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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, August 1, 2020
Where: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Jean Hebert
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Devin Berg
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Montreal 11013
Pittsburgh 02002
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • OT
1
Montreal   Pittsburgh
Phillip Danault wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
Phillip Danault hits Brian Dumoulin. 0:11  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 0:23  
  0:31 Kris Letang blocks shot from Jeff Petry.
  1:04 Takeaway by Bryan Rust.
  1:07 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
  1:13 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  1:19 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Jeff Petry blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 1:25  
  1:31 Jared McCann wins the faceoff against Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
  1:38 Jared McCann hits Shea Weber.
  1:45 Takeaway by Patric Hornqvist.
  2:22 Brandon Tanev shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  2:33 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Xavier Ouellet hits Brian Dumoulin. 2:45  
  2:49 Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Victor Mete blocks shot from Teddy Blueger. 2:51  
Giveaway by Carey Price. 3:18  
  3:27 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  3:33 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  3:45 Conor Sheary hits Jeff Petry.
Ben Chiarot hits Jason Zucker. 3:58  
  4:00 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  4:03 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 4:03  
  4:28 Shot by Jack Johnson misses the net
Shea Weber hits Jason Zucker. 4:28  
Paul Byron hits Patrick Marleau. 4:56  
Victor Mete blocks shot from Jared McCann. 5:02  
Artturi Lehkonen hits Kris Letang. 5:13  
  5:18 Giveaway by Brian Dumoulin.
  5:21 Patric Hornqvist blocks shot from Xavier Ouellet.
  5:48 Brandon Tanev hits Ben Chiarot.
  5:49 Teddy Blueger shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Max Domi wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 5:50  
  6:05 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Phillip Danault.
Jeff Petry hits Jake Guentzel. 6:10  
Phillip Danault wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 6:12  
  6:18 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Brendan Gallagher.
Brendan Gallagher hits Evgeni Malkin. 6:51  
Giveaway by Jonathan Drouin. 7:12  
  7:21 Shot by Patric Hornqvist misses the net
Ben Chiarot hits Patric Hornqvist. 7:26  
  7:40 Patric Hornqvist hits Shea Weber.
Shea Weber shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 7:41  
  7:48 Patrick Marleau hits Artturi Lehkonen.
Giveaway by Xavier Ouellet. 7:57  
Paul Byron hits Brandon Tanev. 8:24  
Dale Weise hits Conor Sheary. 8:53  
  9:41 Evgeni Malkin hits Shea Weber.
  9:44 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  10:13 Jared McCann hits Victor Mete.
  10:28 Patric Hornqvist blocks shot from Xavier Ouellet.
Takeaway by Jesperi Kotkaniemi. 11:14  
Jesperi Kotkaniemi scores. Assisted by Paul Byron. Assisted by Brett Kulak. 11:27  
  11:27 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Max Domi.
Ben Chiarot hits Sidney Crosby. 11:33  
Shea Weber hits Jake Guentzel. 11:46  
  12:08 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  12:14 Marcus Pettersson hits Jeff Petry.
  12:16 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  12:17 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Phillip Danault.
Phillip Danault hits Bryan Rust. 12:29  
Jonathan Drouin wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 12:51  
Ben Chiarot hits Brandon Tanev. 12:57  
  13:02 Teddy Blueger shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Jonathan Drouin hits Teddy Blueger. 13:13  
Phillip Danault hits Brian Dumoulin. 13:49  
  14:18 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  14:20 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Joel Armia hits Marcus Pettersson. 14:39  
  14:46 Marcus Pettersson penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Nick Suzuki.
  14:46 Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Takeaway by Nick Suzuki. 15:15  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 15:18  
  15:24 Kris Letang hits Jonathan Drouin.
Shot by Tomas Tatar misses the net 15:27  
Shot by Tomas Tatar misses the net 15:34  
  15:41 Brandon Tanev hits Tomas Tatar.
