From: lli+@cs.cmu.edu (Lori Iannamico)
Subject: Pens-3 Montreal-3
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 15:23:13 GMT

This is a reprint (without permission, of course) of the clari.sports.hockey
article of the game.  I was at the NLCS game on Saturday night, and even though
I taped the Pens/Montreal game I haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

	MONTREAL (UPI) -- The respectful Montreal Forum faithful stood and
cheered opposing center Mario Lemieux, then sat back and watched their
own Canadiens revive the era of the Flying Frenchmen.
	Brian Bellows and Benoit Brunet scored third-period goals Saturday
night to rally Montreal to a 3-3 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins and
Lemieux, who received a standing ovation when introduced before the
game.
	Brunet's second goal of the night tied the score 3-3 with 5:40 left.
While falling to the ice, Brunet's slap shot beat netminder Tom Barrasso
on the far side.
	``Coming back the way we did after being down 3-1 has to give us a
big lift,'' said new Montreal Coach Jacques Demers after guiding the
Canadiens for the first time in the Forum.
	Showing signs of returning to their high-flying ways under Demers,
the Canadiens outshot Pittsburgh 37-31, including 10-4 in the opening
period.
	``They surprised us,'' said Penguins defenseman Larry Murphy, who had
a goal. ``They came out so well at the beginning and carried the play to
us in the first period. They really ran over us with their skating.
Fortunately, Tommy held us in the game.''
	Pittsburgh didn't manage a shot on Patrick Roy until 5:24 left in the
opening period. But the mighty Penguins rebounded in the second.
	Lemieux assisted on the opening goal of the contest, by Kevin Stevens
at 6:21 of the second. The Canadiens were shorthanded when Stevens
converted Lemieux's behind-the-net feed.
	The Canadien fans cheered Lemieux each time he touched the puck and a
few times chanted ``Mario, Mario.''
	``I was a little bit surprised by it,'' said Lemieux, who didn't
disappoint them with his fourth goal in three games and an assist. ``I
know that with the people in Montreal -- we have a good relationship. It
was nice to see.''
	Murphy made it 2-0 at 16:09 with another power-play marker, beating
Roy on a 50-foot drive.
	But Brunet answered 48 seconds later by grabbing a loose puck and
backhanding a shot by Barrasso, cutting the lead to 2-1. Brunet broke
his ankle last Dec. 4 and missed the rest of the 1991-92 season.
	``The year before that it was my knee,'' he said. ``I have been
living through a nightmare. I just hope it has ended. I know this is a
good sign, and we had a good team effort.''
	It took just 35 seconds for Lemieux to reply, connecting on a slap
shot from the circle to the left of Roy for a 3-1 lead.
	The Canadiens closed within a goal on their first power-play tally of
the season by Bellows at 5:08 of the third. Bellows, acquired from
Minnesota during the offseason, has three goals in three games.
	The Penguins, playing their only regular-season game at the Forum
this season, remained unbeaten through three games at 1-0-2. Twice,
however, they have blown leads to settle for ties.

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Pittsburgh                       0 3 0 0--3
Montreal                         0 1 2 0--3
        First period--No scoring. Penalties--K. Samuelsson, Pit, 1:45;
Jennings, Pit, 3:31; Bellows, Mtl, 3:31; Kjellberg, Mtl, 5:15; Stevens,
Pit, 5:20; U.Samuelsson, Pit, 12:04; Leach, Pit, 16:48.
        Second period--1, Pittsburgh, Stevens 2 (Lemieux, Tocchet),
pp, 6:21. 2, Pittsburgh, Murphy 2 (Stevens, Francis), pp, 16:09. 3,
Montreal, Brunet 1 (Savard, S.Lebeau), 16:57. 4, Pittsburgh, Lemieux
4 (Tocchet, K. Samuelsson), pp, 17:32. Penalties--Odelein, Mtl, 2:58;
Daigneault, Mtl, 5:11; Stanton, Pit, 6:37; Haller, Mtl, 8:58; Odelein,
Mtl, 11:17; Francis, Pit, 13:07; U.Samuelsson, Pit, 13:43; Savard,
Mtl, 15:45; U. Samuelsson, Pit, 18:21; Lemieux, Pit, 18:39.
        Third period--5, Montreal, Bellows 3 (Damphousse, Schneider),
pp, 5:08. 6, Montreal, Brunet 2 (Brisebois, S.Lebeau), 14:20. Penalties--Stanton,
Pit, 4:54; Desjardins, Mtl, 7:34; Stevens, Pit, 8:43; Brisebois, Mtl,
11:24; Savard, Mtl, double minor, 18:04.
        Overtime--No scoring. Penalties--None.
        Shots on goal--Pittsburgh 4-12-13-2--31. Montreal 10-13-14-0--37.
        Power-play conversions--Pittsburgh 9-3. Montreal 11-1.
        Goaltenders--Pittsburgh, Barrasso. Montreal, Roy. A--17,959.
        Referee--Kerry Fraser.