Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was pointless and is one away from becoming the 10th player in NHL history to reach 1,600 points.

Lars Eller scored twice and Tristan Jarry made 24 saves for Pittsburgh (2-2-0), which won for the second time in a three-game road trip.

“We played better with the puck and without the puck in the third,” Eller said. “But it was a close game and we are very happy to finish here 2-1 and try to go home and get some more wins.”

Nick Suzuki and Mike Matheson each had two assists, and Sam Montembeault made 25 saves for Montreal (2-2-0), which had allowed one goal while winning its first two home games.

“I don’t think we had the best start,” Montembeault said. “They came out hard, they played very well in the first ten minutes. And then we found our game, we were just building and then the second period was really good. The third goal, I have to make that save late in the second. We could have had the chance to go into the dressing room with a 3-2 score, but that made a big difference. They got some good rebounds in the third and ended up winning.”