GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: MONTREAL (1-1) at PITTSBURGH (1-1)

NHL: MONTREAL at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">CORRECTION

NHL MONTREAL 2
PITTSBURGH 1
2ND PRD: MON - ALEXEI KOVALEV 1 (TOMAS PLEKANEC) 17:00</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL MONTREAL 2
PITTSBURGH 1 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL MONTREAL 3
PITTSBURGH 1
3RD PRD: MON - ANDREI MARKOV 2 (MICHAEL RYDER, SAKU KOIVU) 2:51</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL MONTREAL 3
PITTSBURGH 2
3RD PRD: PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 1 (EVGENI MALKIN, MARK RECCHI) 3:48</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL MONTREAL 3
PITTSBURGH 2 8:43 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL MONTREAL 3
PITTSBURGH 2 5:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: MONTREAL at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NHL MONTREAL 3
PITTSBURGH 2 1:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MONTREAL 0 2 1 3
PITTSBURGH 0 1 1 2 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: PIT - (PP) RYAN WHITNEY 1 (MARK RECCHI, SIDNEY CROSBY) 7:08
MON - (PP) TOMAS PLEKANEC 1 (ANDREI MARKOV, MARK STREIT)
13:07
MON - ALEXEI KOVALEV 1 (TOMAS PLEKANEC) 17:00
3RD PRD: MON - ANDREI MARKOV 2 (MICHAEL RYDER, SAKU KOIVU) 2:51
PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 1 (EVGENI MALKIN, MARK RECCHI) 3:48

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: MON - 1 OF 2, PIT - 1 OF 5.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MON 5 16 11 135
PIT 9 12 7 28

GOALIES: MON - CAREY PRICE
PIT - MARC-ANDRE FLEURY

OFFICIALS: REF - JUSTIN ST. PIERRE, MIKE HASENFRATZ
LIN - ANTHONY SERICOLO, DEREK AMELL

ATT: 17,006</div>

 

NHL: MONTREAL at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">CORRECTION

NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MONTREAL 0 2 1 3
PITTSBURGH 0 1 1 2 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: PIT - (PP) RYAN WHITNEY 1 (MARK RECCHI, SIDNEY CROSBY) 7:08
MON - (PP) TOMAS PLEKANEC 1 (ANDREI MARKOV, MARK STREIT)
13:07
MON - ALEXEI KOVALEV 1 (TOMAS PLEKANEC) 17:00
3RD PRD: MON - ANDREI MARKOV 2 (MICHAEL RYDER, SAKU KOIVU) 2:51
PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 1 (EVGENI MALKIN, MARK RECCHI) 3:48

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: MON - 1 OF 2, PIT - 1 OF 5.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MON 5 16 14 35
PIT 9 12 7 28

GOALIES: MON - CAREY PRICE
PIT - MARC-ANDRE FLEURY

OFFICIALS: REF - JUSTIN ST. PIERRE, MIKE HASENFRATZ
LIN - ANTHONY SERICOLO, DEREK AMELL

ATT: 17,006</div>

 

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Montreal 0 2 1 --3
Pittsburgh 0 1 1 --2
------------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: - Bench, Mon (too many men served by M
Ryder), 5:47; M Komisarek, Mon (slashing), 13:25.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Pittsburgh, Ryan Whitney 1 (power play)
(Mark Recchi, Sidney Crosby), 7:08. 2, Montreal, Tomas Plekanec 1
(power play) (Andrei Markov, Mark Streit), 13:07. 3, Montreal, Alexei
Kovalev 1 (Tomas Plekanec), 17:00. Penalties: M Komisarek, Mon
(hooking), 3:18; R Whitney, Pit (holding), 3:29; A Markov, Mon (cross
checking), 6:35; J Gorges, Mon (roughing), 8:06; D Sydor, Pit
(hooking), 11:55.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Montreal, Andrei Markov 2 (Michael Ryder,
Saku Koivu), 2:51. 5, Pittsburgh, Maxime Talbot 1 (Evgeni Malkin, Mark
Recchi), 3:48.

