Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 24, 1996 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Wednesday, April 24, 1996 at Capital Centre. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 65–63.
Petr Nedved scored twice. Michal Pivonka, Peter Bondra and Jaromir Jagr also scored.
Ken Wregget made 53 saves on 54 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 62 of 65.
Scoring
1st period
Michal Pivonka (3)Dale Hunter (3), Sergei Gonchar (3)0–113:50 WSH ·
2nd period
Peter Bondra (3)Joe Juneau (7), Andrew Brunette (3)0–207:36 WSH · 
Jaromir Jagr (1)Ron Francis (3)1–218:42 PIT ·
3rd period
Petr Nedved (5)J.J. Daigneault (1), Sergei Zubov (3)2–208:00 PIT ·
4th overtime
- Petr Nedved (6)Sergei Zubov (4), Jaromir Jagr (4)3–219:15 PIT ·
Team stats
PITWSH
6563
0%0%
2/102/8
3738
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:07 into the first period
Eric Charron · tripping2 min - 4:22 into the first periodPeter Bondra · slashing2 min
- 10:17 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · hooking2 min
- 12:42 into the first period
Chris Joseph · holding the stick2 min - 1:25 into the second periodDale Hunter · tripping2 min
- 6:13 into the second periodNeil Wilkinson · hooking2 min
- 9:30 into the second periodKelly Miller · hooking2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodSergei Zubov · tripping2 min
- 17:21 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodMario Lemieux · instigator2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodMario Lemieux · slashing2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodMario Lemieux · fighting5 min
- 19:24 into the second periodMario Lemieux · game misconduct10 min
- 19:24 into the second periodTodd Krygier · roughing2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodPat Peake · roughing2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodPat Peake · game misconduct10 min
- 6:17 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · roughing2 min
- 8:31 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 8:31 into the third periodJim Johnson · roughing2 min
- 11:11 into the third periodTodd Krygier · interference obstruction2 min
- 4:50 into overtimeJaromir Jagr · hooking2 min
- 10:39 into overtimeJeff Nelson · hooking2 min
- 4:33 into the second overtimeChris Tamer · roughing2 min
- 4:33 into the second overtimePeter Bondra · roughing2 min
- 3:24 into the third overtimeChris Joseph · slashing2 min
- 4:36 into the third overtimeSylvain Cote · tripping obstruction2 min
- 19:17 into the third overtimeJoe Dziedzic · slashing2 min
- 17:21 into the fourth overtimeJim Johnson · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 12 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 76Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | W | 54 | 1 | .982 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 9 | 1 | .889 |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 11 | – |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Jeff NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Pat PeakeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Stefan UstorfL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 4Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Steve PoapstD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 65 | 3 | .954 |