Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Friday, April 19, 1996 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 on Friday, April 19, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 36–34.
Petr Nedved scored twice and Pat Peake scored twice. Chris Joseph, Mike Eagles, Peter Bondra and Michal Pivonka also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Petr Nedved (3)Ron Francis (1), Mario Lemieux (3)0–103:03 PIT · 
Chris Joseph (1)Glen Murray (1), Francois Leroux (1)0–203:39 PIT
2nd period
Pat Peake (1)Joe Juneau (4), Andrew Brunette (2)1–203:48 WSH · - Pat Peake (2)Joe Juneau (5), Sergei Gonchar (2)2–212:33 WSH ·
- Petr Nedved (4)Jaromir Jagr (2), Ron Francis (2)2–313:54 PIT
Mike Eagles (1)Unassisted3–314:55 WSH
3rd period
Peter Bondra (2)Michal Pivonka (2), Dale Hunter (2)4–311:43 WSH · 
Michal Pivonka (2)Joe Juneau (6)5–319:08 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
3436
0%0%
3/61/7
1816
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Michal Pivonka · slashing2 min - 4:38 into the first period
Chris Tamer · high sticking2 min - 8:58 into the first periodJeff Nelson · hooking2 min
- 12:28 into the first periodDmitri Mironov · high sticking2 min
- 3:05 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · hooking2 min
- 5:04 into the second periodMark Tinordi · cross checking2 min
- 7:43 into the second periodKevin Kaminski · elbowing2 min
- 11:24 into the second periodCorey Foster · hooking2 min
- 4:17 into the third periodGlen Murray · holding the stick2 min
- 6:12 into the third periodTom Barrasso · roughing2 min
- 6:12 into the third periodTodd Krygier · high sticking2 min
- 7:33 into the third periodJaromir Jagr · roughing2 min
- 7:33 into the third periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 9:46 into the third periodChris Joseph · roughing2 min
- 12:40 into the third periodSylvain Cote · interference obstruction2 min
- 15:03 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Pat PeakeC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jeff NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Stefan UstorfL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Steve PoapstD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris JosephD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Corey FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |