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2007-08 regular season

Penguins at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Season series tied 2–2

Penguins beat Canadiens 5–4 at Bell Centre on February 21, 2008.

PIT – MTL
30–21
Shots on goal
2/4–2/3
Power play
24–28
Hits
16–15
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 23:22 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Ryan Whitney
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 17:04 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Ryan Malone
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 20:10 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Ryan Whitney Go-ahead 1st · 06:46
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Petr Sykora · beat Cristobal Huet
1–0
🐧 Jarkko Ruutu 1st · 18:47
Unassisted · beat Cristobal Huet
2–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu 2nd · 03:27
Assists: Sergei Kostitsyn, Ryan O'Byrne · beat Dany Sabourin
2–1
🐧 Ryan Malone PP 2nd · 06:59
Assists: Ryan Whitney, Petr Sykora · beat Cristobal Huet
3–1
🇨🇦 Chris Higgins PP 2nd · 18:07
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Andrei Markov · beat Dany Sabourin
3–2
3rd period
🇨🇦 Michael Ryder Tying 3rd · 00:21
Assists: Mark Streit, Josh Gorges · beat Dany Sabourin
3–3
🇨🇦 Roman Hamrlik PP Go-ahead 3rd · 03:25
Assists: Saku Koivu, Alex Kovalev · beat Dany Sabourin
3–4
🐧 Evgeni Malkin Tying 3rd · 10:22
Assists: Ryan Malone · beat Cristobal Huet
4–4
🐧 Sergei Gonchar PP Go-ahead 3rd · 10:58
Assists: Ryan Whitney, Evgeni Malkin · beat Cristobal Huet
5–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malone · Malkin · Staal 20:42
L2 Talbot · Sykora · Armstrong 16:43
L3 Taffe · Ruutu · Kennedy 12:30
L4 James · Smith · Laraque 7:31
D1 Gonchar · Scuderi 25:50
D2 Orpik · Letang 19:08
D3 Whitney · Sydor 15:02
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Kostitsyn · Plekanec · Kovalev 20:17
L2 Higgins · Kostitsyn · Koivu 15:20
L3 Lapierre · Smolinski · Ryder 11:43
L4 Latendresse · Dandenault 9:08
D1 Markov · Hamrlik 21:44
D2 Komisarek · Streit 19:02
D3 Bouillon · Gorges 17:57
D4 O'Byrne 13:53

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦
30 Shots on goal 21
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3
24 Hits 28
16 Blocked shots 15
8 Takeaways 12
8 Giveaways 15
11 Penalty minutes 23
PIT shooting 16.7% (5/30) MTL shooting 19.0% (4/21)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Dany Sabourin
17/21
.810 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet
25/30
.833 SV% · 5 GA · 58:42 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 4-1-1 (67% win rate, 6 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 3–2
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 15-1-2 (83% win rate, 18 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-4-5 (10% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2
Jan 192008 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–0 Oct 272007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 4–3 SO Oct 102007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 3–2 Mar 162007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 3–6 Feb 42007 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 OT
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PIT vs MTL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on February 21, 2008?

Penguins won 5–4. The final score was Penguins 5, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin, Jarkko Ruutu, Ryan Malone, Ryan Whitney, Sergei Gonchar.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Chris Higgins, Michael Ryder, Roman Hamrlik, Saku Koivu.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Dany Sabourin made 17 saves on 21 shots (.810 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 25 saves on 30 shots (.833 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 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeFeb 19 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 2–3 AfterFeb 23 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 4–3
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeFeb 19 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–6 AfterFeb 23 🧥CBJ @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–0
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