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2008-09 regular season

Canadiens at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Canadiens beat Penguins 3–2 at PPG Paints Arena on December 27, 2008.

MTL – PIT
19–34
Shots on goal
21–28
Hits
24–11
Blocked shots
3–3
Takeaways
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andrei Kostitsyn
3 G
6 shots · 17:15 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Tomas Plekanec
2 A
1 shots · 18:55 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Carey Price
32 saves
0.941 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn Go-ahead 1st · 01:15
Assists: Tomas Plekanec, Josh Gorges · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
🐧 Pascal Dupuis Tying 1st · 14:44
Assists: Ryan Whitney, Sidney Crosby · beat Carey Price
1–1
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn Go-ahead 1st · 19:58
Assists: Tomas Plekanec, Alex Kovalev · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–1
2nd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby Tying 2nd · 05:51
Assists: Pascal Dupuis, Brooks Orpik · beat Carey Price
2–2
3rd period
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn Go-ahead 3rd · 02:21
Unassisted · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Kostitsyn · Plekanec · Kovalev 18:55
L2 Kostitsyn · Lang · Lapierre 16:16
L3 Tanguay · Begin · Kostopoulos 13:21
L4 Latendresse · Maxwell · D'Agostini 10:12
D1 Markov · Komisarek 26:16
D2 Hamrlik · Gorges 20:15
D3 Bouillon · Brisebois 13:20
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Sykora 24:34
L2 Fedotenko · Staal · Dupuis 18:45
L3 Cooke · Talbot · Satan 14:59
L4 Jeffrey · Bissonnette · Wallace 6:17
D1 Whitney · Goligoski 23:05
D2 Boucher · Orpik 17:19
D3 Scuderi · Eaton 15:27

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL PIT🐧
19 Shots on goal 34
21 Hits 28
24 Blocked shots 11
3 Takeaways 3
7 Giveaways 9
10 Penalty minutes 2
MTL shooting 15.8% (3/19) PIT shooting 5.9% (2/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
32/34
.941 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
16/19
.842 SV% · 3 GA · 58:56 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-0-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-2 (75% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 2-1-4 (29% win rate, 7 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 3-1-1 (60% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Feb 212008 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4 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
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Who won Canadiens vs Penguins on December 27, 2008?

Canadiens won 3–2. The final score was Canadiens 3, Penguins 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Andrei Kostitsyn (3).

Who scored for Penguins?

Pascal Dupuis, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves on 19 shots (.842 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 21 🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 AfterDec 29 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 5–2
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 26 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 1–0 AfterDec 30 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 5–2
Also on December 27
🔔PHI 0–3 🧥CBJ 🐻BOS 4–2 🌪️CAR 🏝️NYI 3–4 ⚔️BUF 🐆FLA 4–6 ⚡TBL 😈NJD 4–2 🗽NYR 🦆ANA 3–4 ⭐DAL 🦈SJS 2–3 🎵STL 👑LAK 4–0 🌵PHX
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