Penguins give fading postseason hopes a needed boost in 4-1 win over reeling Canadiens

— Bryan Rust and Drew O'Conner scored 21 seconds apart in the second period to break open a close game and the Pittsburgh Penguins gave their flagging postseason hopes a boost with a 4-1 win over the reeling Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.
Feb 23, 2025, 07:22 pm - AP
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1st PeriodMTLPIT
9:05Mike Matheson (8)
Unassisted
10
11:24Kris Letang (5)
Assists: Evgeni Malkin (27), Drew O'Connor (12)
11
2nd PeriodMTLPIT
11:30Bryan Rust (16) (Power Play)
Assists: Erik Karlsson (33), Sidney Crosby (25)
12
11:51Drew O'Connor (8)
Assists: Valtteri Puustinen (8), Erik Karlsson (34)
13
3rd PeriodMTLPIT
18:35Kris Letang (6) (Empty Net)
Unassisted
14

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  • Erik Karlsson hit Nick Suzuki
  • Pierre-Olivier Joseph hit Kaiden Guhle
  • Valtteri Puustinen hit David Savard
  • Jayden Struble shot blocked by Jansen Harkins
  • Jordan Harris shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  • Jeff Carter hit Josh Anderson
  • Lars Eller faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Lars Eller Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Ryan Graves Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Takeaway by Sidney Crosby
  • Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Noel Acciari faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  • Jansen Harkins Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Ryan Graves Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  • Chad Ruhwedel hit Josh Anderson
  • Jake Evans shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
  • Giveaway by Kris Letang
  • Juraj Slafkovsky shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
  • Jansen Harkins hit Juraj Slafkovsky
  • Jeff Carter faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  • Kris Letang Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeni Malkin (27), Drew O'Connor (12)
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Rickard Rakell hit Kaiden Guhle
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Colin White
  • Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  • Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Drew O'Connor
  • Pierre-Olivier Joseph Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Takeaway by Kris Letang
  • Lars Eller Slap Shot Short
  • Joel Armia shot blocked by Kris Letang
  • Jordan Harris shot blocked by Pierre-Olivier Joseph
  • Valtteri Puustinen hit Jayden Struble
  • Noel Acciari Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  • Erik Karlsson Slap Shot Hit Right Post
  • Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Jake Evans
  • Rickard Rakell hit Jake Evans
  • Takeaway by Erik Karlsson
  • Lars Eller Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Rickard Rakell hit Mike Matheson
  • Giveaway by Rickard Rakell
  • Takeaway by Valtteri Puustinen
  • Valtteri Puustinen Backhand Wide Left
  • Lars Eller faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  • Jeff Carter faceoff won against Colin White
  • Noel Acciari hit Jesse Ylönen
  • Sidney Crosby shot blocked by Jansen Harkins
  • Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
  • Bryan Rust Tripping against Cole Caufield
  • Takeaway by Noel Acciari
  • Giveaway by Noel Acciari
  • Juraj Slafkovsky shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  • Lars Eller hit Josh Anderson
  • Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Drew O'Connor
  • Lars Eller faceoff won against Colin White
  • Valtteri Puustinen Slap Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Pierre-Olivier Joseph Slap Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Valtteri Puustinen Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  • Valtteri Puustinen Slap Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Rickard Rakell hit Arber Xhekaj
  • Jansen Harkins hit Mike Matheson
  • Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Jeff Carter
  • Lars Eller shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  • Noel Acciari hit Cole Caufield
  • Drew O'Connor Tip-In Wide Right
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  • Takeaway by Rickard Rakell
  • Noel Acciari faceoff won against Jake Evans
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Bryan Rust Goal (16) Tip-In, assists: Erik Karlsson (33), Sidney Crosby (25)
  • Drew O'Connor Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Valtteri Puustinen (8), Erik Karlsson (34)
  • Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin
  • Matthew Phillips Backhand saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Tanner Pearson shot blocked by Kris Letang
  • Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Bryan Rust Backhand Wide Left
  • Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Takeaway by Erik Karlsson
  • Valtteri Puustinen Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Ryan Graves Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Drew O'Connor hit Kaiden Guhle
  • Takeaway by Chad Ruhwedel
  • Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin
  • Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  • Drew O'Connor Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  • Kris Letang hit Joshua Roy
  • Jeff Carter faceoff won against Tanner Pearson
  • Rickard Rakell Tripping against Nick Suzuki
  • Kris Letang hit Nick Suzuki
  • Juraj Slafkovsky shot blocked by Jeff Carter
  • Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
  • Noel Acciari faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Takeaway by Marcus Pettersson
  • Giveaway by Valtteri Puustinen
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  • Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Josh Anderson shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
  • Alex Newhook shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
  • Bryan Rust Tripping against Mike Matheson
  • Noel Acciari faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  • Takeaway by Lars Eller
  • Bryan Rust hit Jordan Harris
  • Cole Caufield shot blocked by Kris Letang
  • Lars Eller faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  • Marcus Pettersson Roughing against Josh Anderson
