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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Montreal 6, Pittsburgh 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Brandon Blandina, Jake Brenk
Linesmen: Jesse Marquis, CJ Murray
Attendance: 17185
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 4026
Pittsburgh 2204
Periods:
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1
Montreal   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Giveaway by Mike Matheson. 0:17  
  0:18 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  0:20 Bryan Rust shoots misses the net
  0:21 Jake Guentzel scores. Assisted by Bryan Rust and Sidney Crosby.
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 0:21  
  0:41 Brian Dumoulin hits Josh Anderson.
Denis Gurianov shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 0:59  
Justin Barron hits Rickard Rakell. 1:27  
  1:34 Rickard Rakell hits Justin Barron.
  1:58 Jan Rutta blocks shot from Joel Edmundson.
Justin Barron hits Drew O'Connor. 2:03  
Chris Tierney hits Jeff Carter. 2:26  
Joel Edmundson blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 2:26  
Johnathan Kovacevic hits Kris Letang. 2:44  
Shot by Anthony Richard misses the net 2:53  
  3:10 Jeff Petry hits Rafael Harvey-Pinard.
  3:10 Bryan Rust blocks shot from Johnathan Kovacevic.
Takeaway by Nick Suzuki. 3:32  
  3:49 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
Josh Anderson penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Alex Nylander. 4:09  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 4:09  
  4:49 Evgeni Malkin scores a power play goal. Assisted by Kris Letang and Jake Guentzel.
  4:49 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Alex Belzile.
  5:09 Josh Archibald hits Justin Barron.
Mike Hoffman scores. Assisted by Rem Pitlick and Justin Barron. 5:21  
  5:21 Mikael Granlund wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
Josh Anderson shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 5:28  
  5:36 Mikael Granlund wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
Takeaway by Joel Edmundson. 5:58  
  6:24 Pierre-Olivier Joseph shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  6:42 Pierre-Olivier Joseph shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  6:54 Pierre-Olivier Joseph shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Jesse Ylonen scores. Assisted by Mike Matheson and Rafael Harvey-Pinard. 7:13  
  7:13 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Alex Belzile.
  7:24 Alex Nylander shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  7:41 Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Joel Edmundson hits Kris Letang. 8:12  
  8:27 Josh Archibald shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  8:28 Jeff Carter shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Michael Pezzetta hits Kris Letang. 8:41  
Denis Gurianov hits Rickard Rakell. 9:02  
  9:13 Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
  9:19 Takeaway by Drew O'Connor.
  9:20 Drew O'Connor penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Kaiden Guhle.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 9:20  
  9:50 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Rafael Harvey-Pinard.
  10:14 Josh Archibald hits Nick Suzuki.
  10:58 Takeaway by Brian Dumoulin.
  11:24 Mikael Granlund blocks shot from Kaiden Guhle.
Denis Gurianov scores. Assisted by Alex Belzile and Jonathan Drouin. 11:31  
  11:31 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Giveaway by Rafael Harvey-Pinard. 12:06  
  12:11 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Anthony Richard.
Anthony Richard hits Marcus Pettersson. 12:29  
Michael Pezzetta hits Jason Zucker. 12:34  
Giveaway by Mike Matheson. 12:58  
  13:01 Marcus Pettersson shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Justin Barron hits Mikael Granlund. 13:18  
  13:23 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Alex Belzile wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 13:24  
  13:45 Takeaway by Bryan Rust.
  13:49 Giveaway by Bryan Rust.
David Savard blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin. 14:28  
  14:31 Takeaway by Alex Nylander.
  14:53 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
  15:00 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Chris Tierney blocks shot from Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 15:07  
Jesse Ylonen blocks shot from Jason Zucker. 15:09  
  15:14 Mikael Granlund wins the faceoff against Chris Tierney.
  15:35 Pierre-Olivier Joseph hits Anthony Richard.
  15:52 Rickard Rakell hits Anthony Richard.
Michael Pezzetta hits Mikael Granlund. 15:52  
Johnathan Kovacevic hits Brian Dumoulin. 16:12  
Mike Matheson blocks shot from Jeff Petry. 16:19  
  16:31 Shot by Josh Archibald misses the net
  16:33 Josh Archibald hits Chris Tierney.
Shot by Denis Gurianov misses the net 16:44  
  16:47 Takeaway by Brian Dumoulin.
