🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 30-28-8 before this game
3–0
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 28-24-13 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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PIT 0000

Canadiens at Penguins

Canadiens beat Penguins 3–0 at PPG Paints Arena on March 8, 2000.

🗓 Wed, Mar 8, 2000 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brian Savage
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 12:02 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Craig Darby
2 A
1 shots · 10:28 TOI · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Trevor Linden
1 G
2 shots · 17:07 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Trevor Linden Go-ahead 2nd · 00:20
Assists: Turner Stevenson · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
1–0
🇨🇦 Brian Savage 2nd · 12:37
Assists: Craig Rivet, Craig Darby · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
2–0
3rd period
🇨🇦 Patrick Poulin 3rd · 15:25
Assists: Brian Savage, Craig Darby · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL PIT🐧
27 Shots on goal 24
20 Hits 18
8 Blocked shots 10
5 Takeaways 2
5 Giveaways 15
10 Penalty minutes 6
MTL shooting 11.1% (3/27) PIT shooting 0.0% (0/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jeff Hackett Shutout
24/24
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Jean-Sebastien Aubin
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 30-28-8 (45% win rate, 66 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 28-24-13 (43% win rate, 65 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Corson · Koivu · Linden 17:07
L2 Brunet · Rucinsky · Zholtok 16:30
L3 Poulin · Petrov · Stevenson 14:44
L4 Savage · Darby · Ward 10:28
D1 Weinrich · Rivet 24:52
D2 Brisebois · Souray 19:42
D3 Lachance · Bouillon 15:21
🐧Penguins
L1 Straka · Titov · Hrdina 23:38
L2 Wright · Kovalev · Barnaby 17:58
L3 Falloon · Morozov · Brown 14:06
L4 Sonnenberg · Lang 9:08
D1 Slegr · Jonsson 22:01
D2 Kasparaitis · Moran 19:30
D3 Werenka · Rozsival 13:10
D4 Slaney 3:53

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Jan 22, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–4 · Canadiens won
Dec 20, 1999
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–5 · Canadiens won
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

❓ MTL vs PIT, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Penguins on March 8, 2000?

Canadiens won 3–0.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Penguins?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Penguins 0.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Brian Savage, Patrick Poulin, Trevor Linden.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 24 saves on 24 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Penguins season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Mar 6
🐦ATL @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · MTL won
Next game · Mar 10
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
3–2 · MTL won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Mar 4
🐧PIT @ 🛢️EDM
3–2 · PIT won
Next game · Mar 9
🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT
0–7 · OTT won
Also on March 8, 2000
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 final
🪶CHI @ 🌪️CAR
1–4 final
🔔PHI @ ⚡TBL
3–2 final
🐋VAN @ ⭐DAL
3–3 final
🗽NYR @ 🦆ANA
4–3 final
🐙DET @ 🦈SJS
1–1 final
Canadiens season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule