Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens 5-8, Mar 26, 1997: Box Score | AskScores

Pittsburgh Penguins

5

Montreal Canadiens

8

Final · Bell Centre

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	3	2	5
MTL	5	1	2	8

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8-5 on Mar 26, 1997 at Bell Centre.

Top performers

Mario Lemieux
Mario Lemieux had 2 goals and 3 assists for the Penguins.
Phillippe Derouville
Phillippe Derouville made 24 saves on 28 shots for the Penguins.
Mark Recchi
Mark Recchi had 2 goals and 2 assists for the Canadiens.
Jocelyn Thibault
Jocelyn Thibault made 26 saves on 31 shots for the Canadiens.

Before and after

Penguins · 1996-97 season · Previous Mar 24, 1997: PIT 0, NYR 3 · Next Mar 29, 1997: LA 1, PIT 4
Canadiens · 1996-97 season · Previous Mar 24, 1997: BOS 1, MTL 3 · Next Mar 29, 1997: MTL 2, OTT 5

Other Penguins vs Canadiens games

Other Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens games

Mar 10, 1997	MTL at PIT	2-2	Regular
Feb 5, 1997	PIT at MTL	6-3	Regular
Jan 26, 1997	PIT at MTL	5-2	Regular
Dec 26, 1996	MTL at PIT	3-3	Regular
Nov 27, 1996	MTL at PIT	2-2	Regular
Dec 21, 2025	MTL at PIT	3-4	Regular

Pittsburgh Penguins box score

Skaters

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters, Mar 26, 1997

Ron Francis	1	4	5	2	3	0	0:00
Mario Lemieux	2	3	5	2	5	0	0:00
Kevin Hatcher	1	1	2	-2	2	4	0:00
Ed Olczyk	0	2	2	0	1	0	0:00
Jason Woolley	1	0	1	0	2	0	0:00
Stu Barnes	0	0	0	-3	3	0	0:00
Joe Mullen	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0:00
Fredrik Olausson	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Darius Kasparaitis	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0:00
Greg Johnson	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0:00
Ian Moran	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0:00
Chris Tamer	0	0	0	-5	2	0	0:00
Francois Leroux	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Neil Wilkinson	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0:00
Jeff Christian	0	0	0	-3	2	7	0:00
Dave Roche	0	0	0	-2	0	12	0:00
Roman Oksiuta	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0:00
Joe Dziedzic	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0:00
Team	5	10	15	-25	31	27

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies, Mar 26, 1997

Phillippe Derouville	28	24	4	.857	51:44
Patrick Lalime	5	1	4	.200	8:16
Team	33	25	8	1.057

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Montreal Canadiens box score

Skaters

Montreal Canadiens skaters, Mar 26, 1997

Mark Recchi	2	2	4	3	4	2	0:00
Saku Koivu	1	2	3	3	4	0	0:00
Shayne Corson	1	1	2	2	2	6	0:00
Stephane Richer	2	0	2	1	2	0	0:00
Vincent Damphousse	1	0	1	0	4	0	0:00
Scott Thornton	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Stephane Quintal	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0:00
Martin Rucinsky	0	1	1	0	2	4	0:00
Darcy Tucker	0	1	1	1	1	0	0:00
Benoit Brunet	0	1	1	2	3	0	0:00
Vladimir Malakhov	0	1	1	2	4	0	0:00
Turner Stevenson	1	0	1	1	1	0	0:00
Marc Bureau	0	1	1	1	0	2	0:00
Valeri Bure	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Craig Rivet	0	0	0	4	0	17	0:00
Jassen Cullimore	0	0	0	2	1	0	0:00
Brian Savage	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Peter Popovic	0	0	0	3	0	0	0:00
Team	8	13	21	25	33	31

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Montreal Canadiens goalies, Mar 26, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jocelyn Thibault	31	26	5	.839	60:00

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%