Montreal Canadiens 5 - Pittsburgh Penguins 6: Final score, results, recap, box score, stats

Montreal Canadiens

MTL MTL

1-0-1

5 5

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT PIT

2-0-0

6 6

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Novak scores 2 goals, including OT winner, to help the Penguins beat the Canadiens 6-5

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tommy Novak scored his second goal of the game in overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 6-5 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.Novak converted a 2-on-1 from Evgeni Malkin at 1:33 of overtime, as Pittsburgh recovered after allowing a four-goal lead in the second period slip away.

DAN SCIFO

	1	2	3	OT	T
Montreal Canadiens	1	1	3	0	5
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	4	0	1	6

Three Stars of the Game

T. Novak

2

G
1

A
3

Pts

N. Suzuki

1

G
3

A
4

Pts

E. Malkin

1

G
2

A
3

Pts

Player Stats

Forwards

Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	TOI	Shift	SOG	Blk	Hits	GA	TA	FOW	FOL	FO%
C. Caufield RW	2	0	2	+3	0	22:50	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
N. Suzuki C	1	3	4	+4	0	22:43	25	4	0	4	1	0	10	12	45.5
J. Slafkovský LW	0	0	0	+2	0	18:12	22	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	50.0
I. Demidov RW	1	1	2	+1	0	16:03	20	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
A. Newhook C	0	0	0	-1	0	15:43	22	2	2	0	1	0	7	4	63.6
C. Kreider LW	1	1	2	+1	0	14:57	18	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
J. Evans C	0	0	0	0	0	14:36	19	1	1	2	0	0	11	5	68.8
J. Anderson RW	0	0	0	0	2	12:10	18	3	0	2	1	1	1	0	100.0
K. Dach C	0	0	0	-2	2	11:40	15	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	0.0
Z. Bolduc RW	0	0	0	0	0	11:31	13	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
P. Danault C	0	0	0	0	0	11:24	19	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	61.5
A. Texier LW	0	0	0	-1	0	9:14	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
F. Xhekaj LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O. Kapanen C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defense

Player	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	TOI	Shift	SOG	Blk	Hits	GA	TA
L. Hutson D	3	3	+1	0	29:06	29	3	1	0	1	1
M. Matheson D	0	0	-2	2	26:24	28	2	1	1	2	0
N. Dobson D	1	1	-1	4	23:04	28	1	2	1	1	0
J. Struble D	0	0	+2	0	16:09	17	0	2	2	0	1
A. Xhekaj D	0	0	+1	0	13:43	18	0	0	2	0	0
A. Carrier D	0	0	0	0	8:32	10	0	1	0	0	0
A. Engstrom D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI
J. Dobes G	6	30	24	.800	59:04
S. Montembeault G	0	0	0	0	0

Scratches

Florian Xhekaj, Oliver Kapanen, Adam Engstrom

Stat Leaders

Goals

2 G

C. Caufield

2 G

T. Novak
Assists

3 A

L. Hutson

2 A

K. Letang
Saves

24 SV

J. Dobes

20 SV

A. Silovs
Points

4 Pts

N. Suzuki

3 Pts

E. Malkin

Plays

All Plays

Scoring Plays

1:33
Goal

Tommy Novak 2 (Assists: Evgeni Malkin 2, Kris Letang 3)

MTL
5

PIT
6
19:16
Goal

Ivan Demidov 1 (Assists: Nick Suzuki 3, Lane Hutson 3)

MTL
5

PIT
5

18:52
Goal

Chris Kreider 1 (Assists: Nick Suzuki 2, Ivan Demidov 1)

MTL
4

PIT
5

3:31
Goal

Cole Caufield 2 (Assists: Chris Kreider 1)

MTL
3

PIT
5
18:46
Goal

Nick Suzuki 1 (Assists: Lane Hutson 2, Noah Dobson 1)

MTL
2

PIT
5

15:32
Goal

Ben Kindel 1 (power-play) (Assists: Erik Karlsson 3, Tommy Novak 2)

MTL
1

PIT
5

14:01
Goal

Tommy Novak 1 (Assists: Egor Chinakhov 1, Evgeni Malkin 1)

MTL
1

PIT
4

7:59
Goal

Samuel Girard 1 (Assists: Sidney Crosby 2, Kaedan Korczak 3)

MTL
1

PIT
3

0:32
Goal

Declan Carlile 1 (Assists: Rickard Rakell 2, Erik Karlsson 2)

MTL
1

PIT
2
14:07
Goal

Evgeni Malkin 2 (power-play) (Assists: Kris Letang 2, Hendrix Lapierre 2)

MTL
1

PIT
1

3:49
Goal

Cole Caufield 1 (Assists: Nick Suzuki 1, Lane Hutson 1)

MTL
1

PIT
0

Penalty Summary

3rd 16:19

Egor Chinakhov (Holding - 2 min) drawn by Mike Matheson

3rd 9:05

Josh Anderson (Holding - 2 min) drawn by Samuel Girard

2nd 20:00

Noah Dobson (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Evgeni Malkin

2nd 20:00

Evgeni Malkin (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Noah Dobson

2nd 17:16

Kirby Dach (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Trevor van Riemsdyk

2nd 17:16

Trevor van Riemsdyk (Slashing - 2 min) drawn by Kirby Dach

2nd 14:54

Bench (Too Many Men on the Ice - 2 min) served by Ivan Demidov

2nd 4:17

Noah Dobson (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Egor Chinakhov

1st 15:54

Rickard Rakell (Interference on the Goaltender - 2 min) drawn by Jakub Dobes

1st 13:38

Mike Matheson (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Sidney Crosby

Win Probability

PIT 100%

Final

MTL 5

PIT 6

MTL

100 50 100

PIT

Shot Chart

0:40

1st

Mike Matheson shot on goal

3:03

1st

Kris Letang shot on goal

3:49

1st

Cole Caufield 1 (Assists: Nick Suzuki 1, Lane Hutson 1)

4:09

1st

Nick Suzuki shot on goal

4:58

1st

Mike Matheson shot on goal

5:36

1st

Josh Anderson shot on goal

8:39

1st

Alex Newhook shot on goal

9:31

1st

Jake Evans shot on goal

12:57

1st

Nick Robertson shot on goal

14:04

1st

Kris Letang shot on goal

14:07

1st

Evgeni Malkin 2 (power-play) (Assists: Kris Letang 2, Hendrix Lapierre 2)

15:28

1st

Andrei Kuzmenko shot on goal

15:32

1st

Kris Letang shot on goal

17:29

1st

Ben Kindel shot on goal

18:05

1st

Ben Kindel shot on goal

18:13

1st

Declan Carlile shot on goal

19:44

1st

Juraj Slafkovský shot on goal

0:32

2nd

Declan Carlile 1 (Assists: Rickard Rakell 2, Erik Karlsson 2)

3:16

2nd

Nick Suzuki shot on goal

3:34

2nd

Lane Hutson shot on goal

3:51

2nd

Kaedan Korczak shot on goal

5:17

2nd

Ben Kindel shot on goal

6:23

2nd

Egor Chinakhov shot on goal

7:51

2nd

Samuel Girard shot on goal

7:52

2nd

Samuel Girard shot on goal

7:53

2nd

Sidney Crosby shot on goal

7:54

2nd

Sidney Crosby shot on goal

7:59

2nd

Samuel Girard 1 (Assists: Sidney Crosby 2, Kaedan Korczak 3)

8:36

2nd

Josh Anderson shot on goal

10:05

2nd

Egor Chinakhov shot on goal

11:26

2nd

Alex Newhook shot on goal

12:34

2nd

Connor Dewar shot on goal

13:06

2nd

Josh Anderson shot on goal

13:19

2nd

Trevor van Riemsdyk shot on goal

13:25

2nd

Declan Carlile shot on goal

14:01

2nd

Tommy Novak 1 (Assists: Egor Chinakhov 1, Evgeni Malkin 1)

15:32

2nd

Ben Kindel 1 (power-play) (Assists: Erik Karlsson 3, Tommy Novak 2)

18:46

2nd

Nick Suzuki 1 (Assists: Lane Hutson 2, Noah Dobson 1)

19:55

2nd

Cole Caufield shot on goal

1:38

3rd

Ivan Demidov shot on goal

3:31

3rd

Cole Caufield 2 (Assists: Chris Kreider 1)

3:46

3rd

Lane Hutson shot on goal

5:50

3rd

Lane Hutson shot on goal

6:45

3rd

Alexandre Texier shot on goal

8:02

3rd

Noah Dobson shot on goal

9:24

3rd

Rickard Rakell shot on goal

9:27

3rd

Rickard Rakell shot on goal

9:44

3rd

Tommy Novak shot on goal

10:14

3rd

Ben Kindel shot on goal

12:48

3rd

Andrei Kuzmenko shot on goal

17:04

3rd

Nick Suzuki shot on goal

17:53

3rd

Ivan Demidov shot on goal

18:52

3rd

Chris Kreider 1 (Assists: Nick Suzuki 2, Ivan Demidov 1)

19:16

3rd

Ivan Demidov 1 (Assists: Nick Suzuki 3, Lane Hutson 3)

1:33

4th

Tommy Novak 2 (Assists: Evgeni Malkin 2, Kris Letang 3)

Shot Made

Shot Saved

Shot Made

Shot Saved

Odds

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Spread Spread	Total Total	Money Line Money
Montreal Canadiens MTL	-1.5	O 6.5	-115
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	+1.5	U 6.5	-105

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