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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Montreal 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 31, 2018
Where: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Jean Hebert, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen: Andrew Smith, James Tobias
Attendance: 18636
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 2002
Pittsburgh 3025
Periods:
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1
Montreal   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
Takeaway by Paul Byron. 0:08  
Jonathan Drouin shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 0:13  
  0:15 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 0:33  
  0:45 Jake Guentzel hits Jordie Benn.
Shot by Jacob De La Rose misses the net 0:54  
  1:06 Carl Hagelin hits Jordie Benn.
Jacob De La Rose blocks shot from Carl Hagelin. 1:10  
Takeaway by Artturi Lehkonen. 1:23  
Logan Shaw hits Matt Hunwick. 1:43  
Logan Shaw hits Conor Sheary. 1:58  
  2:10 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Logan Shaw.
Charles Hudon blocks shot from Kris Letang. 2:12  
  2:13 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  2:22 Jake Guentzel hits Noah Juulsen.
David Schlemko blocks shot from Zach Aston-Reese. 3:12  
  3:13 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Daniel Carr.
  3:22 Zach Aston-Reese hits David Schlemko.
Daniel Carr blocks shot from Josh Jooris. 3:24  
  3:31 Olli Maatta shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Jacob De La Rose wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 3:32  
  4:48 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  5:07 Riley Sheahan shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Takeaway by Jonathan Drouin. 5:19  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 5:22  
  6:00 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Shot by Artturi Lehkonen misses the net 6:04  
  6:17 Takeaway by Carl Hagelin.
  6:26 Shot by Justin Schultz misses the net
Nicolas Deslauriers hits Olli Maatta. 6:35  
Michael McCarron hits Riley Sheahan. 6:59  
Shot by Noah Juulsen misses the net 7:06  
Giveaway by Jordie Benn. 7:13  
  7:36 Josh Jooris shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Nikita Scherbak blocks shot from Kris Letang. 7:38  
  7:39 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jacob De La Rose.
  7:47 Jake Guentzel hits Karl Alzner.
  7:56 Jake Guentzel hits Noah Juulsen.
Shot by Brendan Gallagher misses the net 8:41  
Jeff Petry scores. Assisted by Brendan Gallagher and Paul Byron. 8:42  
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 8:42  
Brendan Gallagher hits Carl Hagelin. 9:01  
  9:02 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
  9:08 Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher. 9:12  
  9:38 Riley Sheahan shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  9:41 Conor Sheary scores. Assisted by Riley Sheahan and Matt Hunwick.
Logan Shaw wins the faceoff against Josh Jooris. 9:41  
  9:52 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Michael McCarron.
Michael McCarron penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Josh Jooris. 9:57  
  9:57 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Logan Shaw.
  10:17 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  10:18 Patric Hornqvist scores a power play goal. Assisted by Justin Schultz and Phil Kessel.
  10:18 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
Noah Juulsen hits Riley Sheahan. 10:36  
Shot by Karl Alzner misses the net 10:47  
Paul Byron shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 10:54  
Shot by Paul Byron misses the net 10:56  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 10:57  
  11:13 Giveaway by Olli Maatta.
Jordie Benn penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Bryan Rust. 11:33  
  11:33 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Logan Shaw.
  11:47 Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Jeff Petry blocks shot from Phil Kessel. 11:50  
  12:16 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  12:17 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jacob De La Rose.
  12:32 Shot by Patric Hornqvist misses the net
Brett Lernout hits Conor Sheary. 13:33  
Brendan Gallagher blocks shot from Kris Letang. 13:36  
Brendan Gallagher blocks shot from Olli Maatta. 13:45  
Noah Juulsen blocks shot from Olli Maatta. 13:51  
Shot by Jeff Petry misses the net 14:03  
  14:13 Riley Sheahan hits Charles Hudon.
  14:30 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  14:33 Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  14:36 Carl Hagelin scores. Assisted by Evgeni Malkin.
Jacob De La Rose wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 14:36  
  15:06 Carl Hagelin hits Artturi Lehkonen.
  15:25 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Logan Shaw.
  15:35 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  15:35 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Michael McCarron.
  15:44 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  15:45 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  15:48 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  15:49 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
Paul Byron shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 15:59  
Shot by Brendan Gallagher misses the net 16:03  
Paul Byron hits Bryan Rust. 16:08  
  16:15 Sidney Crosby hits Brendan Gallagher.
  16:30 Giveaway by Riley Sheahan.
  16:37 Olli Maatta blocks shot from Artturi Lehkonen.
  16:53 Riley Sheahan blocks shot from Noah Juulsen.
Artturi Lehkonen hits Riley Sheahan. 16:55  
  17:10 Giveaway by Olli Maatta.
Logan Shaw wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 17:35  
Jeff Petry shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 17:39  
  17:46 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Charles Hudon.
  18:03 Zach Aston-Reese hits Jordie Benn.
Michael McCarron hits Brian Dumoulin. 18:56  
  19:05 Jake Guentzel penalty for cross checking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Noah Juulsen.
Alex Galchenyuk wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 19:05  
Paul Byron shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 19:25  
  19:26 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
Jonathan Drouin scores a power play goal. Assisted by Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher. 19:49  
Logan Shaw wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 19:49  
Logan Shaw shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 19:59  
2
Montreal   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  0:11 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  0:18 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
Jordie Benn shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 0:41  
  1:10 Giveaway by Matt Murray.
  1:16 Kris Letang blocks shot from Jacob De La Rose.
Charles Hudon wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 1:28  
  1:38 Carl Hagelin blocks shot Nikita Scherbak shoots
  1:55 Carl Hagelin hits David Schlemko.
David Schlemko blocks shot from Phil Kessel. 2:11  
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Patric Hornqvist. 2:13  
Giveaway by Jonathan Drouin. 2:36  
Noah Juulsen shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 2:59  
Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Josh Jooris. 3:01  
Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Josh Jooris. 3:10  
David Schlemko hits Josh Jooris. 3:23  
  3:30 Zach Aston-Reese hits Brett Lernout.
Daniel Carr penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Matt Hunwick. 3:36  
  3:36 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Logan Shaw.
  3:46 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  3:46 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Artturi Lehkonen shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 3:56  
  4:16 Phil Kessel blocks shot from Brendan Gallagher.
  4:22 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Paul Byron.
Shot by Noah Juulsen misses the net 4:32  
  4:57 Olli Maatta shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Jeff Petry blocks shot from Kris Letang. 5:11  
Giveaway by Noah Juulsen. 5:30  
  5:42 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  5:55 Josh Jooris shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Jordie Benn shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 6:31  
Jacob De La Rose hits Josh Jooris. 6:44  
Giveaway by Alex Galchenyuk. 7:10  
  7:18 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Jeff Petry hits Jake Guentzel. 7:25  
Logan Shaw hits Jamie Oleksiak. 7:49  
Logan Shaw hits Carl Hagelin. 7:58  
Logan Shaw hits Brian Dumoulin. 8:16  
  8:25 Carl Hagelin hits Nikita Scherbak.
  8:50 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Michael McCarron.
  8:55 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Daniel Carr.
  9:04 Conor Sheary blocks shot from Brett Lernout.
Nicolas Deslauriers hits Justin Schultz. 9:34  
  10:13 Bryan Rust hits Jonathan Drouin.
Shot by Jonathan Drouin misses the net 10:18  
Jeff Petry blocks shot from Sidney Crosby. 10:38  
Takeaway by Jonathan Drouin. 10:44  
  10:48 Takeaway by Jake Guentzel.
  10:53 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  11:22 Giveaway by Phil Kessel.
David Schlemko hits Phil Kessel. 11:28  
Jacob De La Rose hits Carl Hagelin. 11:28  
Takeaway by Brett Lernout. 12:19  
  12:24 Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  12:27 Riley Sheahan hits David Schlemko.
  12:33 Takeaway by Conor Sheary.
Brett Lernout hits Riley Sheahan. 12:47  
Charles Hudon hits Riley Sheahan. 12:54  
  13:04 Zach Aston-Reese hits David Schlemko.
Michael McCarron hits Josh Jooris. 13:35  
  13:54 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  14:15 Kris Letang hits Brendan Gallagher.
  14:21 Kris Letang hits Jordie Benn.
  15:05 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Logan Shaw.
  15:29 Takeaway by Carl Hagelin.
  15:39 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Jacob De La Rose wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 15:40  
Brett Lernout hits Riley Sheahan. 16:06  
  16:15 Olli Maatta blocks shot from Jacob De La Rose.
  16:24 Patric Hornqvist blocks shot from Alex Galchenyuk.
  16:37 Riley Sheahan blocks shot from Jeff Petry.
