Penguins 5–3 Canadiens — Final Score & Stats (Mar 15, 2018)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🐧 PIT	2	1	2	5
🇨🇦 MTL	2	1	0	3

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Patric Hornqvist

2 G, 1 A

10 shots · 18:07 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Bryan Rust

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 14:19 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Evgeni Malkin

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 20:05 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Artturi Lehkonen Go-ahead 1st · 03:15

Assists: Jeff Petry, Alex Galchenyuk · beat Tristan Jarry

0–1

🇨🇦 Paul Byron PP 1st · 06:31

Assists: Brendan Gallagher, Alex Galchenyuk · beat Tristan Jarry

0–2

🐧 Phil Kessel 1st · 10:05

Assists: Bryan Rust, Derick Brassard · beat Antti Niemi

1–2

🐧 Patric Hornqvist Tying 1st · 14:33

Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang · beat Antti Niemi

2–2

2nd period

🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP Go-ahead 2nd · 10:30

Assists: Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby · beat Antti Niemi

3–2

🇨🇦 Nicolas Deslauriers Tying 2nd · 12:57

Assists: Daniel Carr, Jonathan Drouin · beat Tristan Jarry

3–3

3rd period

🐧 Patric Hornqvist Go-ahead 3rd · 12:24

Assists: Carl Hagelin, Brian Dumoulin · beat Antti Niemi

4–3

🐧 Bryan Rust Empty net 3rd · 18:07

Assists: Patric Hornqvist, Jamie Oleksiak

5–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Hagelin · Crosby · Malkin 20:05

L2 Guentzel · Hornqvist · Kessel 18:07

L3 Sheary · Brassard · Rust 14:19

L4 Sheahan · Rowney · Kuhnhackl 7:32

D1 Letang · Schultz 22:00

D2 Ruhwedel · Dumoulin 18:52

D3 Oleksiak · Maatta 18:16

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Drouin · Byron · Gallagher 18:52

L2 Lehkonen · de la Rose · Galchenyuk 16:57

L3 Hudon · Scherbak · Shaw 12:48

L4 Deslauriers · Carr · Froese 10:57

D1 Petry · Reilly 23:36

D2 Alzner · Juulsen 19:42

D3 Benn · Lernout 16:31

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦

39 Shots on goal 20

1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/1

27 Hits 29

16 Blocked shots 14

5 Takeaways 8

13 Giveaways 14

2 Penalty minutes 4

PIT shooting 12.8% (5/39) MTL shooting 15.0% (3/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Tristan Jarry

17/20

.850 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Antti Niemi

34/38

.895 SV% · 4 GA · 58:04 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located

PIT MTL

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–2

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 13-10-2 (52% win rate, 25 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 13-15-9 (35% win rate, 37 games)

After 2nd — 3–3

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 13-6-1 (65% win rate, 20 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 6-5-6 (35% win rate, 17 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Jan 182017 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–1 Dec 312016 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 3–4 OT Oct 182016 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–4 Jan 92016 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 Nov 112015 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 3–4 SO

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❓ PIT vs MTL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on March 15, 2018?

Penguins won 5–3. The final score was Penguins 5, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Patric Hornqvist (2), Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Artturi Lehkonen, Nicolas Deslauriers, Paul Byron.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 17 saves on 20 shots (.850 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Antti Niemi made 34 saves on 38 shots (.895 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?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeMar 14 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 3–4 AfterMar 20 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 1–4

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeMar 13 ⭐DAL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 AfterMar 17 🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR 0–4

Also on March 15

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