🐧 Away Penguins 24-22-5
2–4
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 28-16-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 1012
🇨🇦 MTL 1214

Penguins at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Penguins 4–2 at Bell Centre on February 3, 2009.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Roman Hamrlik
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 21:09 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andrei Kostitsyn
1 G
3 shots · 16:22 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Chris Higgins
1 G
2 shots · 18:58 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Luca Caputi Go-ahead 1st · 02:30
Assists: Bill Thomas, Rob Scuderi · beat Carey Price
1–0
🇨🇦 Roman Hamrlik Tying 1st · 04:31
Assists: Sergei Kostitsyn · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Chris Higgins SH Go-ahead 2nd · 11:05
Unassisted · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–2
🇨🇦 Maxim Lapierre 2nd · 15:07
Assists: Max Pacioretty, Roman Hamrlik · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–3
3rd period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP 3rd · 10:33
Assists: Alex Goligoski · beat Carey Price
2–3
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn 3rd · 15:45
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Tomas Plekanec · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Staal 20:10
L2 Talbot · Sykora · Dupuis 17:47
L3 Caputi · Cooke · Satan 15:11
L4 Minard · Thomas · Godard 4:31
D1 Whitney · Letang 24:09
D2 Goligoski · Eaton 19:58
D3 Orpik · Scuderi 15:54
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Plekanec · Kovalev 18:58
L2 Kostitsyn · Koivu · D'Agostini 16:39
L3 Pacioretty · Kostitsyn · Lapierre 12:35
L4 Begin · Kostopoulos 10:11
D1 Markov · Hamrlik 21:20
D2 Gorges · Komisarek 20:10
D3 Bouillon · O'Byrne 18:28
D4 Henry 5:42

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦
25 Shots on goal 35
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
20 Hits 20
16 Blocked shots 23
6 Takeaways 20
13 Giveaways 9
11 Penalty minutes 17
PIT shooting 8.0% (2/25) MTL shooting 11.4% (4/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
31/35
.886 SV% · 4 GA · 58:50 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 7-9-1 (41% win rate, 17 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 8-5-3 (50% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-6 (25% win rate, 8 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 2–0
Dec 272008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 3–2 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
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Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on February 3, 2009?

Canadiens won 4–2. The final score was Penguins 2, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin, Luca Caputi.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Andrei Kostitsyn, Chris Higgins, Maxim Lapierre, Roman Hamrlik.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves on 35 shots (.886 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 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.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeJan 31 🐧PIT @ 🍁TOR 4–5 AfterFeb 4 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 3–4
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeFeb 1 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 AfterFeb 6 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–3
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