Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, April 4, 1996 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Thursday, April 4, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 26–18.
Mario Lemieux scored twice. Corey Foster, Michal Pivonka, Calle Johansson and Chris Tamer also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Corey Foster (2)Bryan Smolinski (37), Kevin Miller (24)0–110:41 PIT ·
2nd period
Michal Pivonka (16)Stefan Ustorf (10), Peter Bondra (27)1–103:26 WSH
Mario Lemieux (65)Kevin Miller (25), Francois Leroux (9)1–211:56 PIT
Calle Johansson (10)Michal Pivonka (62), Peter Bondra (28)2–213:25 WSH
3rd period
- Mario Lemieux (66)Bryan Smolinski (38), Corey Foster (2)2–318:05 PIT
Chris Tamer (3)Neil Wilkinson (13), Ron Francis (90)2–419:06 PIT ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
2618
0%0%
0/41/4
2010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:19 into the first period
Sylvain Cote · interference obstruction2 min - 8:54 into the first periodSylvain Cote · holding2 min
- 11:41 into the first period
Chris Tamer · roughing2 min - 11:41 into the first periodJim Johnson · misconduct10 min
- 4:29 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · tripping2 min
- 12:34 into the second periodChris Tamer · roughing2 min
- 12:34 into the second periodKevin Kaminski · high sticking2 min
- 12:34 into the second periodKevin Kaminski · roughing2 min
- 12:56 into the second periodPetr Nedved · hooking2 min
- 17:30 into the second periodJaromir Jagr · slashing2 min
- 12:55 into the third periodPetr Nedved · cross checking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.