National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 9, Montreal 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 12, 2024
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Justin Johnson
Attendance: 21105
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1269
Montreal 1102
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:12 - Canadiens Nick Suzuki (EV) Assists: Cole Caufield
4:18 - Penguins Rickard Rakell (PP) Assists: Kris Letang , Matt Grzelcyk
Penalties
3:11 - Canadiens Patrik Laine (2) Hooking
 19:11 - Penguins Blake Lizotte (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
10:03 - Penguins Bryan Rust (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby
13:27 - Penguins Bryan Rust (EV) Assists: Rickard Rakell , Sidney Crosby
14:36 - Canadiens Joel Armia (EV) Assists: Emil Heineman , Jake Evans
Penalties
3:02 - Penguins Drew O'Connor (2) Tripping
 6:53 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
4:40 - Penguins Rickard Rakell (EV) Assists: Bryan Rust , Sidney Crosby
7:42 - Penguins Kris Letang (PP) Assists: Michael Bunting , Rickard Rakell
8:41 - Penguins Anthony Beauvillier (EV) Assists: Cody Glass , Drew O'Connor
11:56 - Penguins Bryan Rust (EV) Unassisted
14:20 - Penguins Matt Nieto (EV) Assists: Matt Grzelcyk , Blake Lizotte
18:42 - Penguins Noel Acciari (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
1:11 - Canadiens Josh Anderson (2) Interference
 5:51 - Canadiens Josh Anderson (2) High sticking
 9:24 - Penguins Ryan Graves (2) Tripping
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 47:02 4:58 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Nedeljkovic G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Bunting LW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 20 15:04 12:03 3:01 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Drew O'Connor LW 0 1 1 +1 2 2 21 13:31 11:33 0:00 1:58 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Bryan Rust RW 3 1 4 +3 0 6 23 15:43 12:44 1:57 1:02 0 0 1 - - - -
Cody Glass C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 23 14:58 10:13 1:40 3:05 0 0 1 2 3 4 43
Matt Grzelcyk D 0 2 2 +2 0 0 24 17:24 13:27 2:54 1:03 0 0 - 2 - - -
Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 +2 2 0 23 14:24 12:02 0:00 2:22 0 0 - 1 - - -
Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 +3 0 0 28 23:09 17:04 0:17 5:48 0 0 - 1 - - -
Owen Pickering D 0 0 0 E 0 0 27 20:10 17:12 0:00 2:58 0 0 - 1 - - -
Blake Lizotte C 0 1 1 +2 2 0 18 13:01 10:34 0:10 2:17 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Philip Tomasino C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 16:25 14:15 2:10 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Noel Acciari C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 16 13:11 8:59 0:09 4:03 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Kris Letang D 1 1 2 E 2 3 31 24:12 17:22 3:01 3:49 1 0 - 1 - - -
Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 +3 0 4 24 19:26 17:22 2:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rickard Rakell RW 2 2 4 +3 0 4 22 16:00 13:25 2:35 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 15:32 13:41 1:51 0:00 0 0 - - 6 8 43
Anthony Beauvillier LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 16 10:44 10:44 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Matt Nieto LW 1 0 1 +2 0 1 18 13:26 9:51 0:00 3:35 0 0 1 - - - -
Sidney Crosby C 0 3 3 +3 0 3 21 15:40 12:39 3:01 0:00 0 0 3 - 8 8 50
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cayden Primeau G 0 0 0 0 0 11:19 9:19 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 48:41 37:43 6:00 4:58 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 20 23:01 16:05 3:08 3:48 0 0 1 - - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 18 13:02 10:23 2:39 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Cole Caufield RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 18 19:46 14:32 5:14 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Nick Suzuki C 1 0 1 E 0 2 19 20:24 14:12 5:23 0:49 0 0 - 2 9 6 60
Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 18 15:13 12:59 2:14 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 7 30
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 -3 4 2 19 12:40 11:42 0:22 0:36 0 0 1 1 - - -
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 18:08 12:46 5:22 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 -3 0 3 22 22:20 18:52 0:14 3:14 0 0 3 2 - - -
Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 16 12:09 9:06 0:28 2:35 0 0 - 1 4 2 67
Joel Armia RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 17 15:38 12:05 0:00 3:33 0 0 2 - - - -
Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 14 12:53 12:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 17 20:48 15:44 5:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Emil Heineman LW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 14 11:26 9:13 2:13 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Justin Barron D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16 12:21 11:25 0:00 0:56 0 0 1 3 - - -
Jake Evans C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 17 14:00 11:38 0:00 2:22 0 0 2 - 7 5 58
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 23 21:01 19:02 0:00 1:59 0 0 7 3 - - -
Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 13:58 11:40 2:18 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 5 17
Patrik Laine RW 0 0 0 -2 2 1 16 16:14 10:53 5:21 0:00 0 0 - 2 1 1 50
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tristan Jarry W (6-4-1) 23 21 2 .913 0 60:00
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Sam Montembeault L (9-12-2) 26 20 6 .769 0 48:41
Cayden Primeau 7 4 3 .571 0 11:19