Pittsburgh Penguins 9, Montreal Canadiens 2: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins 9 to Montreal Canadiens 2, on Thursday, December 12, 2024 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHLThursday, December 12, 2024
DateDec 12, 2024
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance21,105
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Pittsburgh PenguinsMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
13-14-4Record11-15-3
7th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding1st in Atlantic Division
3-8Road record / home record5-6
LWLWLLast 5LWLWW
L1StreakL1
Team stats
Pittsburgh PenguinsMontreal Canadiens
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Elmer Soderblom LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBryan Rust RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveRyan Graves D · Knee
Injured ReserveMontreal Canadiens
Mike Matheson D · Lower Body
OutChris Kreider LW · Lower Body
OutIvan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveBox score
Pittsburgh Penguins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Acciari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:11 | 0:09 | 4:03 | 8:59 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:44 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Bunting | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:04 | 3:01 | 0:00 | 12:03 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15:40 | 3:01 | 0:00 | 12:39 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Glass | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:58 | 1:40 | 3:05 | 10:13 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lizotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:01 | 0:10 | 2:17 | 10:34 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:32 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 13:41 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Nieto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:26 | 0:00 | 3:35 | 9:51 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew O'Connor | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13:31 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 11:33 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rickard Rakell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:00 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 13:25 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:43 | 1:57 | 1:02 | 12:44 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Tomasino | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:25 | 2:10 | 0:00 | 14:15 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Graves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:24 | 0:00 | 2:22 | 12:02 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:24 | 2:54 | 1:03 | 13:27 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:26 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 17:22 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:12 | 3:01 | 3:49 | 17:22 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Marcus Pettersson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:09 | 0:17 | 5:48 | 17:04 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Pickering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:10 | 0:00 | 2:58 | 17:12 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Jarry | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .913 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 12:40 | 0:22 | 0:36 | 11:42 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Joel Armia | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:38 | 0:00 | 3:33 | 12:05 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:46 | 5:14 | 0:00 | 14:32 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:58 | 2:18 | 0:00 | 11:40 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Dvorak | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12:09 | 0:28 | 2:35 | 9:06 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 14:00 | 0:00 | 2:22 | 11:38 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 13:02 | 2:39 | 0:00 | 10:23 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:26 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 9:13 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrik Laine | 2 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 16:14 | 5:21 | 0:00 | 10:53 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 15:13 | 2:14 | 0:00 | 12:59 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:08 | 5:22 | 0:00 | 12:46 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:24 | 5:23 | 0:49 | 14:12 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Barron | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 | 0:00 | 0:56 | 11:25 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 2 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 22:20 | 0:14 | 3:14 | 18:52 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:48 | 5:04 | 0:00 | 15:44 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:01 | 3:08 | 3:48 | 16:05 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Struble | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 12:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:53 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 3 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 21:01 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 19:02 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayden Primeau | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .571 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Montembeault | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .769 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 48:41 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 9-2, on Thursday, December 12, 2024.
What was the final score of Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens?
Pittsburgh Penguins 9, Montreal Canadiens 2.
Who were the top performers?
Pittsburgh Penguins: Bryan Rust (3 goals). Montreal Canadiens: Nick Suzuki (1 goals).
Where is Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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