Shots on goal:
---------------------------------------
Montreal 5 16 14 --35
Pittsburgh 9 12 7 --28
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Power-play Conversions: Montreal - 1 of 2, Pittsburgh - 1 of 5.
Goalies : Montreal, Carey Price (28 shots, 26 saves; record: 1-0-0).
Pittsburgh, Marc-Andre Fleury (35 shots, 32 saves; record: 1-2-0). A:
17,006. Referees: Justin St. Pierre, Mike Hasenfratz. Linesmen:
Anthony Sericolo, Derek Amell.</div>

 

NHL: MONTREAL at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
MONTREAL 3
PITTSBURGH 2</div>

 

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Carey Price was not intimidated bySidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins.


Making his National Hockey League debut against last season'sHart Trophy winner, Price stopped 26 shots as the MontrealCanadiens defeated the Penguins, 3-2, on Wednesday.

Price, who was the fifth overall pick in the 2005 draft, deniedCrosby from the doorstep with his blocker to keep the gamescoreless with 13:35 remaining in the second period.

Price would get the better of Crosby again with the Canadiensnursing a 2-1 lead late in the second period. With 40 secondsleft, Pittsburgh's phenom grabbed the puck after it took anawkward bounce off the end boards and tried to stuff it insidethe goalpost, but Price quickly slid across the crease to makethe save.


Not a bad debut for the 20-year-old Price, who was playing inhis first NHL game 22 years to the day after former Montrealnetminder Patrick Roy did the same against Pittsburgh.

Defenseman Andrei Markov's goal nearly three minutes into thethird stood up as the game-winner.


After Montreal won a faceoff in the offensive zone, MichaelRyder backhanded a shot on net that produced a rebound, whichMarkov buried for the goal.


Tomas Plekanec and Alexei Kovalev scored four minutes apart togive the Canadiens a 2-1 lead in the second period.

Plekanec blasted the puck over the left shoulder of goaltenderMarc-Andre Fleury for a power-play goal to tie the game withseven minutes remaining in the period. Kovalev gave theCanadiens the lead after he wristed a shot from the rightfaceoff circle that found a sliver of space between Fleury'sblocker and body.


After Markov's goal gave the Canadiens a 3-1 lead, Evgeni Malkingot creative 57 seconds later to pull the Penguins within one.

Malkin, who had the puck behind the net, backhanded it in frontto Maxime Talbot, who fired into the vacant net after Price hadexpected Malkin to skate out front.


Blue-liner Ryan Whitney's power-play goal seven minutes into thesecond period put the Penguins on the board.


As Crosby drove toward the net, he was shoved into Price bydefenseman Roman Hamrlik. With Price down, Whitney calmlyflicked the puck into the open net to give the Penguins a 1-0lead.


Crosby showed no effects of being hampered by a right footinjury suffered on Saturday after blocking a shot by Anaheimdefenseman Francois Beauchemin.


Fleury made 32 saves for the Penguins, who will celebrate the40-year anniversary of the first game in team history Thursday.

Pittsburgh made its NHL debut on October 11, 1967 againstMontreal at what was then the Civic Arena. Jean Beliveauspoiled the party, scoring his 400th career goal to lead theCanadiens to a 2-1 victory.

 

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Montreal 0 2 1 --3
Pittsburgh 0 1 1 --2
------------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: - Bench, Mon (too many men served by M
Ryder), 5:47; M Komisarek, Mon (slashing), 13:25.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Pittsburgh, Ryan Whitney 1 (power play)
(Mark Recchi, Sidney Crosby), 7:08. 2, Montreal, Tomas Plekanec 1
(power play) (Andrei Markov, Mark Streit), 13:07. 3, Montreal, Alexei
Kovalev 1 (Tomas Plekanec), 17:00. Penalties: M Komisarek, Mon
(hooking), 3:18; R Whitney, Pit (holding), 3:29; A Markov, Mon (cross
checking), 6:35; J Gorges, Mon (roughing), 8:06; D Sydor, Pit
(hooking), 11:55.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Montreal, Andrei Markov 2 (Michael Ryder,
Saku Koivu), 2:51. 5, Pittsburgh, Maxime Talbot 1 (Evgeni Malkin, Mark
Recchi), 3:48.

Shots on goal:
---------------------------------------
Montreal 5 16 14 --35
Pittsburgh 9 12 7 --28
---------------------------------------

Power-play Conversions: Montreal - 1 of 2, Pittsburgh - 1 of 5.
Goalies : Montreal, Carey Price (28 shots, 26 saves; record: 1-0-0).
Pittsburgh, Marc-Andre Fleury (35 shots, 32 saves; record: 1-2-0). A:
17,006. Referees: Justin St. Pierre, Mike Hasenfratz. Linesmen:
Anthony Sericolo, Derek Amell.</div>

 

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MONTREAL 0 2 1 --3
PITTSBURGH 0 1 1 --2
-----------------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: - Bench, Mon (too many men served by M
Ryder), 5:47; M Komisarek, Mon (slashing), 13:25.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Pittsburgh, Ryan Whitney 1 (power play)
(Mark Recchi, Sidney Crosby), 7:08. 2, Montreal, Tomas Plekanec 1
(power play) (Andrei Markov, Mark Streit), 13:07. 3, Montreal, Alexei
Kovalev 1 (Tomas Plekanec), 17:00. Penalties: M Komisarek, Mon
(hooking), 3:18; R Whitney, Pit (holding), 3:29; A Markov, Mon (cross
checking), 6:35; J Gorges, Mon (roughing), 8:06; D Sydor, Pit
(hooking), 11:55.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Montreal, Andrei Markov 2 (Michael Ryder,
Saku Koivu), 2:51. 5, Pittsburgh, Maxime Talbot 1 (Evgeni Malkin, Mark
Recchi), 3:48.

Shots on goal:
----------------------------------------
MONTREAL 5 16 14 --35
PITTSBURGH 9 12 7 --28
----------------------------------------

Power-play Conversions: MON - 1 of 2, PIT - 1 of 5. Goalies :
Montreal, Carey Price (28 shots, 26 saves; record: 1-0-0). Pittsburgh,
Marc-Andre Fleury (35 shots, 32 saves; record: 1-2-0). A: 17,006.
Referees: Justin St. Pierre, Mike Hasenfratz. Linesmen: Anthony
Sericolo, Derek Amell.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

MONTREAL PITTSBURGH
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
S Koivu 0 1 +1 1 G Roberts 0 0 -1 2
T Plekanec 1 1 +1 2 J Staal 0 0 even 0
B Smolinski 0 0 -1 1 R Malone 0 0 even 3
C Higgins 0 0 +1 4 E Christensen 0 0 -2 1
S Begin 0 0 even 3 P Sykora 0 0 -1 2
M Dandenault 0 0 even 1 A Hall 0 0 -1 1
J Gorges 0 0 even 2 R Whitney 1 0 even 1
A Kovalev 1 0 +1 3 C Armstrong 0 0 -1 1
K Chipchura 0 0 even 2 M Talbot 1 0 +1 2
M Streit 0 1 -1 1 G Laraque 0 0 even 0
R Hamrlik 0 0 even 2 M Eaton 0 0 even 1
A Kostitsyn 0 0 +1 3 R Scuderi 0 0 -1 1
F Bouillon 0 0 even 2 B Orpik 0 0 +1 1
T Kostopoulos 0 0 -1 1 D Sydor 0 0 -2 1
M Ryder 0 1 +1 3 S Gonchar 0 0 even 2
A Markov 1 1 +1 2 E Malkin 0 1 +1 2
M Komisarek 0 0 +2 1 M Recchi 0 2 +1 1
G Latendresse 0 0 -1 1 S Crosby 0 1 even 6
P Brisebois HEALTHY J Ruutu HEALTHY
G Murray HEALTHY A Nasreddine HEALTHY
M Grabovski HEALTHY</div>

 

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Carey Price was not intimidated bySidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins.


