🐧 Away Penguins 9-17-6 before this game
1–4
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🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 16-14-4 before this game
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Penguins at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Penguins 4–1 at Bell Centre on December 22, 2003.

🗓 Mon, Dec 22, 2003 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Sheldon Souray
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 25:37 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 19:59 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Pierre Dagenais
1 G
7 shots · 16:19 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦
17 Shots on goal 37
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
13 Hits 11
18 Blocked shots 12
10 Takeaways 16
14 Giveaways 15
10 Penalty minutes 6
PIT shooting 5.9% (1/17) MTL shooting 10.8% (4/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Sebastien Caron
33/36
.917 SV% · 3 GA · 59:27 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
16/17
.941 SV% · 1 GA · 59:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 9-17-6 (28% win rate, 32 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 16-14-4 (47% win rate, 34 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 9-17-6 (28% win rate, 32 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 16-14-4 (47% win rate, 34 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Fata · Malone · Morozov 19:45
L2 Koltsov · Kraft · Holzinger 17:32
L3 Surovy · Eastwood · Bradley 13:38
L4 McKenna · Buchberger 10:05
D1 Tarnstrom · Strbak 22:58
D2 Boileau · Melichar 17:06
D3 Focht · Orpik 14:08
D4 Bergevin 11:34
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Ribeiro · Bulis 17:54
L2 Juneau · Dackell · Dagenais 16:19
L3 Zednik · Sundstrom · Ryder 13:36
L4 Kilger · Langdon · Gratton 10:35
D1 Souray · Quintal 22:48
D2 Rivet · Bouillon 18:56
D3 Markov · Komisarek 16:10

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 16, 2003
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · Canadiens won
Dec 28, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · Penguins won
Nov 20, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–2 (OT) · Canadiens won
Nov 18, 2002
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–5 (OT) · Canadiens won
Oct 22, 2002
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs MTL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on December 22, 2003?

Canadiens won 4–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Penguins 1, Canadiens 4.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Sebastien Caron made 33 saves on 36 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 16 saves on 17 shots (.941 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?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 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 20
🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT
7–4 · ATL won
Next game · Dec 26
🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT
3–3 · PIT won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 20
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
2–4 · TOR won
Next game · Dec 23
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
Also on December 22, 2003
🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR
2–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🌪️CAR
3–1 final
🐆FLA @ 🏛️OTT
2–3 final
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–2 final
🌵PHX @ 🐯NSH
3–3 final
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
4–4 final
🦆ANA @ 🦈SJS
1–2 final
Penguins season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule