Colorado Avalanche vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, January 16, 1996 · Civic Arena

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5–2

Final

SOG 29–36

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Tuesday, January 16, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Avalanche 36-29.

Claude Lemieux scored a hat trick. Mike Keane, Bryan Smolinski, Mario Lemieux and Scott Young also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	2	2	1	5	29
PIT	1	1	0	2	36

Scoring

1st period

Claude Lemieux (19)Joe Sakic (34), Peter Forsberg (48)1–011:04 COL · PPG
Mike Keane (4)Unassisted2–013:55 COL
Bryan Smolinski (17)Ron Francis (56)2–116:53 PIT · SHG

2nd period

Claude Lemieux (20)Peter Forsberg (49), Sylvain Lefebvre (8)3–104:37 COL · SHG
Claude Lemieux (21)Joe Sakic (35), Scott Young (24)4–113:00 COL
Mario Lemieux (40)Unassisted4–215:49 PIT · SHG

3rd period

Scott Young (13)Claude Lemieux (15)5–219:25 COL · EN

Team stats

COLPIT

29Shots on goal36

0%Faceoff %0%

1/3Power play0/5

23Penalty minutes8

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 10:00Markus Naslund · hooking obstruction2 min
1st 14:53Alexei Gusarov · holding obstruction2 min
1st 16:30Petr Nedved · interference obstruction2 min
1st 18:20Joe Sakic · hooking2 min
2nd 01:33Valeri Kamensky · checking from behind5 min
2nd 01:33Valeri Kamensky · game misconduct10 min
2nd 01:33Dave Roche · roughing2 min
2nd 13:43Ron Francis · roughing2 min
2nd 16:41Jon Klemm · cross checking2 min
3rd 06:50Chris Simon · hooking obstruction2 min

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