The Pittsburgh Penguins were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 3 to 2, in overtime in Game 1 of the 1998 playoff series on April 23, 1998.

Final

Canadiens

1-0-0

3

Penguins

0-1-0

2

Team

MTL

PIT

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

PIT

Martin Rucinsky (PP) assisted by Vincent Damphousse and Igor Ulanov

2nd period

MTL

PIT

Brad Werenka (SH) assisted by Jiri Slegr

Peter Popovic (EV) assisted by Brian Savage and Vincent Damphousse

3rd period

MTL

PIT

Stu Barnes (EV) assisted by Jiri Slegr and Jaromir Jagr

MTL

PIT

Benoit Brunet (EV) assisted by Vladimir Malakhov

Canadiens

Penguins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Penguins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Andy Moog (W) A. Moog	1	0	0	36	34	.944	2	1.53	0	79

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Sebastien Bordeleau S. Bordeleau	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	5	20.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	0.0
Jonas Hoglund J. Hoglund	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dave Manson D. Manson	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	4	25.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Igor Ulanov I. Ulanov	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
Zarley Zalapski Z. Zalapski	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tom Barrasso (L) T. Barrasso	0	1	0	40	37	.925	3	2.29	0	79

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	S	S%
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Rob Brown R. Brown	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Francis R. Francis	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	6	0.0
Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0.0
Alex Hicks A. Hicks	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Darius Kasparaitis D. Kasparaitis	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Lang R. Lang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Aleksey Morozov A. Morozov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Fredrik Olausson F. Olausson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Sean Pronger S. Pronger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jiri Slegr J. Slegr	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	1	0.0
Martin Straka M. Straka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Chris Tamer C. Tamer	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Brad Werenka B. Werenka	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	1	100.0
Tyler Wright T. Wright	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	1	0.0