Pittsburgh 2 1 2-5

Montreal 0 1 1-2

First Period-1, Pittsburgh, Stone 1 (Filewich) :32. 2, Pittsburgh, Taffe 1 (Minard) 2:41.

Second Period-3, Montreal, Smolinski 1 (Beauregard, Rivers) 5:57 (pp). 4, Pittsburgh, Sykora 1 (Malkin) 11:51.

Third Period- 5, Montreal, Koivu 1, 8:57. 6, Pittsburgh, Malkin 1 (Goligoski, Whitney) 12:33 (sh). 7, Pittsburgh, Kennedy 1 (Taffe, Orpik) 17:00.

Shots on Goal-Pittsburgh, 7-8-12-27. Montreal, 5-11-7-23.

Goalies-Pittsburgh, Sabourin. Montreal, Halak, Price. A-21,273. T-2:23