Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, March 23, 1996 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–5 on Saturday, March 23, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 48–36.
Goals came from Brian Holzinger, Matthew Barnaby, Mike Wilson, Jaromir Jagr, Brad May, Glen Murray, Mario Lemieux, Petr Nedved, Kevin Miller, Derek Plante, Pat LaFontaine and Randy Burridge.
Dominik Hasek made 22 saves on 22 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Holzinger (6)Randy Burridge (24), Derek Plante (24)1–005:53 BUF · 
Matthew Barnaby (14)Randy Burridge (25)2–011:44 BUF
Mike Wilson (3)Pat LaFontaine (41), Brent Hughes (8)3–013:44 BUF
2nd period
Jaromir Jagr (57)Petr Nedved (40), Ron Francis (81)3–100:46 PIT
Brad May (13)Derek Plante (25), Matthew Barnaby (13)4–100:54 BUF
Glen Murray (14)Bryan Smolinski (35), Sergei Zubov (49)4–204:46 PIT
Mario Lemieux (58)Chris Tamer (8), Francois Leroux (6)4–306:00 PIT
Petr Nedved (38)Jaromir Jagr (78), Mario Lemieux (80)4–411:56 PIT
Kevin Miller (24)Francois Leroux (7), Mario Lemieux (81)4–513:12 PIT
3rd period
Derek Plante (19)Garry Galley (38)5–503:11 BUF
Pat LaFontaine (34)Jason Dawe (21), Randy Burridge (26)6–506:05 BUF
Randy Burridge (21)Matthew Barnaby (14), Pat LaFontaine (42)7–519:48 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFPIT
3648
0%0%
1/50/5
3626
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:55 into the first period
Bob Boughner · fighting5 min - 4:55 into the first period
Chris Joseph · roughing2 min - 4:55 into the first periodAlek Stojanov · fighting5 min
- 8:58 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
- 11:44 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
- 11:44 into the first periodDave Roche · fighting5 min
- 13:44 into the first periodRon Francis · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:24 into the first periodBrian Holzinger · roughing2 min
- 15:24 into the first periodFrancois Leroux · tripping2 min
- 17:52 into the first periodBrent Hughes · holding2 min
- 1:34 into the second periodBrad May · slashing2 min
- 1:34 into the second periodTom Barrasso · roughing2 min
- 7:40 into the second periodMichal Grosek · roughing2 min
- 7:40 into the second periodJ.J. Daigneault · roughing2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodBrian Holzinger · tripping2 min
- 14:45 into the second periodRob Ray · high sticking2 min
- 17:32 into the second periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 18:11 into the second periodPetr Nedved · high sticking2 min
- 1:01 into the third periodJ.J. Daigneault · tripping2 min
- 7:35 into the third periodJoe Dziedzic · slashing2 min
- 9:40 into the third periodMark Astley · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent HughesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Dane JacksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Scott PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Mark AstleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 26 | 5 | .808 | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 22 | 0 | 1.000 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 10 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Kevin MillerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | L | 35 | 6 | .829 |