Jansen Harkins decided in a shootout and the Penguins won 4-3 against the Canadiens in Montreal on Wednesday night.
Game Highlights:
Renewal :
05:00 – Neither team manages to score a goal. Equality remains. It will therefore be decided in a shootout.
01:04 – Evgeni Malkin (PIT) is sent off for tripping Cole Caufield.
00:00 – Extra time begins.
3rd period:
8:00 p.m. – End of the 3rd hour of play. Directional expansion!
16:58 – Drew O’Connor (PIT) is penalized for mowing down Samuel Montembeault.
03:00 – Kristopher Letang (PIT) is sent off for hitting Cole Caufield with a stick.
00:00 – The confrontation continues.
2nd period:
8:00 p.m. – End of the 2nd hour of play. It’s a 3:3 deadlock.
11:01 – GOAL – Sidney Crosby’s perfect wrist shot lands behind Samuel Montembeault. His second goal of the game, this time scored on the power play, ensured a 3-3 tie.
Crosby thwarts Montembeault with perfect shot –
10:15 – Juraj Slafkovsky takes a high stick penalty.
05:36 – GOAL – Jake Guentzel scores at 5-on-4. His 13th goal of the season allows the Penguins to reduce the deficit to 3-2. As a result, Sidney Crosby gets his second point of the game.
Güntzel scores in the power play –
04:26 – The Canadiens are penalized for having too many men on the ice.
02:27 – Johnathan Kovacevic (MTL) is penalized for an obstructive gesture against Radim Zohorna.
00:00 – The meeting begins again.
1. Period:
8:00 p.m. – End of the first hour of play. 3-1 Montreal. This is the first time this season that the Habs have scored three goals in one period.
3:20 p.m. – GOAL – Sean Monahan gives Montreal two goals with a rebound on the power play. It’s 3:1.
An easy target for Monahan –
14:53 – Marcus Pettersson (PIT) is penalized for an obstructive gesture against Cole Caufield.
13:48 – GOAL – Sidney Crosby takes advantage of a mistake by Kaiden Guhle in his area and scores his 16th goal of the season. The deficit is reduced to 2:1.
Crosby takes advantage of Guhle turnaround –
12:21 – GOAL -Jayden Struble again contributes offensively with his second goal in three games. This means CH doubles its lead to 2-0.
Struble doubles CH’s lead –
06:24 – GOAL – Erik Karlsson sends the puck directly to David Savard’s stick, who doesn’t miss his chance and scores his first goal of the season. 1-0 Montreal.
00:00 – Start of the game
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The CH lineup against the Penguins:
Attacker:
- Caufield – Suzuki – Slafkovsky
- Monahan-Evans-Anderson
- Armia-Dvorak-Gallagher
- Pezzetta – Stephens – Ylönen
Defender:
- Matheson-Savard
- Guhle-Barron
- Struble – Kovacevic
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