Penguins 9–2 Canadiens — Final Score & Stats (Dec 12, 2024)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🐧 PIT	1	2	6	9
🇨🇦 MTL	1	1	0	2

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Bryan Rust

3 G, 1 A

6 shots · 15:43 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Rickard Rakell

2 G, 2 A

4 shots · 16:00 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Sidney Crosby

3 A

3 shots · 15:40 TOI

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Nick Suzuki Go-ahead 1st · 02:12

Assists: Cole Caufield · beat Tristan Jarry

0–1

🐧 Rickard Rakell PP Tying 1st · 04:18

Assists: Kris Letang, Matt Grzelcyk · beat Sam Montembeault

1–1

2nd period

🐧 Bryan Rust Go-ahead 2nd · 10:03

Assists: Sidney Crosby · beat Sam Montembeault

2–1

🐧 Bryan Rust 2nd · 13:27

Assists: Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby · beat Sam Montembeault

3–1

🇨🇦 Joel Armia 2nd · 14:36

Assists: Emil Heineman, Jake Evans · beat Tristan Jarry

3–2

3rd period

🐧 Rickard Rakell 3rd · 04:40

Assists: Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby · beat Sam Montembeault

4–2

🐧 Kris Letang PP 3rd · 07:42

Assists: Michael Bunting, Rickard Rakell · beat Sam Montembeault

5–2

🐧 Anthony Beauvillier 3rd · 08:41

Assists: Cody Glass, Drew O'Connor · beat Sam Montembeault

6–2

🐧 Bryan Rust 3rd · 11:56

Unassisted · beat Cayden Primeau

7–2

🐧 Matt Nieto 3rd · 14:20

Assists: Matt Grzelcyk, Blake Lizotte · beat Cayden Primeau

8–2

🐧 Noel Acciari 3rd · 18:42

Unassisted · beat Cayden Primeau

9–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Tomasino · Rakell · Rust 16:00

L2 Bunting · Crosby · Malkin 15:32

L3 O'Connor · Nieto · Glass 13:31

L4 Beauvillier · Acciari · Lizotte 13:01

D1 Letang · Pettersson 23:40

D2 Pickering · Karlsson 19:48

D3 Grzelcyk · Graves 15:54

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Slafkovsky · Suzuki · Caufield 19:46

L2 Laine · Newhook · Armia 15:38

L3 Evans · Dach · Gallagher 13:58

L4 Heineman · Dvorak · Anderson 12:09

D1 Matheson · Guhle 22:40

D2 Xhekaj · Hutson 20:54

D3 Struble · Barron 12:37

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦

33 Shots on goal 23

2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

11 Hits 26

8 Blocked shots 16

7 Takeaways 3

13 Giveaways 15

8 Penalty minutes 6

PIT shooting 27.3% (9/33) MTL shooting 8.7% (2/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Tristan Jarry

21/23

.913 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Sam Montembeault

20/26

.769 SV% · 6 GA · 48:41 TOI

Cayden Primeau

4/7

.571 SV% · 3 GA · 11:19 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

11 of 11 goals located

PIT MTL

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

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 12-14-4 (40% win rate, 30 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 11-14-3 (39% win rate, 28 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 3–0

Nov 22024 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 1–3 Oct 142024 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–3 Feb 222024 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Jan 272024 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 2–3 OT Dec 132023 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3 SO

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❓ PIT vs MTL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on December 12, 2024?

Penguins won 9–2. The final score was Penguins 9, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Rust (3), Rickard Rakell (2), Anthony Beauvillier, Kris Letang, Matt Nieto, Noel Acciari.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Joel Armia, Nick Suzuki.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Sam Montembeault made 20 saves on 26 shots (.769 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeDec 10 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 6–2 AfterDec 14 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 2–3

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeDec 9 🦆ANA @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 AfterDec 14 🇨🇦MTL @ ✈️WPG 2–4

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