Making his National Hockey League debut against last season'sHart Trophy winner, Price stopped 26 shots as the MontrealCanadiens defeated the Penguins, 3-2, on Wednesday.

Price, who was the fifth overall pick in the 2005 draft, deniedCrosby from the doorstep with his blocker to keep the gamescoreless with 13:35 remaining in the second period.

Price would get the better of Crosby again with the Canadiensnursing a 2-1 lead late in the second period. With 40 secondsleft, Pittsburgh's phenom grabbed the puck after it took anawkward bounce off the end boards and tried to stuff it insidethe goalpost, but Price quickly slid across the crease to makethe save.


Not a bad debut for the 20-year-old Price, who was playing inhis first NHL game 22 years to the day after former Montrealnetminder Patrick Roy did the same against Pittsburgh.

"I read it in the game notes," Price said, acknowledging Roy'sdebut. "It's kind of a coincidence. It's kind of weird that'show that worked out."


Although he admitted to being nervous, Price seemed to take thewhole experience in stride.


"I had a lot of help out there," he said. "The guys reallyhelped me enjoy myself out there. It's pretty intense outthere. You look at their lineup and you're like, 'Whoa, there'sa lot of high-octane players over there.' But I thought ourguys did a really good job the last five minutes of the game,when we shut them down pretty good."


Canadiens captain Saku Koivu was pleased with Price's effortagainst the highly skilled Penguins.


"As a young goaltender, you don't face guys like that toooften," Koivu said. "They have a lot of offense and skill upfront. That was a good test for the team and a good test forhim."


Defenseman Andrei Markov's goal nearly three minutes into thethird stood up as the game-winner.


After Montreal won a faceoff in the offensive zone, MichaelRyder backhanded a shot on net that produced a rebound, whichMarkov buried for the goal.


Tomas Plekanec and Alexei Kovalev scored four minutes apart togive the Canadiens a 2-1 lead in the second period.

Plekanec blasted the puck over the left shoulder of goaltenderMarc-Andre Fleury for a power-play goal to tie the game withseven minutes remaining in the period. Kovalev gave theCanadiens the lead after he wristed a shot from the rightfaceoff circle that found a sliver of space between Fleury'sblocker and body.


"We were pretty decent for 50 minutes tonight, but there was a10-minute lapse in the second where we lost our focus, and Ithink it cost us the game," Pittsburgh veteran - and formerCanadien - Mark Recchi said. "Give them some credit, theyplayed a good game and stuck with it, and we didn't."

After Markov's goal gave the Canadiens a 3-1 lead, Evgeni Malkingot creative 57 seconds later to pull the Penguins within one.

Malkin, who had the puck behind the net, backhanded it in frontto Maxime Talbot, who fired into the vacant net after Price hadexpected Malkin to skate out front.


Blue-liner Ryan Whitney's power-play goal seven minutes into thesecond period put the Penguins on the board.


As Crosby drove toward the net, he was shoved into Price bydefenseman Roman Hamrlik. With Price down, Whitney calmlyflicked the puck into the open net to give the Penguins a 1-0lead.


Despite his goal, Whitney was not completely satisfied with histeam's effort.


"We've got to put together an entire game," Whitney said. "We'renot going to sneak up on anyone. Every night is going to betough."


Penguins coach Michel Therrien agreed.


"There's no fire in our eyes like there was last year," he said."Some guys are really going to have to pick it up - really pickit up."


Crosby showed no effects of being hampered by a right footinjury suffered on Saturday after blocking a shot by Anaheimdefenseman Francois Beauchemin.


Fleury made 32 saves for the Penguins, who will celebrate the40-year anniversary of the first game in team history Thursday.

Pittsburgh made its NHL debut on October 11, 1967 againstMontreal at what was then the Civic Arena. Jean Beliveauspoiled the party, scoring his 400th career goal to lead theCanadiens to a 2-1 victory.