St. Louis Blues vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, March 26, 1996 · Civic Arena

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4–8

31–39

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 8–4 on Tuesday, March 26, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Blues 39–31.

Mario Lemieux scored 5 goals. Bryan Smolinski, Brett Hull, Stephane Matteau, Chris Pronger, Rob Pearson, Brad Lauer and Petr Nedved also scored.

Goals
STL	2	1	1	4	31
PIT	3	2	3	8	39

Scoring

1st period

Mario Lemieux (59)Petr Nedved (45), Francois Leroux (8)0–103:35 PIT
Bryan Smolinski (24)Mario Lemieux (82), Chris Joseph (14)0–211:32 PIT ·
Brett Hull (41)Chris Pronger (16), Christer Olsson (7)1–213:02 STL ·
Stephane Matteau (11)Rob Pearson (4)2–214:33 STL
Mario Lemieux (60)Ron Francis (86), Sergei Zubov (51)2–315:37 PIT ·

2nd period

Mario Lemieux (61)Petr Nedved (46), Jaromir Jagr (80)2–408:43 PIT ·
Mario Lemieux (62)Unassisted2–511:15 PIT ·
Chris Pronger (7)Christer Olsson (8), Wayne Gretzky (76)3–512:05 STL ·

3rd period

Rob Pearson (6)Stephane Matteau (14), Craig MacTavish (9)4–503:05 STL
Mario Lemieux (63)Ron Francis (87), Dave Mcllwain (5)4–606:08 PIT
Brad Lauer (3)Kevin Miller (22), Mario Lemieux (83)4–711:35 PIT
Petr Nedved (40)Ron Francis (88), Sergei Zubov (52)4–816:04 PIT ·

Team stats

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3139

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4039

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Penalties

0:48 into the first periodMurray Baron · hooking2 min
1:11 into the first periodPetr Nedved · interference obstruction2 min
4:37 into the first periodDave Roche · fighting5 min
4:37 into the first periodRob Pearson · fighting5 min
5:36 into the first periodJaromir Jagr · high sticking2 min
8:31 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
10:01 into the first periodAl MacInnis · hooking2 min
12:11 into the first periodKen Wregget · hooking obstruction2 min
15:29 into the first periodMurray Baron · elbowing2 min
18:38 into the first periodChris Tamer · cross checking2 min
6:40 into the second periodAl MacInnis · tripping2 min
7:50 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · charging2 min
10:29 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · roughing2 min
10:29 into the second periodTony Twist · roughing2 min
10:53 into the second periodSergei Zubov · slashing2 min
12:33 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · misconduct10 min
12:33 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · attempt to injure10 min
12:33 into the second periodTony Twist · fighting5 min
12:33 into the second periodTony Twist · misconduct10 min
18:05 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · tripping2 min
4:00 into the third periodRon Francis · interference obstruction2 min
7:33 into the third periodMurray Baron · cross checking2 min
14:09 into the third periodRob Pearson · tripping2 min

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