MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-23-10 · W1 · L10: 8-2-0
L
L
SO
SO
L
L
L
W
L
W
Final
6—4
2023-03-14 · PPG Paints Arena
PIT
PIT
Pittsburgh Penguins
41-24-16 · L2 · L10: 6-4-0
W
W
OT
W
L
W
W
W
W
L
PIT controlled xG 5.2 to 3.8 but MTL won on execution

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RD
MTL xG
3.78
ACTUAL
6 — 4
PIT xG
5.22

Scoring Timeline

0.70
HIGH xG
PIT1P 00:21Even Strength
Jake Guentzel
59
Jake Guentzel(28)
C · PIT · #59
Bryan Rust (23), Sidney Crosby (52)
MTL 0 - 1 PIT
0.79
HIGH xG
PIT1P 04:49Power Play
Evgeni Malkin
71
Evgeni Malkin(24)
C · PIT · #71
Kris Letang (23), Jake Guentzel (32)
MTL 0 - 2 PIT
0.79
HIGH xG
MTL1P 05:21Even Strength
Mike Hoffman
68
Mike Hoffman(11)
C · MTL · #68
Rem Pitlick (7), Justin Barron (7)
MTL 1 - 2 PIT
0.74
HIGH xG
MTL1P 07:13Even Strength
Jesse Ylonen
56
Jesse Ylonen(4)
R · MTL · #56
Mike Matheson (15), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (5)
MTL 2 - 2 PIT
0.74
HIGH xG
MTL1P 11:31Even Strength
Denis Gurianov
15
Denis Gurianov(6)
R · MTL · #15
Alex Belzile (8), Jonathan Drouin (23)
MTL 3 - 2 PIT
0.02
LOW xG
MTL1P 19:49Even Strength
Joel Edmundson
6
Joel Edmundson(2)
D · MTL · #6
Johnathan Kovacevic (10), Jonathan Drouin (24)
MTL 4 - 2 PIT
0.74
HIGH xG
PIT2P 10:57Even Strength
Kris Letang
58
Kris Letang(10)
D · PIT · #58
Marcus Pettersson (23), Rickard Rakell (24)
MTL 4 - 3 PIT
0.18
HIGH xG
PIT2P 18:05Power Play
Jake Guentzel
59
Jake Guentzel(29)
C · PIT · #59
Evgeni Malkin (48), Kris Letang (24)
MTL 4 - 4 PIT
0.05
MED xG
MTL3P 03:05Even Strength
Anthony Richard
90
Anthony Richard(2)
C · MTL · #90
Justin Barron (8), Joel Edmundson (7)
MTL 5 - 4 PIT
0.74
HIGH xG
MTL3P 19:25Power Play
Josh Anderson
17
Josh Anderson(21)
R · MTL · #17
MTL 6 - 4 PIT

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Sam Montembeault
35
Sam Montembeault
G · MTL · #35
39/43 saves, .906 SV%, +1.3 GSAx
★2
Jake Guentzel
59
Jake Guentzel
C · PIT · #59
2G, 1A, 6 SOG, 1 HIT
★3
Casey DeSmith
1
Casey DeSmith
G · PIT · #1
13/14 saves, .928 SV%, -0.6 GSAx

Team Stats

MTLPIT
0Shots0
3.78xGF5.23
34.4CF%65.6
—FO%—
0/0PP0/0
0Hits0
0Blocks0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
0PIM0

Period Breakdown

PeriodMTL SOGPIT SOGMTL xGPIT xG
1st3132.392.21
2nd4150.322.03
3rd9111.070.99
Total16393.785.23

Penalties

8 TOTAL
1P 04:09
MTL
Josh Andersoninterference (2 min)
Drawn by Alex Nylander
1P 09:20
PIT
Drew O'Connortripping (2 min)
Drawn by Kaiden Guhle
1P 17:45
PIT
Sidney Crosbyinterference (2 min)
Drawn by Alex Belzile
1P 17:45
MTL
Alex Belzileembellishment (2 min)
2P 05:47
MTL
Alex Belziletripping (2 min)
Drawn by Sidney Crosby
2P 11:48
MTL
Alex Belziledelaying-game-puck-over-glass (2 min)
2P 12:42
PIT
Evgeni Malkintripping (2 min)
Drawn by David Savard
2P 17:59
MTL
Justin Barronhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Jason Zucker