  17:18 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  17:19 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Alex Belzile.
Mike Hoffman blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 17:24  
  17:25 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
Alex Belzile penalty for embellishment - 2 mins (Minor). 17:45  
  17:45 Sidney Crosby penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Alex Belzile.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 17:45  
  18:28 Shot by Brian Dumoulin misses the net
  18:37 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Rickard Rakell. 18:40  
  19:08 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  19:09 Mikael Granlund wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  19:23 Kris Letang hits Mike Matheson.
Mike Hoffman shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 19:43  
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 19:44  
Joel Edmundson scores. Assisted by Johnathan Kovacevic and Jonathan Drouin. 19:49  
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 19:49  
  19:57 Bryan Rust hits Denis Gurianov.
2
Montreal   Pittsburgh
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
Rafael Harvey-Pinard blocks shot from Jeff Petry. 0:49  
Rafael Harvey-Pinard blocks shot from Jeff Petry. 1:01  
Takeaway by Jonathan Drouin. 1:28  
Jonathan Drouin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 1:32  
Kaiden Guhle shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 1:34  
  1:35 Mikael Granlund wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  1:49 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Josh Anderson hits Jan Rutta. 2:16  
  2:21 Mikael Granlund wins the faceoff against Mike Hoffman.
  2:45 Jeff Petry hits Alex Belzile.
  2:55 Josh Archibald shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Justin Barron blocks shot from Danton Heinen. 2:59  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 3:06  
  3:16 Kris Letang hits Mike Matheson.
Giveaway by Jesse Ylonen. 3:34  
  3:37 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Chris Tierney.
Mike Matheson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 3:37  
Michael Pezzetta hits Jeff Petry. 4:24  
Josh Anderson hits Brian Dumoulin. 4:26  
  4:40 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  4:43 Takeaway by Jeff Petry.
  4:52 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Denis Gurianov.
Jonathan Drouin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:59  
Denis Gurianov hits Brian Dumoulin. 5:03  
Joel Edmundson hits Drew O'Connor. 5:10  
  5:28 Mikael Granlund hits Johnathan Kovacevic.
Johnathan Kovacevic hits Drew O'Connor. 5:36  
  5:42 Marcus Pettersson shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  5:44 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Alex Belzile penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sidney Crosby. 5:47  
  5:47 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  6:19 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
David Savard blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 6:23  
  6:35 Takeaway by Jake Guentzel.
  6:36 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  6:37 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Josh Anderson.
Mike Matheson blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 6:44  
  6:49 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Mike Matheson blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 6:58  
  7:05 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  7:39 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
  7:47 Jeff Carter shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  7:48 Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net
Mike Matheson blocks shot from Jeff Petry. 8:06  
  8:17 Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
Rem Pitlick hits Danton Heinen. 8:54  
Michael Pezzetta hits Brian Dumoulin. 9:19  
Shot by Anthony Richard misses the net 9:27  
  9:31 Jake Guentzel hits Justin Barron.
  9:42 Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Takeaway by Josh Anderson. 10:24  
  10:37 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  10:38 Mikael Granlund wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  10:42 Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net
  10:57 Kris Letang scores. Assisted by Marcus Pettersson and Rickard Rakell.
  10:57 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Alex Belzile.
  11:11 Bryan Rust blocks shot from Kaiden Guhle.
Kaiden Guhle hits Bryan Rust. 11:21  
  11:45 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
Alex Belzile penalty for delay of game - 2 mins (Minor). 11:48  
  11:48 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  12:07 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  12:42 Evgeni Malkin penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by David Savard.
  12:42 Mikael Granlund wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  13:01 Giveaway by Jason Zucker.
Shot by Denis Gurianov misses the net 13:07  
  13:40 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  13:46 Giveaway by Sidney Crosby.
  14:04 Brian Dumoulin hits Rem Pitlick.
  14:21 Brian Dumoulin hits Josh Anderson.
Shot by Nick Suzuki misses the net 14:45  
  15:17 Jason Zucker hits Mike Hoffman.
  15:26 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from David Savard.
Alex Belzile wins the faceoff against Drew O'Connor. 15:27  
Shot by Johnathan Kovacevic misses the net 15:34  
  15:39 Marcus Pettersson hits Alex Belzile.
Alex Belzile hits Rickard Rakell. 16:00  
  16:10 Marcus Pettersson shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Shot by Kaiden Guhle misses the net 16:48  
  16:58 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
  17:10 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Justin Barron hits Jason Zucker. 17:26  
  17:58 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Justin Barron penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jason Zucker. 17:59  
  17:59 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Alex Belzile.
  18:05 Jake Guentzel scores a power play goal. Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang.
  18:05 Mikael Granlund wins the faceoff against Chris Tierney.
Anthony Richard hits Marcus Pettersson. 18:20  
  18:52 Takeaway by Marcus Pettersson.
Shot by Michael Pezzetta misses the net 18:57  
Anthony Richard hits Marcus Pettersson. 18:59  
  19:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  19:27 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 19:28  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 19:33  
3
Montreal   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  0:11 Takeaway by Jake Guentzel.
  0:13 Giveaway by Jake Guentzel.
  0:14 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  0:35 Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Johnathan Kovacevic.
Takeaway by Johnathan Kovacevic. 0:42  
Mike Matheson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 1:00  
Jonathan Drouin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 1:02  
Rem Pitlick hits Kris Letang. 1:43  
Rem Pitlick hits Kris Letang. 2:00  
  2:02 Shot by Drew O'Connor misses the net
Alex Belzile blocks shot from Kris Letang. 2:06  
  2:24 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
Alex Belzile shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 2:35  
  2:37 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Anthony Richard.
  2:44 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Chris Tierney.
Anthony Richard scores. Assisted by Justin Barron and Joel Edmundson. 3:05  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 3:05  
  3:48 Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Johnathan Kovacevic.
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 3:49  
  3:55 Jan Rutta blocks shot from Josh Anderson.
  4:02 Jan Rutta blocks shot from David Savard.
  4:06 Mikael Granlund wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
Denis Gurianov shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:13  
  4:13 Mikael Granlund wins the faceoff against Alex Belzile.
Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle. 5:15  
Kaiden Guhle blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin. 5:32  
  5:40 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  5:48 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
  6:00 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
  6:09 Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson.
  7:01 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  7:04 Mikael Granlund shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 7:05  
Jonathan Drouin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 7:30  
  7:32 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Chris Tierney.
Michael Pezzetta hits Jake Guentzel. 7:51  
  7:57 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
  8:26 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Mike Matheson blocks shot from Bryan Rust. 8:30  
Chris Tierney blocks shot from Sidney Crosby. 8:37  
Takeaway by Anthony Richard. 8:40  
  9:20 Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net
  9:57 Jason Zucker hits Justin Barron.
  10:23 Evgeni Malkin blocks shot from Joel Edmundson.
  10:33 Alex Nylander shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  10:34 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
  10:41 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
Denis Gurianov shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 11:11  
  11:22 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
  11:28 Mikael Granlund shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Mike Matheson blocks shot from Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 11:37  
  11:42 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  11:43 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
David Savard blocks shot Evgeni Malkin shoots 11:50  
  12:04 Alex Nylander hits Kaiden Guhle.
  12:06 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Rafael Harvey-Pinard hits Kris Letang. 12:17  
  12:22 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  12:35 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
David Savard blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 12:38  
  12:40 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  12:55 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
  12:57 Mikael Granlund wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Takeaway by David Savard. 13:21  
  13:56 Jason Zucker hits Justin Barron.
Joel Edmundson blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 13:59  
  14:14 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
  14:24 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
Justin Barron hits Alex Nylander. 14:28  
Johnathan Kovacevic blocks shot from Kris Letang. 14:40  
Josh Anderson hits Kris Letang. 14:44  
Josh Anderson hits Brian Dumoulin. 14:53  
  15:09 Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Johnathan Kovacevic.
  15:16 Takeaway by Bryan Rust.
  15:25 Pierre-Olivier Joseph hits Denis Gurianov.
  15:59 Rickard Rakell hits Rafael Harvey-Pinard.
  16:35 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 16:36  
Josh Anderson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 16:47  
  17:04 Alex Nylander hits David Savard.
  17:10 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
Mike Matheson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 17:38  
Nick Suzuki shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 18:07  
  18:30 Rickard Rakell blocks shot from Johnathan Kovacevic.
  19:24 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Josh Anderson scores on an empty net. 19:25  
  19:25 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  19:32 Marcus Pettersson shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault.
  19:35 Josh Archibald hits Joel Edmundson.
Giveaway by Nick Suzuki. 19:57