Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Friday, January 12, 1996 · Civic Arena

6–5

31–38

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 on Friday, January 12, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 38–31.

Turner Stevenson scored twice. Vladimir Malakhov, Jaromir Jagr, Andrei Kovalenko, Mario Lemieux, Bryan Smolinski, Chris Joseph, Petr Nedved, Saku Koivu and Brian Savage also scored.

Goals
MTL	2	2	2	6	31
PIT	1	1	3	5	38

Scoring

1st period

Vladimir Malakhov (3)Saku Koivu (13), Martin Rucinsky (16)1–005:07 MTL
Jaromir Jagr (36)Sergei Zubov (27), Petr Nedved (26)1–106:04 PIT
Andrei Kovalenko (16)Mark Recchi (27), Pierre Turgeon (30)2–107:36 MTL ·

2nd period

Turner Stevenson (5)Saku Koivu (14), Lyle Odelein (8)3–100:20 MTL
Turner Stevenson (6)Saku Koivu (15), Vladimir Malakhov (8)4–101:06 MTL
Mario Lemieux (37)Ron Francis (50), Markus Naslund (30)4–209:10 PIT ·

3rd period

Bryan Smolinski (16)Tomas Sandstrom (26), Mario Lemieux (58)4–303:06 PIT ·
Chris Joseph (5)Jaromir Jagr (50), Ron Francis (51)4–407:18 PIT
Petr Nedved (18)Ron Francis (52), Jaromir Jagr (51)4–509:15 PIT
Saku Koivu (14)Andrei Kovalenko (15), Patrice Brisebois (22)5–516:39 MTL ·
Brian Savage (21)Vladimir Malakhov (9), Marc Bureau (3)6–518:01 MTL

Team stats

MTLPIT

3138

0%0%

2/52/4

810

Penalties

2:42 into the first periodBryan Smolinski · cross checking2 min
6:36 into the first periodMarkus Naslund · hooking2 min
11:03 into the first periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
16:20 into the first periodRory Fitzpatrick · charging2 min
18:19 into the first periodSergei Zubov · tripping2 min
8:36 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
2:16 into the third periodChris Murray · tripping obstruction2 min
9:38 into the third periodDave Roche · tripping2 min
14:56 into the third periodRon Francis · interference obstruction2 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

Season series