🐧 Away Penguins 3-2 in series
0–3
Final
MTL leads 4–2
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 2-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0000
MTL 0003

Penguins at Canadiens — First Round Game 6

Canadiens, First Round Game 6, beat Penguins 3–0 at Bell Centre on May 3, 1998.

🗓 Sun, May 3, 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
Saku Koivu
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 16:14 TOI · +1
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mark Recchi
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 23:12 TOI · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Shayne Corson
2 A
3 shots · 22:28 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦
21 Shots on goal 23
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
16 Hits 15
3 Blocked shots 12
1 Takeaways 3
7 Giveaways 15
6 Penalty minutes 12
PIT shooting 0.0% (0/21) MTL shooting 13.0% (3/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
20/23
.870 SV% · 3 GA · 58:49 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Andy Moog Shutout
21/21
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:56 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 50-24-13 (57% win rate, 87 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 44-30-13 (51% win rate, 87 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 50-24-13 (57% win rate, 87 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 44-30-13 (51% win rate, 87 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Francis · Barnes · Jagr 24:46
L2 Lang · Straka · Olczyk 18:32
L3 Hicks · Brown · Morozov 10:24
L4 Johansson · Wright 2:56
D1 Hatcher · Slegr 25:00
D2 Olausson · Werenka 20:06
D3 Gronman · Tamer 14:32
D4 Moran 9:26
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 22:28
L2 Brunet · Rucinsky · Bureau 18:02
L3 Savage · Koivu · Stevenson 14:43
L4 Thornton · Hoglund 2:00
D1 Malakhov · Brisebois 27:11
D2 Popovic · Manson 22:43
D3 Ulanov · Quintal 10:32
D4 Zalapski 3:27

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 1, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · Canadiens won
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

❓ PIT vs MTL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on May 3, 1998?

Canadiens won 3–0.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Penguins 0, Canadiens 3.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 21 saves on 21 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 · May 1
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · MTL won
Next game · Oct 10
🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI
4–3 · PIT won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · May 1
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · MTL won
Next game · May 8
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 · BUF won
Also on May 3, 1998
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
3–2 final
🐙DET @ 🌵PHX
5–2 final
Penguins season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule