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MONTREAL -- The Montreal Canadiens opened their NHL pre-season schedule at the Bell Centre Monday with a 2-1 win in a shootout over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The shootout was decided by Oliver Kapanen's goal in the fifth round.
Tristan Broz of the Penguins opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 10:26 of the first period. Owen Beck of the Canadiens tied the game at 2:36 of the third, seven seconds after a Montreal power play had expired.
Pittsburgh goalie Joel Blomqvist stopped all 11 shots he faced in the first 30 minutes before being replaced by Sergei Murashov, who stopped 19 of 20 shots in regulation and overtime.