  • Cole Caufield shot blocked by Sidney Crosby
  • Drew O'Connor Backhand Above Crossbar
  • Rickard Rakell hit David Savard
  • Joel Armia shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Sidney Crosby hit Nick Suzuki
  • Takeaway by Lars Eller
  • Jeff Carter Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Noel Acciari faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Reilly Smith Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Kris Letang Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  • Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin
  • Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  • Ryan Graves hit Jordan Harris
  • Joel Armia shot blocked by Ryan Graves
  • Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Short
  • Jake Evans Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Joel Armia Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Joshua Roy Tip-In Wide Left
  • Joshua Roy Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Jordan Harris Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Alex Newhook Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Joshua Roy Backhand Wide Left
  • Icing
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Alex Newhook faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Mike Matheson hit Bryan Rust
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Brendan Gallagher faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  • Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Tanner Pearson Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Jayden Struble Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Juraj Slafkovsky Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Off-side
  • Jake Evans faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  • Giveaway by Colin White
  • Mike Matheson Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: none
  • Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Arber Xhekaj hit Valtteri Puustinen
  • Off-side
  • Josh Anderson hit Jeff Carter
  • Ryan Graves shot blocked by Joshua Roy
  • Ryan Graves shot blocked by Joshua Roy
  • Off-side
  • Icing
  • Takeaway by Colin White
  • Icing
  • Icing
  • Alex Newhook faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  • Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  • Joshua Roy Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Joshua Roy Tip-In Wide Right
  • Evgeni Malkin shot blocked by David Savard
  • Jake Evans Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  • Jordan Harris Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Colin White Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Tanner Pearson Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Colin White faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  • Giveaway by Tanner Pearson
  • Joshua Roy Tip-In Wide Right
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Kaiden Guhle Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Brendan Gallagher Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jake Evans faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Goalie Stopped
  • David Savard shot blocked by Josh Anderson
  • Tanner Pearson Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Juraj Slafkovsky Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Hand Pass
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jeff Carter
  • Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Puck in Benches
  • Colin White faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Icing
  • Lars Eller shot blocked by Arber Xhekaj
  • Tanner Pearson hit Valtteri Puustinen
  • Puck in Netting
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovsky
  • Off-side
  • Josh Anderson hit Bryan Rust
  • Jesse Ylönen Backhand saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jayden Struble hit Kris Letang
  • Pierre-Olivier Joseph shot blocked by Joel Armia
  • Jayden Struble hit Kris Letang
  • Brendan Gallagher Holding against Jeff Carter
  • Arber Xhekaj Tripping against Evgeni Malkin
  • Jake Evans faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Kaiden Guhle hit Matthew Phillips
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Colin White hit Evgeni Malkin
  • Takeaway by Tanner Pearson
  • David Savard hit Jeff Carter
  • Kris Letang shot blocked by Jake Evans
  • Joshua Roy Deflected saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Puck in Benches
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  • Takeaway by Mike Matheson
  • Cole Caufield Backhand Wide Left
  • Kaiden Guhle Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Icing
  • Kris Letang shot blocked by Josh Anderson
  • Joshua Roy Wrist Shot Short
  • Joshua Roy Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Jordan Harris Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Joshua Roy Backhand saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Joshua Roy Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Noel Acciari shot blocked by Jesse Ylönen
  • Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher
  • Icing
  • Jake Evans faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Takeaway by Juraj Slafkovsky
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Juraj Slafkovsky Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Puck in Netting
  • Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher
  • Arber Xhekaj Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Josh Anderson
  • Jesse Ylönen Backhand saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Off-side
  • Jake Evans faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  • Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Mike Matheson Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  • Giveaway by Cole Caufield
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Off-side
  • Josh Anderson Roughing against Marcus Pettersson
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Juraj Slafkovsky Deflected High and Wide Left
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Icing
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Giveaway by Cayden Primeau
  • Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  • Icing
  • Juraj Slafkovsky hit Jeff Carter
  • Giveaway by Alex Newhook
  • Icing
  • Jake Evans faceoff won against Lars Eller
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