Hartford Whalers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, February 23, 1996 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Hartford Whalers 5-4 on Friday, February 23, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Whalers outshot the Penguins 40-35.
Mario Lemieux scored twice, Brendan Shanahan scored a hat trick and Jaromir Jagr scored twice. Markus Naslund and Nelson Emerson also scored.
Ken Wregget made 36 saves on 40 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (49)Bryan Smolinski (27), Ron Francis (68)0–107:49 PIT · PPG
Brendan Shanahan (28)Sami Kapanen (2)1–115:15 HFD- Brendan Shanahan (29)Andrew Cassels (31), Nelson Emerson (21)2–118:44 HFD · PPG
2nd period
Markus Naslund (17)Mario Lemieux (70), Chris Tamer (6)2–200:58 PIT
Jaromir Jagr (49)Sergei Zubov (37), Bryan Smolinski (28)2–306:22 PIT · PPG- Brendan Shanahan (30)Robert Kron (20), Andrei Nikolishin (20)3–314:12 HFD · PPG
3rd period
Nelson Emerson (21)Brendan Shanahan (23), Steve Martins (3)4–303:08 HFD- Mario Lemieux (50)Ron Francis (69), Sergei Zubov (38)4–405:37 PIT · PPG
- Jaromir Jagr (50)Sergei Zubov (39), Ken Wregget (2)4–509:23 PIT · PPG
Team stats
HFDPIT
40Shots on goal35
0%Faceoff %0%
2/7Power play4/9
37Penalty minutes23
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:38
Chris Joseph · hooking obstruction2 min - 1st 06:56
Glen Featherstone · hooking2 min - 1st 06:56Glen Featherstone · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1st 15:48Andrei Nikolishin · slashing2 min
- 1st 16:27Dmitri Mironov · tripping2 min
- 1st 18:00Neil Wilkinson · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 04:46Andrei Nikolishin · tripping obstruction2 min
- 2nd 07:08Chris Joseph · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2nd 10:21Brad McCrimmon · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 13:44Joe Dziedzic · interference obstruction2 min
- 2nd 17:29Andrei Nikolishin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 17:52Dmitri Mironov · interference2 min
- 2nd 20:00Nelson Emerson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 20:00Dmitri Mironov · roughing2 min
- 3rd 04:29Paul Ranheim · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 07:51Glen Wesley · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:31Sergei Zubov · interference obstruction2 min
- 3rd 17:57Glen Wesley · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 19:16Mario Lemieux · interference obstruction2 min
- 3rd 20:00Andrew Cassels · fighting5 min
- 3rd 20:00Brendan Shanahan · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 20:00Neil Wilkinson · fighting5 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Steve MartinsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Kevin SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 35 | 30 | 5 | .857 | 59:12 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 29Markus NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 44Ed PattersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 76Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | W | 40 | 36 | 4 | .900 | 60:00 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |