Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, February 24, 1996 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3 on Saturday, February 24, 1996 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 31–25.
Mark Recchi scored twice, Martin Rucinsky scored twice and Jaromir Jagr scored twice. Saku Koivu, Andrei Kovalenko, Mario Lemieux and Scott Fraser also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 11 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Saku Koivu (16)Andrei Kovalenko (21), Vladimir Malakhov (18)0–108:48 MTL · 
Mark Recchi (17)Martin Rucinsky (33)0–210:21 MTL · 
Andrei Kovalenko (22)Pierre Turgeon (39)0–311:44 MTL
2nd period
- Mark Recchi (18)Saku Koivu (21), Chris Murray (2)0–401:08 MTL
Mario Lemieux (51)Petr Nedved (31), Sergei Zubov (40)1–405:53 PIT · 
Martin Rucinsky (23)Pierre Turgeon (40)1–507:03 MTL- Martin Rucinsky (24)Vincent Damphousse (42), Vladimir Malakhov (19)1–608:27 MTL
Scott Fraser (2)Pierre Turgeon (41)1–714:23 MTL
Jaromir Jagr (51)Petr Nedved (32), Mario Lemieux (71)2–718:03 PIT ·
3rd period
- Jaromir Jagr (52)Sergei Zubov (41), Petr Nedved (33)3–701:03 PIT
Team stats
PITMTL
2531
0%0%
2/71/7
5835
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:54 into the first period
Andrei Kovalenko · slashing2 min - 2:54 into the first period
Chris Tamer · cross checking2 min - 7:17 into the first periodFrancois Leroux · hooking2 min
- 9:13 into the first periodVincent Damphousse · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:45 into the first periodDavid Wilkie · interference obstruction2 min
- 4:43 into the second periodAndrei Kovalenko · tripping2 min
- 5:46 into the second periodBryan Smolinski · hooking2 min
- 6:18 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 9:11 into the second periodDonald Brashear · roughing2 min
- 9:11 into the second periodChris Wells · roughing2 min
- 10:38 into the second periodRon Francis · boarding2 min
- 15:56 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:25 into the second periodMark Recchi · hooking2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodStephane Quintal · fighting5 min
- 18:17 into the second periodEd Patterson · instigator2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodEd Patterson · fighting5 min
- 18:17 into the second periodEd Patterson · game misconduct10 min
- 6:24 into the third periodStephane Quintal · fighting5 min
- 6:24 into the third periodDave Roche · fighting5 min
- 8:48 into the third periodAndrei Kovalenko · roughing2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodChris Murray · roughing2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodJoe Dziedzic · roughing2 min
- 11:51 into the third periodNeil Wilkinson · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 12:59 into the third periodChris Wells · slashing5 min
- 12:59 into the third periodChris Wells · game misconduct10 min
- 17:02 into the third periodFrancois Leroux · slashing2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodChris Murray · fighting5 min
- 18:35 into the third periodChris Tamer · fighting5 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 44Ed PattersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 76Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 14 | 1 | .929 | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | L | 17 | 6 | .647 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 56Scott FraserR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 57Chris MurrayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |