Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Thursday, May 9, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 4–1 on Thursday, May 9, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 41–31.
Goals came from Jaromir Jagr, Petr Nedved, Adam Graves, Glen Murray and Mario Lemieux.
Ken Wregget made 40 saves on 41 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Jaromir Jagr (7)Bryan Smolinski (2), Joe Dziedzic (1)1–004:35 PIT
2nd period
Petr Nedved (7)Ron Francis (6), Sergei Zubov (11)2–001:27 PIT
Adam Graves (7)Jari Kurri (3), Brian Leetch (4)2–106:28 NYR ·
3rd period
Glen Murray (2)Unassisted3–112:19 PIT
Mario Lemieux (7)Petr Nedved (5)4–119:31 PIT ·
Team stats
PITNYR
3141
0%0%
0/41/6
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:05 into the first period
Chris Joseph · interference obstruction2 min - 9:50 into the first period
Mark Messier · roughing2 min - 11:49 into the first periodKevin Miller · slashing2 min
- 3:21 into the second periodMario Lemieux · high sticking double minor4 min
- 7:31 into the second periodJari Kurri · roughing2 min
- 16:01 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · hooking obstruction2 min
- 6:42 into the third periodMark Messier · elbowing2 min
- 8:51 into the third periodJ.J. Daigneault · cross checking2 min
- 19:54 into the third periodShane Churla · roughing2 min
- 19:54 into the third periodFrancois Leroux · cross checking2 min
- 19:54 into the third periodFrancois Leroux · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | W | 41 | 1 | .976 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 9 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 32Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 55Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |