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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 4, Montreal 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 22, 2024
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: T.J. Luxmore, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, CJ Murray
Attendance: 17160
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 1001
Pittsburgh 1214
Periods:
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1
Montreal   Pittsburgh
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
  0:16 Giveaway by Bryan Rust.
Shot by Mike Matheson misses the net 0:21  
Shot by Cole Caufield misses the net 0:24  
  0:42 Erik Karlsson hits Nick Suzuki.
  0:59 Pierre-Olivier Joseph hits Kaiden Guhle.
Jake Evans shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 1:05  
Joel Armia shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 1:27  
  1:40 Valtteri Puustinen hits David Savard.
Shot by Joshua Roy misses the net 2:07  
  2:13 Jansen Harkins blocks shot from Jayden Struble.
Joshua Roy shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 2:15  
  2:16 Noel Acciari blocks shot from Jordan Harris.
Jordan Harris shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 2:25  
Alex Newhook shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 2:26  
Shot by Joshua Roy misses the net 2:28  
  2:40 Jeff Carter hits Josh Anderson.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 3:00  
  3:10 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  3:30 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
Alex Newhook wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 3:33  
Mike Matheson hits Bryan Rust. 3:58  
  3:59 Erik Karlsson shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
Brendan Gallagher wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 4:00  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 4:10  
Tanner Pearson shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 5:04  
Shot by Jayden Struble misses the net 5:35  
  5:53 Ryan Graves shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  5:55 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  5:58 Erik Karlsson shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  6:01 Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net
  6:06 Takeaway by Sidney Crosby.
  6:08 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
Shot by Cole Caufield misses the net 6:23  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 6:25  
Nick Suzuki shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 6:37  
Shot by Cole Caufield misses the net 6:42  
Shot by Juraj Slafkovsky misses the net 6:45  
  6:47 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
  6:56 Jansen Harkins shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  7:00 Shot by Ryan Graves misses the net
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 7:46  
  8:02 Erik Karlsson blocks shot from Jake Evans.
Giveaway by Colin White. 9:01  
  9:03 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Mike Matheson scores. 9:05  
  9:05 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Cole Caufield shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 9:26  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 9:27  
  9:29 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Juraj Slafkovsky.
Arber Xhekaj hits Valtteri Puustinen. 9:41  
  10:04 Jansen Harkins hits Juraj Slafkovsky.
  10:06 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
Josh Anderson hits Jeff Carter. 10:21  
Joshua Roy blocks shot from Ryan Graves. 10:24  
Joshua Roy blocks shot from Ryan Graves. 10:49  
  11:24 Kris Letang scores. Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Drew O'Connor.
  11:24 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  11:30 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  11:56 Rickard Rakell hits Kaiden Guhle.
  12:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Colin White.
Takeaway by Colin White. 12:07  
  12:35 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
Alex Newhook wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 12:42  
Shot by Arber Xhekaj misses the net 12:46  
Shot by Joshua Roy misses the net 12:56  
  13:00 Drew O'Connor blocks shot from Arber Xhekaj.
Shot by Joshua Roy misses the net 13:00  
David Savard blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 13:14  
  13:18 Pierre-Olivier Joseph shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  13:24 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
  13:30 Shot by Lars Eller misses the net
Shot by Jake Evans misses the net 13:36  
  13:42 Kris Letang blocks shot from Joel Armia.
Jordan Harris shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 13:44  
  13:47 Pierre-Olivier Joseph blocks shot from Jordan Harris.
  14:02 Valtteri Puustinen hits Jayden Struble.
  14:18 Noel Acciari shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  14:33 Erik Karlsson shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 14:34  
  14:43 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  14:50 Shot by Erik Karlsson misses the net
Colin White shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 15:25  
Tanner Pearson shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 15:25  
Colin White wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 15:27  
Giveaway by Tanner Pearson. 16:02  
Shot by Joshua Roy misses the net 16:39  
  18:57 Erik Karlsson shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  19:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
  19:01 Shot by Erik Karlsson misses the net
  19:03 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  19:05 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
  19:12 Rickard Rakell hits Jake Evans.
  19:20 Takeaway by Erik Karlsson.
Kaiden Guhle shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 19:45  
  19:56 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
2
Montreal   Pittsburgh
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
  0:22 Rickard Rakell hits Mike Matheson.
  0:41 Giveaway by Rickard Rakell.
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 1:15  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 1:16  
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 1:17  
  1:22 Takeaway by Valtteri Puustinen.
  1:25 Shot by Valtteri Puustinen misses the net
  1:29 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
Josh Anderson blocks shot from David Savard. 2:05  
Tanner Pearson shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 2:25  
  2:27 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Colin White.
  2:35 Noel Acciari hits Jesse Ylonen.
  3:00 Jansen Harkins blocks shot from Sidney Crosby.
Cole Caufield shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 3:31  
  3:44 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Kaiden Guhle.
  3:46 Bryan Rust penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Cole Caufield.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 3:46  
Shot by Juraj Slafkovsky misses the net 3:56  
Cole Caufield shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 4:14  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 4:20  
  4:56 Takeaway by Noel Acciari.
  4:57 Giveaway by Noel Acciari.
Shot by Cole Caufield misses the net 5:13  
  5:21 Noel Acciari blocks shot from Juraj Slafkovsky.
  5:40 Lars Eller hits Josh Anderson.
Colin White wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 5:42  
  5:44 Drew O'Connor blocks shot from Arber Xhekaj.
  5:51 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Colin White.
Arber Xhekaj blocks shot from Lars Eller. 5:59  
Tanner Pearson hits Valtteri Puustinen. 6:20  
  6:28 Valtteri Puustinen shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  6:33 Pierre-Olivier Joseph shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  6:34 Shot by Valtteri Puustinen misses the net
  6:52 Valtteri Puustinen shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  7:26 Rickard Rakell hits Arber Xhekaj.
  8:07 Jeff Carter blocks shot from Kaiden Guhle.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 8:09  
  8:27 Noel Acciari blocks shot from Lars Eller.
Juraj Slafkovsky blocks shot from Erik Karlsson. 8:33  
  8:46 Noel Acciari hits Cole Caufield.
  9:12 Shot by Drew O'Connor misses the net
  9:33 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
  9:43 Takeaway by Rickard Rakell.
Jesse Ylonen shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 10:45  
  10:47 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Jake Evans.
Jayden Struble hits Kris Letang. 11:02  
Joel Armia blocks shot from Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 11:02  
Brendan Gallagher penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jeff Carter. 11:24  
  11:24 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  11:30 Bryan Rust scores a power play goal. Assisted by Erik Karlsson and Sidney Crosby.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Drew O'Connor. 11:30  
  11:51 Drew O'Connor scores. Assisted by Valtteri Puustinen and Erik Karlsson.
  11:51 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
  12:48 Drew O'Connor shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  13:07 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 13:09  
Arber Xhekaj penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeni Malkin. 13:09  
  14:23 Matthew Phillips shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
Kaiden Guhle hits Matthew Phillips. 14:26  
  14:36 Kris Letang blocks shot from Tanner Pearson.
  16:01 Drew O'Connor shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 16:03  
  16:08 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
  16:16 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  16:18 Takeaway by Erik Karlsson.
Mike Matheson shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 16:40  
  16:50 Valtteri Puustinen shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  16:57 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  17:01 Shot by Ryan Graves misses the net
Colin White hits Evgeni Malkin. 17:23  
  17:28 Drew O'Connor hits Kaiden Guhle.
Takeaway by Tanner Pearson. 17:41  
  17:43 Takeaway by Chad Ruhwedel.
  17:49 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
David Savard hits Jeff Carter. 18:33  
Jake Evans blocks shot from Kris Letang. 19:01  
Joshua Roy shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 19:32  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 19:50  
3
Montreal   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Takeaway by Mike Matheson. 0:18  
Shot by Cole Caufield misses the net 0:26  
Kaiden Guhle shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 0:38  
  1:07 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
  1:08 Shot by Drew O'Connor misses the net
Josh Anderson blocks shot from Kris Letang. 1:17  
Shot by Joshua Roy misses the net 1:30  
Joshua Roy shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 1:39  
  1:43 Kris Letang hits Joshua Roy.
Jordan Harris shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 1:44  
Joshua Roy shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 1:46  
Joshua Roy shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 1:47  
  1:48 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Tanner Pearson.
Jesse Ylonen blocks shot from Noel Acciari. 2:12  
Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher. 2:41  
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 3:06  
Takeaway by Juraj Slafkovsky. 3:20  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 3:38  
  3:38 Rickard Rakell penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Nick Suzuki.
Juraj Slafkovsky shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 3:52  
  4:34 Jeff Carter blocks shot from Juraj Slafkovsky.
  5:29 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Brendan Gallagher.
  5:31 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  5:49 Takeaway by Marcus Pettersson.
  6:07 Giveaway by Valtteri Puustinen.
Cole Caufield shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 6:09  
  6:11 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
  6:21 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  6:38 Rickard Rakell blocks shot from Josh Anderson.
  6:52 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Alex Newhook.
  7:13 Bryan Rust penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Mike Matheson.
  7:13 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
  8:04 Takeaway by Lars Eller.
Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher. 8:22  
Shot by Arber Xhekaj misses the net 8:58  
Josh Anderson blocks shot from Brendan Gallagher. 9:04  
Jesse Ylonen shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 9:09  
  9:36 Bryan Rust hits Jordan Harris.
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 9:41  
Shot by Mike Matheson misses the net 10:43  
  10:47 Kris Letang blocks shot from Cole Caufield.
Mike Matheson shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 10:58  
Giveaway by Cole Caufield. 11:09  
  11:35 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
Josh Anderson penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Marcus Pettersson. 11:49  
  11:49 Marcus Pettersson penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Josh Anderson.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 11:49  
  12:18 Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Cole Caufield.
  12:55 Shot by Drew O'Connor misses the net
Shot by Juraj Slafkovsky misses the net 13:16  
  14:26 Rickard Rakell hits David Savard.
  14:35 Rickard Rakell blocks shot from Joel Armia.
  14:37 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 14:43  
  15:01 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  15:20 Sidney Crosby hits Nick Suzuki.
  15:45 Takeaway by Lars Eller.
  15:49 Shot by Jeff Carter misses the net
Giveaway by Cayden Primeau. 16:14  
Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle. 16:58  
  17:28 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  17:32 Reilly Smith shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
Juraj Slafkovsky hits Jeff Carter. 17:58  
Giveaway by Alex Newhook. 18:14  
  18:35 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Colin White.
  18:35 Kris Letang scores on an empty net.
  18:46 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
  18:47 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Cayden Primeau.
  19:29 Ryan Graves hits Jordan Harris.
Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 19:39  
  19:42 Ryan Graves blocks shot from Joel Armia.