Pittsburgh Penguins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 13, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Wednesday, March 13, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Penguins 33–30.
Goals came from Mario Lemieux, Jeff Brown, Steven Rice, Glen Murray and Brendan Shanahan.
Sean Burke made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
Mario Lemieux (56)Ron Francis (77), Dmitri Mironov (31)1–004:19 PIT · 
Jeff Brown (7)Scott Daniels (3), Mark Janssens (6)1–104:48 HFD
Steven Rice (9)Geoff Sanderson (26), Glen Featherstone (8)1–205:55 HFD
Glen Murray (11)Bryan Smolinski (31), Francois Leroux (5)2–213:47 PIT
3rd period
Brendan Shanahan (35)Jeff O'Neill (16), Glen Wesley (14)2–319:15 HFD
Team stats
PITHFD
3033
0%0%
1/40/2
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 16:21 into the first period
Jeff Brown · hooking obstruction2 min - 2:52 into the second periodJeff Brown · hooking2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodGeoff Sanderson · holding the stick2 min
- 15:01 into the second period
Neil Wilkinson · interference obstruction2 min - 14:18 into the third periodGlen Featherstone · kneeing2 min
- 15:59 into the third periodDmitri Mironov · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Corey FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Scott DanielsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |