🐧 Away Penguins 13-11-6 before this game
1–5
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 11-19-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0101
MTL 3205

Penguins at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Penguins 5–1 at Bell Centre on December 20, 1999.

🗓 Mon, Dec 20, 1999 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Karl Dykhuis
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 20:20 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Benoit Brunet
1 G
3 shots · 16:37 TOI · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Scott Thornton
1 G
2 shots · 13:22 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Benoit Brunet Go-ahead 1st · 04:33
Assists: Martin Rucinsky, Karl Dykhuis · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
0–1
🇨🇦 Patrick Poulin 1st · 11:41
Assists: Turner Stevenson, Craig Darby · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
0–2
🇨🇦 Scott Thornton 1st · 13:50
Assists: Dainius Zubrus · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
0–3
2nd period
🇨🇦 Karl Dykhuis SH 2nd · 11:05
Unassisted · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
0–4
🐧 Darius Kasparaitis 2nd · 12:38
Assists: Ian Moran · beat Jeff Hackett
1–4
🇨🇦 Shayne Corson 2nd · 19:52
Assists: Karl Dykhuis · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦
28 Shots on goal 22
25 Hits 29
8 Blocked shots 17
1 Takeaways 16
13 Giveaways 16
28 Penalty minutes 24
PIT shooting 3.6% (1/28) MTL shooting 22.7% (5/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Jean-Sebastien Aubin
11/16
.688 SV% · 5 GA · 40:00 TOI
Peter Skudra Shutout
6/6
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 19:56 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jeff Hackett
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–5
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Titov · Lang · Jagr 22:48
L2 Hrdina · Miller · Kovalev 15:55
L3 Sonnenberg · Wright · Morozov 11:27
L4 Dome · Leach 8:56
D1 Rozsival · Werenka 22:49
D2 Jonsson · Slegr 16:46
D3 Kasparaitis · Popovic 14:53
D4 Moran 12:04
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Rucinsky · Zubrus · Zholtok 18:02
L2 Brunet · Corson · Darby 15:52
L3 Poulin · Thornton · Asham 13:22
L4 Stevenson · Ward · Cummins 8:52
D1 Weinrich · Rivet 23:44
D2 Brisebois · Dykhuis 20:24
D3 Bouillon · Ulanov 15:53

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 10, 1999
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
4–5 · Penguins won
Mar 3, 1999
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
4–4 (OT) · Canadiens won
Feb 9, 1999
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
2–3 (OT) · Penguins won
Jan 31, 1999
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–3 · Penguins won
Nov 28, 1998
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs MTL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on December 20, 1999?

Canadiens won 5–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Penguins 1, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Penguins?

Darius Kasparaitis.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Benoit Brunet, Karl Dykhuis, Patrick Poulin, Scott Thornton, Shayne Corson.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 11 saves on 16 shots (.688 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Canadiens season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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 · Dec 18
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · FLA won
Next game · Dec 21
🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI
4–0 · PIT won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 18
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
1–2 · TOR won
Next game · Dec 23
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
3–3 · MTL won
Also on December 20, 1999
🏔️COL @ 🌪️CAR
4–2 final
🍁TOR @ 🐆FLA
6–4 final
🐙DET @ 🦈SJS
4–3 final
Penguins season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule