🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 1-3-1
1–3
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 4-2-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🇨🇦 MTL 0011
🐧 PIT 1113

Canadiens at Penguins

Penguins beat Canadiens 3–1 at PPG Paints Arena on October 20, 2011.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Deryk Engelland
2 A
1 shots · 14:06 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Joe Vitale
1 G
2 shots · 11:19 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
James Neal
1 G
2 shots · 17:18 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 James Neal Go-ahead 1st · 08:55
Assists: Steve Sullivan, Richard Park · beat Carey Price
0–1
2nd period
🐧 Joe Vitale 2nd · 02:38
Assists: Deryk Engelland · beat Carey Price
0–2
3rd period
🐧 Arron Asham 3rd · 05:20
Assists: Deryk Engelland, Matt Niskanen · beat Carey Price
0–3
🇨🇦 Mathieu Darche 3rd · 18:24
Assists: Brian Gionta, Yannick Weber · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Cammalleri · Plekanec · Gionta 19:38
L2 Pacioretty · Desharnais · Eller 15:39
L3 Moen · Cole · Darche 13:47
L4 Kostitsyn · Engqvist · Gomez 7:28
D1 Subban · Gorges 24:02
D2 Weber · Gill 19:06
D3 Diaz · Emelin 16:14
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Cooke · Staal 21:30
L2 Neal · Sullivan · Dupuis 17:01
L3 Letestu · Adams · Park 13:02
L4 Jeffrey · Vitale · Asham 9:42
D1 Martin · Michalek 25:20
D2 Orpik · Niskanen 17:47
D3 Engelland · Lovejoy 13:05

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL PIT🐧
28 Shots on goal 32
15 Hits 26
13 Blocked shots 11
3 Takeaways 2
4 Giveaways 4
10 Penalty minutes 8
MTL shooting 3.6% (1/28) PIT shooting 9.4% (3/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 58:32 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
James Neal · 1st 08:55 · 0–1 Joe Vitale · 2nd 02:38 · 0–2 Arron Asham · 3rd 05:20 · 0–3 Mathieu Darche · 3rd 18:24 · 1–3
MTL PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-0-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Mar 122011 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 3–0 Jan 122011 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–2 Jan 62011 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2 SO Oct 92010 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 3–2 May 122010 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 5–2
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❓ MTL vs PIT, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Penguins on October 20, 2011?

Penguins won 3–1. The final score was Canadiens 1, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mathieu Darche.

Who scored for Penguins?

Arron Asham, James Neal, Joe Vitale.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 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?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeOct 18 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 AfterOct 22 🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4
🐧 Penguins
BeforeOct 18 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 4–2 AfterOct 22 😈NJD @ 🐧PIT 1–4
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