Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, December 7, 1995 · Civic Arena

5–7

30–44

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 7–5 on Thursday, December 7, 1995 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 44–30.

Mario Lemieux scored twice, Tomas Sandstrom scored twice and Ron Francis scored twice. Vincent Damphousse, Brian Savage, Saku Koivu, Turner Stevenson, Bryan Smolinski and Valeri Bure also scored.

Ken Wregget made 18 saves on 23 shots for the win; Pat Jablonski stopped 37 of 43.

Goals
MTL	1	3	1	5	30
PIT	0	3	4	7	44

Scoring

1st period

Vincent Damphousse (12)Patrice Brisebois (13), Peter Popovic (5)1–015:21 MTL

2nd period

Brian Savage (19)Patrice Brisebois (14), Mark Recchi (20)2–000:34 MTL ·
Saku Koivu (8)Oleg Petrov (4)3–008:47 MTL
Turner Stevenson (3)Vincent Damphousse (14)4–014:17 MTL
Mario Lemieux (24)Unassisted4–115:56 PIT
Tomas Sandstrom (19)Mario Lemieux (39), Norm MacIver (19)4–216:24 PIT
Ron Francis (13)Jaromir Jagr (29), Chris Joseph (6)4–317:43 PIT

3rd period

Bryan Smolinski (7)Glen Murray (6), Petr Nedved (14)4–406:17 PIT
Mario Lemieux (25)Markus Naslund (20), Jaromir Jagr (30)4–512:35 PIT
Ron Francis (14)Jaromir Jagr (31), Sergei Zubov (12)4–616:30 PIT
Tomas Sandstrom (20)Norm MacIver (20), Ken Wregget (1)4–719:31 PIT · ·
Valeri Bure (2)Marc Bureau (1), Stephane Quintal (6)5–719:57 MTL ·

Team stats

MTLPIT

3044

0%0%

2/80/5

1521

Penalties

7:03 into the first periodLyle Odelein · holding obstruction2 min
10:49 into the first periodFrancois Leroux · holding obstruction2 min
19:39 into the first periodKen Wregget · tripping2 min
0:56 into the second periodMario Lemieux · cross checking2 min
0:56 into the second periodMario Lemieux · interference obstruction2 min
5:40 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · roughing2 min
9:31 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · hooking obstruction2 min
10:15 into the second periodNorm MacIver · holding2 min
14:24 into the second periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
14:24 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · fighting5 min
0:47 into the third periodTurner Stevenson · hooking2 min
3:19 into the third periodNorm MacIver · hooking2 min
10:29 into the third periodAndrei Kovalenko · tripping2 min
13:31 into the third periodBryan Smolinski · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
17:59 into the third periodJaromir Jagr · holding2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

25Vincent DamphousseC	1	1	2	−3	2	0	–	–
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	2	2	−2	3	0	–	–
6Oleg PetrovR	0	1	1	−2	1	0	–	–
8Mark RecchiR	0	1	1	−1	3	0	–	–
11Saku KoivuC	1	0	1	−1	2	0	–	–
18Valeri BureR	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
28Marc BureauC	0	1	1	−1	1	0	–	–
30Turner StevensonR	1	0	1	0	1	4	–	–
49Brian SavageL	1	0	1	−1	1	0	–	–
5Stephane QuintalD	0	1	1	−2	0	0	–	–
34Peter PopovicD	0	1	1	−3	2	0	–	–
26Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
35Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	–
51Andrei KovalenkoR	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
77Pierre TurgeonC	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
23Marko KiprusoffD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
24Lyle OdeleinD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
38Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
39Pat JablonskiG	L	43	37	6	.861	58:38
41Jocelyn ThibaultG		0	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

66Mario LemieuxC	2	1	3	+1	6	4	–	–
68Jaromir JagrR	0	3	3	+2	4	2	–	–
10Ron FrancisC	2	0	2	+2	6	0	–	–
17Tomas SandstromR	2	0	2	+1	10	0	–	–
22Norm MacIverD	0	2	2	0	1	4	–	–
20Bryan SmolinskiC	1	0	1	+2	3	2	–	–
27Glen MurrayR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	–	–
29Markus NaslundL	0	1	1	+1	4	0	–	–
93Petr NedvedC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	–	–
23Chris JosephD	0	1	1	+3	0	0	–	–
56Sergei ZubovD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	–	–
16Joe DziedzicL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
44Ed PattersonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
51Dave RocheL	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
76Richard ParkR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
2Chris TamerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
15Dmitri MironovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
18Francois LerouxD	0	0	0	+1	2	7	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
31Ken WreggetG	W	23	18	5	.783	49:11
35Tom BarrassoG		7	7	0	1.000	10:49