Pittsburgh Penguins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Monday, April 8, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Monday, April 8, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Penguins 36–33.
Goals came from Jeff O'Neill, Petr Nedved, Brad McCrimmon, Gerald Diduck, Scott Daniels, Neil Wilkinson, J.J. Daigneault, Nelson Emerson and Jaromir Jagr.
Sean Burke made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff O'Neill (8)Robert Kron (27), Andrei Nikolishin (33)0–111:09 HFD · 
Petr Nedved (43)Jaromir Jagr (82), Ron Francis (92)1–118:27 PIT
2nd period
Brad McCrimmon (3)Jeff O'Neill (19)1–201:25 HFD
Gerald Diduck (1)Robert Kron (28), Andrei Nikolishin (34)1–309:00 HFD
Scott Daniels (3)Andrew Cassels (42), Glen Wesley (16)1–417:49 HFD
3rd period
Neil Wilkinson (3)Unassisted2–405:26 PIT
J.J. Daigneault (3)Sergei Zubov (55), Mario Lemieux (86)3–409:30 PIT · 
Nelson Emerson (28)Brendan Shanahan (32), Jeff Brown (46)3–515:14 HFD
Jaromir Jagr (62)Petr Nedved (49)4–519:17 PIT
Team stats
PITHFD
3336
0%0%
1/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:27 into the first period
Brad McCrimmon · roughing2 min - 9:18 into the first period
Bryan Smolinski · hooking2 min - 2:31 into the second periodMark Janssens · slashing2 min
- 6:24 into the second periodRon Francis · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:16 into the third periodGerald Diduck · holding2 min
- 10:35 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Corey FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
Hartford Whalers
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Scott DanielsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |