Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 7, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Tuesday, May 7, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 39–32.
Mario Lemieux scored twice. Tomas Sandstrom, Shane Churla and Niklas Sundstrom also scored.
Ken Wregget made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (5)Tomas Sandstrom (1), J.J. Daigneault (5)1–006:33 PIT- Mario Lemieux (6)Chris Tamer (3), Bryan Smolinski (1)2–010:18 PIT
Tomas Sandstrom (2)Jaromir Jagr (8), Neil Wilkinson (1)3–015:25 PIT
2nd period
Shane Churla (2)Kevin Lowe (4)3–103:02 NYR
Niklas Sundstrom (3)Sergio Momesso (1), Ulf Samuelsson (5)3–203:36 NYR
Team stats
PITNYR
3239
0%0%
0/40/3
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:44 into the first period
Alex Kovalev · high sticking2 min - 11:59 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 6:34 into the second period
Dave Roche · interference obstruction2 min - 10:12 into the second periodNeil Wilkinson · high sticking2 min
- 13:36 into the second periodMark Messier · boarding2 min
- 6:32 into the third periodShane Churla · slashing2 min
- 9:28 into the third periodPat Verbeek · slashing2 min
- 9:28 into the third periodChris Tamer · hooking2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodKevin Miller · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 55Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |