March 10th, 1983
Pittsburgh Penguins (43-29-1) at
Montreal Canadiens (45-25-4)
We are facing the Penguins for the 3rd time this season, we beat them 4-0 at home and won 4-1 in Pittsburgh, so looking for our 3rd win. Montreal are currently in 3rd spot in the Atlantic, 2 points behind Buffalo and they have a game in hand. We remain 2 points ahead of Boston and we have a game in hand on them.
Tonight we highlight LD
Yegor Berestnev. The 28 year old came over the Canadiens in a trade on November 26th, 1980 to bolster our offense from the back end. This season he has 10 goals and 46 assists for 56 points. For his career the strong playmaker has 191 career games of which 30 were with the Calgary Flames before the trade. He has 30 career NHL goals, 158 points, 97 PIMs and a +14 rating. Berestnev is 2nd amoung NHL defenseman for career points,
The Penguins are currently holding the 3rd seed in the Metropolitan Division with 87 points. The Penguins are ranked 3rd on the PK with a 87.1% success rate. A weakness, is the Penguins give up a lot of shots, they average 29 against a game which ranks the 18th in the NHL.
The Penguins will start G
Ernie Stockwell, he has 5 wins in 9 games with a .910 save %. Montreal will start G
Mike Blackshear, he has 37 wins in 60 games with a .905 save %.
Montreal opens up the scoring at 2:50 of the 1st when C
Dave Wright gets his 32 goal of the year, it's 1-0 Montreal.
Wright gets his 2nd of the night on the PP at 6:26 to make it 2-0 Montreal. Montreal continues to pour it on, C
Jiri Reichel gets his 6th of the year at 17:43 on the PP to make it 3-0. The Pittsburgh PK is taking a beating. Montreal out shot Pittsburgh 20 to 5 in the 1st period.
Montreal goes up 4-0 at 15:26 of the 2nd period when C
Chris Hughes gets his 29th of the year on another PP. LW
Batsaikhany Vanoosten scores his 9th at 16:16 to make it 5-0. Montreal out shot Pittsburgh 13 to 5 in the 2nd period.
There was no scoring in the 3rd period as Pittsburgh out shot Montreal 12 to 11. Montreal was 3 for 8 on the PP while Pittsburgh was 0 for 2.
Montreal's C
David Wright was named the 1st star with his 2 goals and an assist. The 27 year old Wright now has 33 goals, 56 points and 127 PIMs with a +8 rating this season in 75 games. For his career he has 77 goals and 157 points in 221 games.
Montreal 5 Pittsburgh 0
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st | MTL | Dave Wright | 32 | Ashton Miller | Yevgeny Ronov |
| 1st | MTL | Dave Wright (PP) | 33 | Andrew Rickford | Martin Beran |
| 1st | MTL | Jiri Reichel (PP) | 6 | Marc-Andre Berube | Al Ladd |
| 2nd | MTL | Chris Hughes (PP) | 30 | Yegor Berestnev | Al Ladd |
| 2nd | MTL | Batsaikhany Vanoosten | 9 | Martin Beran | Dave Wright |
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| PER | TEAM | PLAYER | MIN | PENALTY |
| 1st | PIT | Justin Smith | 5 | Illegal Check to the Head |
| 2nd | PIT | Justin Smith | 10 | Misconduct |
| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| PIT | Ernie Stockwell | 44 | 5 |
| MTL | Mike Blackshear | 22 | 0 |
Around the league.........
Carolina Hurricanes RW
Patrick Connor had 2 assists in a 5-3 win over the Blues. The 28 year old now has 36 goals and 71 points in 62 games. The 1981 Maurice Richard Award Winner and 1981 All-Star has played in 217 career NHL games, he has 111 goals, 223 points, 398 PIMs and a +59 rating.