal 22
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
10 Hits 28
12 Blocked shots 9
5 Takeaways 6
14 Giveaways 8
12 Penalty minutes 16
PIT shooting 5.0% (1/20) MTL shooting 13.6% (3/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
19/22
.864 SV% · 3 GA · 59:15 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Andy Moog
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 59:48 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 49-22-13 (58% win rate, 84 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 42-29-13 (50% win rate, 84 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 49-22-13 (58% win rate, 84 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 42-29-13 (50% win rate, 84 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Francis · Barnes · Jagr 24:17
L2 Straka · Lang · Brown 15:47
L3 Hicks · Pronger · Morozov 11:13
L4 Wright · Olczyk 3:36
D1 Hatcher · Olausson 24:48
D2 Slegr · Werenka 21:08
D3 Kasparaitis · Tamer 12:13
D4 Moran 3:15
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Corson · Bureau · Recchi 20:02
L2 Rucinsky · Brunet · Damphousse 18:23
L3 Savage · Thornton · Stevenson 11:28
L4 Bordeleau · Hoglund 1:12
D1 Manson · Malakhov 22:58
D2 Brisebois · Popovic 20:56
D3 Ulanov · Zalapski 15:24
D4 Quintal 14:05

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 25, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · Penguins won
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

❓ PIT vs MTL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on April 27, 1998?

Canadiens won 3–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Penguins 1, Canadiens 3.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 25
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 29
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 · PIT won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 25
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 29
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 · PIT won
Also on April 27, 1998
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
1–6 final
🎵STL @ 👑LAK
4–3 final
Penguins season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule