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Pittsburgh Penguins at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 in a shootout on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at home.

Team Goals 2011-2012 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 51-25-6
at Montreal Canadiens 3 31-35-16

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 0 2 0 0 2
Montreal Canadiens 0 1 1 0 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 11 11 9 3 0 34
Montreal Canadiens 10 14 3 3 0 30

Three stars

  1. T. Plekanec, Montreal Canadiens
  2. L. Leblanc, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal)
  3. C. Price, Montreal Canadiens (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 11:21 Montreal Canadiens Louis Leblanc (1) Andrei Kostitsyn (1), Chris Campoli (1) Even strength PIT 0, MTL 1
3rd 01:03 Pittsburgh Penguins Pascal Dupuis (1) Joe Vitale (1) Shorthanded PIT 1, MTL 1
3rd 03:00 Montreal Canadiens Lars Eller (1) Alexei Emelin (1) Even strength PIT 1, MTL 2
3rd 07:32 Pittsburgh Penguins James Neal (1) Evgeni Malkin (1), Paul Martin (1) Even strength PIT 2, MTL 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Montreal Canadiens Rene Bourque Goal
1 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang Saved
2 Montreal Canadiens Max Pacioretty Saved
2 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Goal
3 Montreal Canadiens David Desharnais Saved
3 Pittsburgh Penguins James Neal Saved
4 Montreal Canadiens Erik Cole Saved
4 Pittsburgh Penguins Cal O'Reilly Saved
5 Montreal Canadiens Lars Eller Goal
5 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz Goal
6 Montreal Canadiens Louis Leblanc Saved
6 Pittsburgh Penguins Steve Sullivan Saved
7 Montreal Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn Saved
7 Pittsburgh Penguins Pascal Dupuis Saved
8 Montreal Canadiens Tomas Plekanec Goal (winner)
8 Pittsburgh Penguins Jason Williams Saved

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 34 30
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 8 8
Hits 26 19
Blocked shots 7 14
Giveaways 7 10
Takeaways 6 9
Faceoffs won 31/45 (68.9%) 14/45 (31.1%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
9 P. Dupuis R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 2 1 50% 19:41
14 C. Kunitz L 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 20:13
15 D. Jeffrey L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 66.7% 12:48
16 C. O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 62.5% 13:10
18 J. Neal L 1 0 1 0 4 3 2 0 21:12
19 J. Williams C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12:01
24 M. Cooke L 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 17:51
26 S. Sullivan L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14:04
27 C. Adams R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 100% 13:01
38 C. McDonald R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 08:09
46 J. Vitale C 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 63.6% 11:55
71 E. Malkin C 0 1 1 +1 2 1 0 0 78.6% 23:34
2 M. Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 14:31
4 Z. Michalek D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 2 0 23:10
5 D. Engelland D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 12:09
7 P. Martin D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 3 24:51
44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 24:09
58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 27:31
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 30 28 2 .933 65:00 OT loss

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
11 S. Gomez C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 40% 11:12
14 T. Plekanec C 0 0 0 -2 2 6 3 1 31.3% 23:54
27 R. Bourque R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 18:08
32 T. Moen L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 14:08
46 A. Kostitsyn L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 14:30
51 D. Desharnais C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 57.1% 16:35
52 M. Darche L 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 21:18
67 M. Pacioretty L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 19:03
71 L. Leblanc C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 0 0 15:16
72 E. Cole L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 17:30
81 L. Eller C 1 0 1 +2 2 1 1 1 12.5% 14:25
17 C. Campoli D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 15:13
22 T. Kaberle D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17:07
26 J. Gorges D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 3 24:20
68 Y. Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 13:06
74 A. Emelin D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 0 17:39
75 H. Gill D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 14:40
76 P. Subban D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 26:09
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31 C. Price 34 32 2 .941 64:47 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 02:33 Montreal Canadiens Lars Eller Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 07:19 Montreal Canadiens Tomas Plekanec Slashing 2
2nd 13:17 Pittsburgh Penguins James Neal Cross checking 2
2nd 15:24 Montreal Canadiens Scott Gomez Holding 2
2nd 20:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Craig Adams Tripping 2
3rd 15:18 Pittsburgh Penguins James Neal High sticking 2
OT 05:00 Montreal Canadiens Mathieu Darche Interference 2
OT 05:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Roughing 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Dan Bylsma
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Randy Cunneyworth
Referees
Dennis LaRue, Marc Joannette
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, Michel Cormier
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Richard Park, Tyler Kennedy, Ben Lovejoy
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Ryan White, Raphael Diaz

2011-2012 season series

Matchup Status Details
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final/OT Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final/SO Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final/SO Game page

Other NHL games on Feb 7

Matchup Status Details
New Jersey Devils 1 at New York Rangers 0 Final Game page
New York Islanders 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 0 Final/SO Game page
Florida Panthers 0 at Washington Capitals 4 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 3 at Ottawa Senators 1 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 4 at Nashville Predators 3 Final/SO Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 at Winnipeg Jets 2 Final Game page
Phoenix Coyotes 4 at Dallas Stars 1 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Colorado Avalanche 5 Final Game page

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