Karl Alzner hits Bryan Rust. 17:46  
  17:46 Sidney Crosby hits Daniel Carr.
  18:27 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
  18:33 Shot by Matt Hunwick misses the net
  18:40 Shot by Carl Hagelin misses the net
  18:44 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Logan Shaw hits Zach Aston-Reese. 19:04  
  19:10 Zach Aston-Reese hits Jordie Benn.
Logan Shaw wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 19:17  
Charles Hudon hits Patric Hornqvist. 19:41  
3
Montreal   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  0:28 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  0:29 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Alex Galchenyuk wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 0:30  
  0:52 Olli Maatta hits Artturi Lehkonen.
Artturi Lehkonen shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 1:02  
  1:50 Giveaway by Riley Sheahan.
  1:53 Matt Hunwick blocks shot from Michael McCarron.
Takeaway by Nikita Scherbak. 1:58  
Noah Juulsen hits Tom Kuhnhackl. 2:20  
  2:25 Zach Aston-Reese hits Michael McCarron.
Nicolas Deslauriers shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 2:48  
  3:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  3:11 Takeaway by Jake Guentzel.
  3:14 Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  3:21 Olli Maatta shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Paul Byron hits Justin Schultz. 3:33  
  3:46 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jacob De La Rose.
Jacob De La Rose hits Phil Kessel. 4:12  
Charles Hudon shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 5:02  
Jeff Petry hits Zach Aston-Reese. 5:41  
Jordie Benn hits Tom Kuhnhackl. 5:44  
  5:49 Shot by Josh Jooris misses the net
  5:51 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
Brett Lernout hits Brian Dumoulin. 6:03  
Jonathan Drouin penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sidney Crosby. 6:26  
  6:26 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Artturi Lehkonen.
  7:18 Phil Kessel scores a power play goal. Assisted by Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
Jacob De La Rose wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 7:18  
  7:30 Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
Alex Galchenyuk penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Conor Sheary. 7:32  
Jacob De La Rose wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 7:32  
  7:46 Justin Schultz blocks shot from Jacob De La Rose.
  8:21 Giveaway by Sidney Crosby.
Paul Byron shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 8:26  
  9:07 Riley Sheahan scores a power play goal. Assisted by Olli Maatta and Kris Letang.
Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Josh Jooris. 9:07  
  9:16 Josh Jooris hits Daniel Carr.
  9:40 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Brendan Gallagher.
  10:01 Tom Kuhnhackl blocks shot from David Schlemko.
  10:02 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Brendan Gallagher.
Brett Lernout hits Jake Guentzel. 10:10  
Paul Byron hits Kris Letang. 10:19  
Jordie Benn shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 10:44  
Jacob De La Rose wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 10:46  
  10:51 Justin Schultz hits Artturi Lehkonen.
  11:00 Takeaway by Patric Hornqvist.
  11:19 Riley Sheahan blocks shot from Karl Alzner.
  11:33 Tom Kuhnhackl hits Karl Alzner.
Noah Juulsen hits Carl Hagelin. 11:48  
Nikita Scherbak hits Matt Hunwick. 12:08  
  12:11 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Michael McCarron.
Brett Lernout hits Brian Dumoulin. 12:17  
  12:42 Josh Jooris blocks shot from Brett Lernout.
  13:29 Takeaway by Olli Maatta.
Karl Alzner shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 13:53  
  13:57 Olli Maatta hits Karl Alzner.
  14:02 Sidney Crosby hits Noah Juulsen.
Alex Galchenyuk shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 14:17  
  14:17 Giveaway by Jamie Oleksiak.
Brett Lernout shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 14:25  
Logan Shaw wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 14:52  
Logan Shaw wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 15:07  
  15:31 Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  15:32 Riley Sheahan shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  15:33 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Antti Niemi.
  15:34 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Michael McCarron.
  15:59 Matt Hunwick hits Daniel Carr.
Paul Byron hits Olli Maatta. 16:28  
David Schlemko shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 16:48  
  17:34 Conor Sheary hits Artturi Lehkonen.
Jordie Benn shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 18:04  
  18:34 Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Nikita Scherbak.
  18:41 Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Noah Juulsen.
Logan Shaw shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 18:49  
  18:57 Olli Maatta hits Nikita Scherbak.
  19:06 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Michael McCarron.
Shot by Michael McCarron misses the net 19:37