Montreal just knocked out Pittsburgh…

Let that sink in.

In what has to be considered the epitome of how strange this year’s hockey season, NHL play-ins and road to the playoffs have been, the lowest-seeded Eastern Conference team has booted a team that included Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and a much more talented line-up that should have won in a best-of-five series, but didn’t

Pre-Game Notes:

The Montreal Canadiens edged the Pittsburgh Penguins in a crucial third game of their best-of-five series. They will now head into Game 4 with the ability to knock the Penguins out of the play-in rounds. In an attempt to prolong their play-in run, the Penguins have decided to put Tristan Jarry in net over a struggling Matt Murray.

Carey Price has been the key to the series for the Canadiens. Can he pull out one more big game?

Game Notes:

 

Score
PENGUINS 1-2-0	CANADIENS 2-1-0
–	2

 

Scoring Summary:

Period 1
	Goal	Assists
Period 2
	Goal	Assists
Period 3
	Goal	Assists
	15:49 – Artturi Lehkonen (1)	Paul Byron
	19;28 – Shea Weber (2) (Empty Net)

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