Joel Armia hits Jack Johnson. 16:04  
Phillip Danault wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 16:52  
Phillip Danault penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Conor Sheary. 17:04  
  17:04 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Artturi Lehkonen blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 17:09  
  17:23 Giveaway by Jason Zucker.
Joel Armia blocks shot from Kris Letang. 17:51  
  17:53 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  17:55 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
Ben Chiarot hits Jake Guentzel. 17:56  
Xavier Ouellet blocks shot from Jared McCann. 18:31  
Artturi Lehkonen hits Bryan Rust. 18:36  
  18:46 Shot by Jared McCann misses the net
  18:52 Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  18:53 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Max Domi.
  19:04 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Joel Armia shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 19:11  
  19:13 Marcus Pettersson hits Max Domi.
Shea Weber shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 19:20  
  19:47 Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  19:52 Giveaway by Justin Schultz.
2
Montreal   Pittsburgh
Phillip Danault wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
Brendan Gallagher hits Brian Dumoulin. 0:09  
  0:13 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Phillip Danault.
  0:18 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  0:24 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
Jeff Petry hits Jason Zucker. 1:07  
Jonathan Drouin hits Marcus Pettersson. 1:13  
  1:30 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi hits Patric Hornqvist. 2:02  
  2:16 Jared McCann blocks shot from Xavier Ouellet.
  2:29 Patric Hornqvist hits Max Domi.
Shot by Victor Mete misses the net 2:53  
Brett Kulak blocks shot from Kris Letang. 3:11  
  3:12 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Phillip Danault.
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 3:25  
  3:28 Sidney Crosby hits Phillip Danault.
  3:33 Kris Letang blocks shot from Brett Kulak.
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 3:35  
  3:40 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Joel Armia shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 3:54  
Brett Kulak shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 3:55  
Shot by Joel Armia misses the net 4:14  
Nick Suzuki hits Conor Sheary. 4:18  
  4:25 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Ben Chiarot blocks shot from Jason Zucker. 4:41  
  4:41 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
  4:51 Bryan Rust hits Shea Weber.
  5:03 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
Ben Chiarot hits Evgeni Malkin. 5:05  
  5:24 John Marino hits Dale Weise.
  5:35 Justin Schultz blocks shot from Xavier Ouellet.
Xavier Ouellet shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 5:42  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 5:56  
Tomas Tatar wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 5:57  
Jeff Petry hits Zach Aston-Reese. 6:32  
Takeaway by Nick Suzuki. 6:47  
Nick Suzuki scores. 6:53  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 6:53  
Joel Armia shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 7:07  
  7:38 Jack Johnson hits Artturi Lehkonen.
Shea Weber hits Bryan Rust. 8:12  
  8:17 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  8:27 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  8:28 Jared McCann wins the faceoff against Max Domi.
  8:36 Shot by Brian Dumoulin misses the net
Shot by Max Domi misses the net 8:58  
Tomas Tatar blocks shot from Patrick Marleau. 9:13  
Brendan Gallagher hits Conor Sheary. 9:15  
Tomas Tatar hits Conor Sheary. 9:38  
  9:44 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
Xavier Ouellet blocks shot from Conor Sheary. 9:45  
  9:53 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 9:55  
  9:55 Sidney Crosby scores. Assisted by Jake Guentzel and Justin Schultz.
  10:48 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
Jonathan Drouin penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brian Dumoulin. 10:59  
  10:59 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Phillip Danault.
Phillip Danault blocks shot from Kris Letang. 11:09  
  11:38 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  11:40 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  11:47 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Nick Suzuki shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 12:00  
Phillip Danault wins the faceoff against Jared McCann. 12:22  
  12:34 Bryan Rust scores a power play goal. Assisted by Patric Hornqvist and Jared McCann.
Jordan Weal wins the faceoff against Patrick Marleau. 12:34  
  13:06 Shot by Patrick Marleau misses the net
Xavier Ouellet blocks shot from Justin Schultz. 13:17  
Xavier Ouellet blocks shot from Brandon Tanev. 13:30  
Xavier Ouellet hits John Marino. 13:40  
Xavier Ouellet blocks shot from Sidney Crosby. 14:09  
Tomas Tatar hits Brian Dumoulin. 14:28  
  14:34 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Phillip Danault.
Phillip Danault shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 14:58  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 15:05  
Brett Kulak hits Conor Sheary. 15:17  
Jeff Petry hits Jason Zucker. 15:38  
  15:44 Evgeni Malkin hits Nick Suzuki.
Jonathan Drouin penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jared McCann. 16:03  
  16:03 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Phillip Danault.
  16:14 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
  16:17 Jake Guentzel hits Shea Weber.
Giveaway by Artturi Lehkonen. 16:34  
Phillip Danault hits Kris Letang. 16:47  
  16:52 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
  16:54 Jason Zucker hits Artturi Lehkonen.
Dale Weise hits Brian Dumoulin. 18:18  
Victor Mete blocks shot from Brandon Tanev. 18:29  
Takeaway by Nick Suzuki. 18:32  
Nick Suzuki shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 18:37  
Shot by Shea Weber misses the net 18:59  
Brendan Gallagher hits Marcus Pettersson. 19:17  
Jeff Petry hits Bryan Rust. 19:34  
Artturi Lehkonen shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 19:45  
Jesperi Kotkaniemi wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 19:47  
Jesperi Kotkaniemi hits John Marino. 19:58  
3
Montreal   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Phillip Danault.
  0:29 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
Phillip Danault penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Kris Letang. 0:30  
  0:30 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  0:39 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
Shea Weber blocks shot from Jason Zucker. 0:52  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:53  
Ben Chiarot penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sidney Crosby. 0:58  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:58  
  1:02 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  1:19 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
  1:45 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
  1:52 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Shea Weber blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 2:05  
  2:48 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Giveaway by Artturi Lehkonen. 2:53  
Takeaway by Xavier Ouellet. 3:03  
  3:23 Giveaway by Jared McCann.
  3:42 Jared McCann penalty for delay of game - 2 mins (Minor).
  3:42 Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  4:03 Jack Johnson hits Nick Suzuki.
Takeaway by Joel Armia. 4:57  
Jesperi Kotkaniemi shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 4:59  
Shot by Max Domi misses the net 5:19  
Max Domi wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 5:20  
Paul Byron penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Conor Sheary. 6:06  
  6:06 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Phillip Danault.
  6:12 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Phillip Danault wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 6:14  
Phillip Danault shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 6:46  
Shea Weber shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 6:54  
  7:01 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
  7:27 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
Xavier Ouellet blocks shot from Jared McCann. 7:36  
Artturi Lehkonen blocks shot from Zach Aston-Reese. 7:59  
Phillip Danault wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 8:00  
Jordan Weal hits Brandon Tanev. 8:27  
Max Domi hits Jared McCann. 8:57  
Tomas Tatar hits Brian Dumoulin. 9:15  
  9:37 Kris Letang blocks shot from Tomas Tatar.
  10:00 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Brett Kulak.
  10:16 Sidney Crosby hits Paul Byron.
  10:25 Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Jonathan Drouin.
Nick Suzuki blocks shot from Zach Aston-Reese. 11:00  
  11:30 Bryan Rust hits Max Domi.
  12:01 Patrick Marleau hits Xavier Ouellet.
  12:11 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Brendan Gallagher.
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 12:17  
Xavier Ouellet hits Jared McCann. 12:19  
Jesperi Kotkaniemi hits Jack Johnson. 12:32  
Artturi Lehkonen hits Justin Schultz. 12:41  
  13:08 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  13:39 Brandon Tanev hits Brett Kulak.
Joel Armia blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin. 13:43  
Giveaway by Dale Weise. 14:25  
  14:36 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  14:36 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Phillip Danault.
Ben Chiarot blocks shot from Kris Letang. 14:43  
  14:54 Brian Dumoulin hits Brendan Gallagher.
