🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 2-2 in series
5–2
Final
MTL leads 4–2
🐧 Home Penguins 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Canadiens at Penguins — First Round Game 5

Canadiens, First Round Game 5, beat Penguins 5–2 at PPG Paints Arena on May 1, 1998.

🗓 Fri, May 1, 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
Mark Recchi
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · 20:43 TOI · +3
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Shayne Corson
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 23:15 TOI · +4
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Vincent Damphousse
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 17:39 TOI · +2
4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andy Moog
32 saves
0.941 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL PIT🐧
29 Shots on goal 34
28 Hits 24
9 Blocked shots 12
10 Takeaways 9
9 Giveaways 11
6 Penalty minutes 6
MTL shooting 17.2% (5/29) PIT shooting 5.9% (2/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Andy Moog
32/34
.941 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
24/28
.857 SV% · 4 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 43-30-13 (50% win rate, 86 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 50-23-13 (58% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 43-30-13 (50% win rate, 86 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 50-23-13 (58% win rate, 86 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Corson · Bureau · Recchi 20:43
L2 Rucinsky · Koivu · Damphousse 17:39
L3 Brunet · Thornton · Stevenson 11:55
L4 Poulin · Hoglund 4:14
D1 Malakhov · Popovic 25:32
D2 Brisebois · Manson 21:22
D3 Zalapski · Ulanov 17:20
D4 Rivet 10:45
🐧Penguins
L1 Francis · Barnes · Jagr 24:43
L2 Lang · Straka · Brown 15:42
L3 Hicks · Morozov · Olczyk 12:15
L4 Pronger · Wright 4:06
D1 Olausson · Slegr 26:16
D2 Werenka · Hatcher 21:21
D3 Tamer · Moran 12:38
D4 Kasparaitis 4:37

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 29, 1998
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 · Penguins won
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

❓ MTL vs PIT, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Penguins on May 1, 1998?

Canadiens won 5–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Penguins?

The final score was Canadiens 5, Penguins 2.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 24 saves on 28 shots (.857 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 29
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 · PIT won
Next game · May 3
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–3 · MTL won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 29
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 · PIT won
Next game · May 3
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–3 · MTL won
Also on May 1, 1998
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
3–2 final
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
4–0 final
Canadiens season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule