Pittsburgh Penguins vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Thursday, March 28, 1996 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 on Thursday, March 28, 1996 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Penguins 42–23.
Goals came from Mike Hough, Mario Lemieux, Ron Francis, Jaromir Jagr and Rob Niedermayer.
Tom Barrasso made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; Mark Fitzpatrick stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Hough (7)Jody Hull (17)0–100:15 FLA
Mario Lemieux (64)Sergei Zubov (53), J.J. Daigneault (5)1–118:53 PIT · 
Ron Francis (25)Mario Lemieux (84), J.J. Daigneault (6)2–119:17 PIT ·
2nd period
Jaromir Jagr (60)Petr Nedved (47), Chris Tamer (9)3–113:42 PIT
3rd period
Rob Niedermayer (25)Terry Carkner (10)3–216:56 FLA
Team stats
PITFLA
2342
0%0%
2/40/10
3722
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:45 into the first period
Sergei Zubov · slashing2 min - 7:33 into the first periodGlen Murray · holding2 min
- 8:48 into the first period
Robert Svehla · roughing2 min - 8:48 into the first periodRobert Svehla · slashing2 min
- 8:48 into the first periodRobert Svehla · misconduct10 min
- 8:48 into the first periodChris Tamer · roughing2 min
- 11:10 into the first periodFrancois Leroux · cross checking2 min
- 11:32 into the first periodBryan Smolinski · slashing2 min
- 11:54 into the first periodScott Mellanby · tripping2 min
- 17:03 into the first periodRhett Warrener · interference2 min
- 18:53 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
- 1:39 into the second periodChris Tamer · roughing2 min
- 6:13 into the second periodMario Lemieux · tripping2 min
- 10:40 into the second periodJ.J. Daigneault · cross checking2 min
- 15:39 into the second periodRon Francis · high sticking2 min
- 1:09 into the third periodChris Joseph · hooking2 min
- 6:05 into the third periodRay Sheppard · interference2 min
- 6:05 into the third periodPetr Nedved · holding the stick2 min
- 7:30 into the third periodJ.J. Daigneault · high sticking5 min
- 7:30 into the third periodJ.J. Daigneault · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 42 | 2 | .952 |
Florida Panthers
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 23Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |