🐧 Away Penguins 2-1 in series
6–3
Final
MTL leads 4–2
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 1-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Penguins at Canadiens — First Round Game 4

Penguins, First Round Game 4, beat Canadiens 6–3 at Bell Centre on April 29, 1998.

🗓 Wed, Apr 29, 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 🐧 PIT
Jaromir Jagr
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 25:30 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Ron Francis
3 A
1 shots · 24:24 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Stu Barnes
2 A
1 shots · 24:05 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦
20 Shots on goal 30
3/9 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
16 Hits 21
10 Blocked shots 6
5 Takeaways 4
4 Giveaways 11
18 Penalty minutes 32
PIT shooting 30.0% (6/20) MTL shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 59:49 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore Shutout
10/10
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 34:59 TOI
Andy Moog
4/9
.444 SV% · 5 GA · 22:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 49-23-13 (58% win rate, 85 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 43-29-13 (51% win rate, 85 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 49-23-13 (58% win rate, 85 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 43-29-13 (51% win rate, 85 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Francis · Barnes · Jagr 24:24
L2 Straka · Lang · Brown 15:05
L3 Pronger · Olczyk · Morozov 8:03
L4 Hicks · Wright 6:09
D1 Werenka · Hatcher 23:12
D2 Slegr · Olausson 20:47
D3 Kasparaitis · Tamer 15:50
D4 Moran 9:15
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 24:49
L2 Rucinsky · Thornton · Bureau 13:37
L3 Bordeleau · Hoglund · Stevenson 10:32
L4 Brunet · Savage 4:56
D1 Malakhov · Brisebois 24:38
D2 Manson · Ulanov 17:38
D3 Popovic · Zalapski 15:08
D4 Quintal 10:10

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 27, 1998
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · Canadiens won
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

❓ PIT vs MTL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on April 29, 1998?

Penguins won 6–3.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Penguins 6, Canadiens 3.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 10 saves on 10 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

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 27
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · MTL won
Next game · May 1
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · MTL won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 27
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · MTL won
Next game · May 1
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · MTL won
Also on April 29, 1998
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
1–4 final
🎵STL @ 👑LAK
2–1 final
Penguins season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule