The Canadiens retook a two-goal lead with a power-play goal with 4:40 left in the first period. It’s not easy, so a lot of work goes into it.” “Each and every year I mean, the guys that are coming in are so skilled and so fast. “I understand how hard you have to work to play at this level,” Crosby said. It tied him with Coffey (1,531) for 14th place.Ĭrosby is tied for the league lead with 14 even-strength goals this season.

Struble made it 2-0 with 7:39 left in the opening period as he beat Nedelkjovic from the right side for his second.Ĭrosby got the Penguins on the scoreboard 1:27 later as he backhanded a loose puck during a scramble on the left side. Savard, playing in just his seventh game of the season, got the Canadiens on the scoreboard at 6:24 of the first period with his first. Crosby got a pass in the high slot from Karlsson and scored past Montembault for his 17th with just under 9 minutes left in the second period. It was Guentzel’s 13th goal of the season.Ĭrosby got his second of the night to tie it nearly 5:30 later with Pittsburgh’s second power-play tally of the night. With the Penguins on a power play, Guetzel got a pass from Crosby at the high slot and fired a shot past Montembault make it 3-2 at 5:36 of the middle period. “And then we shoot ourselves in the foot.” “We had so many great moments,” Canadiens coach Martin St Louis said. Montreal built leads of 2-0 and 3-1 in the first period, before Pittsburgh scored twice in the second to tie the game. Montreal failed to score after spending almost an entire four-on-three overtime power play in Pittsburgh’s zone following Evgeni Malkin’s tripping penalty. “I don’t know if he’s taken a penalty shot before, let alone scored a goal,” Karlsson said. Another nine skaters went before Harkins, who got only 4 minutes, 24 seconds of ice time during the game, ended it. The next eight skaters could not convert until Sean Monahan scored for the Canadiens and Lars Eller for the Penguins in the seventh round. Montreal’s Nick Suzuki and Cole Caulfield and Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang and Crosby all scored on the first four attempts of the shoot-out. “It’s always fun once it starts going, guys on the bench are starting to panic a little bit and hoping for a goal so they don’t get picked, but at the same time it’s one of those things that guys get opportunities to take a penalty shot that otherwise they might have not, and Harks scored a goal for us,” Karlsson said.ĭavid Savard, Jayden Struble and Sean Monahan scored for Montreal, who have lost eight of their past nine at home. Erik Karlsson had two assists and Alex Nedeljkovic finished with 39 saves as the Penguins won their second straight after a four-game skid. Cheers to Another Victory: Dads Win Streak Continues in Montreal FINAL (SO): Penguins 4, Canadiens 3 Power Play Strikes Twice in Victory Over Arizona Dads.

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