Penguins 9-2 Canadiens (Dec 12, 2024) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

13-14-4, 5-7-2 away

	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	6	9
MTL	1	1	0	2

Montreal Canadiens

11-15-3, 8-7-2 home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Anthony BeauvillierA. Beauvillier#72
Michael BuntingM. Bunting#8
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Cody GlassC. Glass#19
Blake LizotteB. Lizotte#46
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Matt NietoM. Nieto#83
Drew O'ConnorD. O'Connor#10
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Philip TomasinoP. Tomasino#53
defensemen
Ryan GravesR. Graves#27
Matt GrzelcykM. Grzelcyk#24
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Marcus PetterssonM. Pettersson#28
Owen PickeringO. Pickering#38

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	13:11	0:09	4:03	8:59	3	2	60.0
1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	16	10:44	0:00	0:00	10:44	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	15:04	3:01	0:00	12:03	0	0	0.0
0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	21	15:40	3:01	0:00	12:39	8	8	50.0
0	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	23	14:58	1:40	3:05	10:13	3	4	42.9
0	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	18	13:01	0:10	2:17	10:34	4	3	57.1
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15:32	1:51	0:00	13:41	6	8	42.9
1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	13:26	0:00	3:35	9:51	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	21	13:31	0:00	1:58	11:33	1	0	100.0
2	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	16:00	2:35	0:00	13:25	0	0	0.0
3	1	3	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	23	15:43	1:57	1:02	12:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	16:25	2:10	0:00	14:15	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	23	14:24	0:00	2:22	12:02	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	24	17:24	2:54	1:03	13:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	19:26	2:04	0:00	17:22	0	0	0.0
1	1	0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	31	24:12	3:01	3:49	17:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	23:09	0:17	5:48	17:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	27	20:10	0:00	2:58	17:12	0	0	0.0

goalies
Tristan JarryT. Jarry#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
23	2	21	.913	15	4	2	0	0	60:00	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Joel ArmiaJ. Armia#40
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Kirby DachK. Dach#77
Christian DvorakC. Dvorak#28
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Emil HeinemanE. Heineman#51
Patrik LaineP. Laine#92
Alex NewhookA. Newhook#15
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
defensemen
Justin BarronJ. Barron#52
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-3	2	3	1	2	4	1	0	0	19	12:40	0:22	0:36	11:42	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	15:38	0:00	3:33	12:05	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18	19:46	5:14	0:00	14:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	13:58	2:18	0:00	11:40	1	5	16.7
0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:09	0:28	2:35	9:06	4	2	66.7
0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	17	14:00	0:00	2:22	11:38	7	5	58.3
0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	18	13:02	2:39	0:00	10:23	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	14	11:26	2:13	0:00	9:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	16	16:14	5:21	0:00	10:53	1	1	50.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	15:13	2:14	0:00	12:59	3	7	30.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	17	18:08	5:22	0:00	12:46	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	19	20:24	5:23	0:49	14:12	9	6	60.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	16	12:21	0:00	0:56	11:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	3	1	2	0	0	3	1	1	22	22:20	0:14	3:14	18:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	20:48	5:04	0:00	15:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	20	23:01	3:08	3:48	16:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	12:53	0:00	0:00	12:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	3	0	0	7	0	1	23	21:01	0:00	1:59	19:02	0	0	0.0

goalies
Cayden PrimeauC. Primeau#30
Sam MontembeaultS. Montembeault#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
7	3	4	.571	4	0	0	0	0	11:19	0
26	6	20	.769	18	2	0	0	0	48:41	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Penguins	1	2	6	9
	Canadiens	1	1	0	2

1st Period			PIT	MTL
2:12		Nick Suzuki (11) Assists: Cole Caufield (9)	0	1
4:18		Rickard Rakell (12) (Power Play) Assists: Kris Letang (8), Matt Grzelcyk (13)	1	1

2nd Period		PIT	MTL
10:03	Bryan Rust (10) Assists: Sidney Crosby (20)	2	1
13:27	Bryan Rust (11) Assists: Rickard Rakell (8), Sidney Crosby (21)	3	1
14:36	Joel Armia (4) Assists: Emil Heineman (3), Jake Evans (10)	3	2

3rd Period		PIT	MTL
4:40	Rickard Rakell (13) Assists: Bryan Rust (8), Sidney Crosby (22)	4	2
7:42	Kris Letang (6) (Power Play) Assists: Michael Bunting (7), Rickard Rakell (9)	5	2
8:41	Anthony Beauvillier (8) Assists: Cody Glass (6), Drew O'Connor (7)	6	2
11:56	Bryan Rust (12) Unassisted	7	2
14:20	Matt Nieto (1) Assists: Matt Grzelcyk (14), Blake Lizotte (4)	8	2
18:42	Noel Acciari (3) Unassisted	9	2

1:44

Bryan Rust's hat trick fuels Pens to victory

1:44

Noel Acciari scores goal for Penguins

0:41

Matt Nieto scores goal vs. Canadiens

0:34

Regular Season Series

PIT wins 3-0

Penguins
6
Canadiens
3

Game 1

10/14

Canadiens
1
Penguins
3

Game 2

11/2

Penguins
9
Canadiens
2

Game 3

12/12

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, December 12, 2024Coverage: ESPN+

Montreal, QC

Line: PIT -120

Over/Under: 6.5

Attendance: 21,105

Referees:
Ghislain Hebert
Kyle Rehman

Linesmen:
Justin Johnson
Steve Barton

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	23	11	3	49
Washington	23	9	2	48
Carolina	21	12	1	43
Pittsburgh	16	15	5	37
Columbus	14	15	6	34
Philadelphia	15	16	4	34
NY Rangers	16	17	1	33
NY Islanders	13	15	7	33

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	22	12	2	46
Toronto	21	12	2	44
Boston	19	13	4	42
Tampa Bay	19	11	2	40
Ottawa	18	14	2	38
Montreal	14	17	3	31
Detroit	13	17	4	30
Buffalo	12	19	4	28

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