CANADIENS
Montreal

PENGUINS
Pittsburgh

Lineup

Forward lines and defense pairings 

[one_half]Tatar – Danault – Gallagher
Byron – Kotkaniemi – Armia
Drouin – Domi – Lehkonen
Hudon – Plekanec – Shaw
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[one_half_last]Mete – Petry
Reilly – Juulsen
Benn – Ouellet

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Goaltenders

Niemi
Lindgren

Scratches

Alzner, Scherbak, Peca, Price (flu)

Injuries

Weber, Schlemko, De la Rose, Deslauriers

Game Report 

Coming off a 3-0 shutout to the Los Angeles Kings in the home opener, the Canadiens wanted a good start. And they didn’t get it.

The Habs were a disaster in their own end. Missed checks and turnovers were commonplace. On the first Penguins goal, Mike Reilly, Jeff Petry, Charles Hudon and Phillip Danault each had an opportunity to make a play that would have nullified the attack. Instead they flailed around with a half-hearted effort.

Dominik Simon opened the scoring assisted by the Montreal-raised Daniel Sprong and Kris Letang. The sloppiness continued in the Montreal zone as Letang added another Pittsburgh goal before the end of the first period. Antti Niemi wasn’t looking particularly good.

But Montreal was a different team to start the second period and they caught a bit of a break. Tomas Tatar took a whack at a rolling puck and it found the back of the net just 11 seconds into the second frame. Before the midpoint of the period, Brendan Gallagher scored and Tatar added his second of the game. The Canadiens earned their first lead.

The Penguins tied up the game in the third period on the power-play. The Canadiens had a goal disallowed for the second consecutive game due to goalie interference by Andrew Shaw.

Montreal couldn’t take advantage of a power-play in overtime. Paul Byron was the Bell Centre hero with the game-deciding goal.

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▲  Tomas Tatar, Brendan Gallagher, Noah Juulsen

▼  Andrew Shaw, Charles Hudon, Mike Reilly

1. Tomas Tatar  MTL
2. Kris Letang  PIT
3. Brendan Gallagher  MTL

• “We kept calm and continued to believe in ourselves and in our system. We created some sparks right from the start of the second and that helped us gain our momentum.”

Brendan Gallagher

• “We wanted to compete, that’s all we wanted to do. I thought all four lines did a good job there tonight.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com