  14:56 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  14:59 Jared McCann wins the faceoff against Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 15:38  
  16:04 Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  16:16 Brandon Tanev hits Ben Chiarot.
  16:50 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
  16:55 Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  16:56 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  16:57 Conor Sheary shoots misses the net
  16:57 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Phillip Danault.
Phillip Danault wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 17:06  
  17:07 Conor Sheary blocks shot from Brett Kulak.
  17:31 Kris Letang blocks shot from Phillip Danault.
Shot by Jeff Petry misses the net 17:42  
  17:47 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Shea Weber.
  18:11 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  18:39 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Giveaway by Joel Armia. 18:55  
Phillip Danault wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 19:04  
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 19:22  
  19:43 Zach Aston-Reese hits Shea Weber.
1 OT
Montreal   Pittsburgh
Phillip Danault wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
Tomas Tatar blocks shot from Conor Sheary. 0:24  
  0:35 Shot by Conor Sheary misses the net
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 0:35  
Nick Suzuki hits John Marino. 0:47  
Shot by Joel Armia misses the net 1:03  
Ben Chiarot shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 1:04  
Jesperi Kotkaniemi wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 1:05  
  1:10 Justin Schultz blocks shot from Victor Mete.
Giveaway by Jesperi Kotkaniemi. 1:27  
Dale Weise hits Kris Letang. 1:49  
  1:55 Shot by Patric Hornqvist misses the net
Shot by Max Domi misses the net 2:07  
Dale Weise hits Kris Letang. 2:19  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 2:30  
Phillip Danault shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 2:46  
Phillip Danault wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 2:48  
Phillip Danault penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jake Guentzel. 3:09  
  3:09 Jared McCann wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Jared McCann. 3:15  
  3:41 Shot by Justin Schultz misses the net
  4:02 Shot by Justin Schultz misses the net
  4:05 Jason Zucker hits Nick Suzuki.
  4:34 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
  4:42 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  4:43 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Paul Byron.
  4:51 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Jeff Petry hits Sidney Crosby. 5:02  
  5:18 Kris Letang blocks shot from Artturi Lehkonen.
Phillip Danault shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 5:28  
Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 5:39  
  6:04 John Marino blocks shot from Jonathan Drouin.
  6:17 Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  6:31 John Marino shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Max Domi wins the faceoff against Jared McCann. 6:32  
Jonathan Drouin shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 6:42  
Shot by Jonathan Drouin misses the net 6:46  
Jordan Weal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 6:46  
Max Domi shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 6:57  
Shot by Dale Weise misses the net 7:07  
Dale Weise hits Conor Sheary. 7:09  
Phillip Danault shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 7:22  
  7:37 Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson.
Ben Chiarot shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 7:37  
  7:51 Bryan Rust hits Brett Kulak.
Ben Chiarot shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 8:01  
Tomas Tatar hits Marcus Pettersson. 8:04  
  8:38 Shot by Brandon Tanev misses the net
Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Jared McCann. 8:47  
Xavier Ouellet blocks shot from Patric Hornqvist. 8:55  
Xavier Ouellet hits Patric Hornqvist. 9:03  
  9:15 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Nick Suzuki.
Jordan Weal wins the faceoff against Jared McCann. 9:18  
Brett Kulak shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 9:26  
Max Domi wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 9:35  
  10:49 Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Phillip Danault wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 10:50  
  10:57 Brandon Tanev hits Jeff Petry.
  11:15 Jared McCann wins the faceoff against Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
  11:44 Giveaway by Brian Dumoulin.
  11:54 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Carey Price.
  11:55 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki.
  12:01 Shot by John Marino misses the net
  12:19 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Carey Price.
Nick Suzuki blocks shot from Conor Sheary. 12:25  
Joel Armia blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 12:31  
Ben Chiarot blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 12:49  
  13:17 Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net
  13:26 Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Jeff Petry scores. Assisted by Brendan Gallagher and Phillip Danault. 13:57