Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Thursday, April 11, 1996 · Corel Centre
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 5–3 on Thursday, April 11, 1996 at Corel Centre. The Penguins outshot the Senators 34–21.
Ron Francis scored twice and Randy Cunneyworth scored twice. Trent McCleary, Mario Lemieux, J.J. Daigneault and Chris Tamer also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Damian Rhodes stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Francis (26)Neil Wilkinson (14), Petr Nedved (51)1–000:20 PIT
Randy Cunneyworth (16)Daniel Alfredsson (33), Steve Duchesne (23)1–103:11 OTT · 
Trent McCleary (4)Troy Mallette (3), Stan Neckar (9)1–206:45 OTT- Randy Cunneyworth (17)Alexei Yashin (23), Daniel Alfredsson (34)1–314:01 OTT
2nd period
Mario Lemieux (68)Unassisted2–310:42 PIT · 
J.J. Daigneault (4)Petr Nedved (52)3–312:58 PIT · 
Chris Tamer (4)Jaromir Jagr (84), Petr Nedved (53)4–315:40 PIT- Ron Francis (27)Jaromir Jagr (85), Mario Lemieux (88)5–316:51 PIT ·
Team stats
PITOTT
3421
0%0%
2/51/6
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:31 into the first period
Dave Mcllwain · hooking obstruction2 min - 11:39 into the first period
Troy Mallette · cross checking2 min - 17:27 into the first periodDaniel Alfredsson · holding2 min
- 1:56 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · roughing2 min
- 6:54 into the second periodChris Wells · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:15 into the second periodDaniel Laperriere · holding2 min
- 8:45 into the second periodKevin Miller · high sticking2 min
- 11:20 into the second periodSean Hill · cross checking2 min
- 16:03 into the second periodScott Levins · roughing2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · elbowing2 min
- 1:11 into the third periodJaromir Jagr · hooking2 min
- 4:58 into the third periodMario Lemieux · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Corey FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
Ottawa Senators
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Trent McClearyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Troy MalletteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 94Stan NeckarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Pat ElynuikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Scott LevinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 49Michel PicardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 78Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Daniel LaperriereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 35Mike BalesG | 0 | 0 | – |