Pittsburgh Penguins vs Hartford Whalers

Regular season · Tuesday, October 8, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center

3–7

31–42

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Game summary

The Hartford Whalers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3 on Tuesday, October 8, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Penguins 42–31.

Jeff O'Neill scored twice and Geoff Sanderson scored twice. Brian Glynn, Kevin Hatcher, Mario Lemieux, Kevin Dineen, Brendan Shanahan and Chris Tamer also scored.

Sean Burke made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 35 of 42.

Goals
PIT	1	1	1	3	31
HFD	2	2	3	7	42

Scoring

1st period

Brian Glynn (1)Geoff Sanderson (1), Andrei Nikolishin (1)0–107:20 HFD
Jeff O'Neill (1)Robert Kron (1)0–211:10 HFD
Kevin Hatcher (1)Mario Lemieux (2)1–211:36 PIT

2nd period

Mario Lemieux (2)Tomas Sandstrom (1), Ron Francis (1)2–209:05 PIT ·
Kevin Dineen (1)Andrei Nikolishin (2)2–311:57 HFD ·
Geoff Sanderson (1)Kevin Dineen (1)2–419:44 HFD

3rd period

Brendan Shanahan (1)Andrew Cassels (2), Adam Burt (1)2–505:03 HFD ·
Chris Tamer (1)Petr Nedved (2)3–506:08 PIT
Geoff Sanderson (2)Steven Rice (1), Andrei Nikolishin (3)3–610:03 HFD
Jeff O'Neill (2)Alexander Godynyuk (1)3–714:00 HFD

Team stats

PITHFD

3142

0%0%

1/31/4

3725

Penalties

3:19 into the first periodAdam Burt · fighting5 min
3:19 into the first periodFrancois Leroux · fighting5 min
3:26 into the first periodMark Janssens · fighting5 min
3:26 into the first periodShawn Antoski · instigator2 min
3:26 into the first periodShawn Antoski · fighting5 min
3:26 into the first periodShawn Antoski · misconduct10 min
18:24 into the first periodDan Quinn · hooking2 min
3:47 into the second periodGlen Wesley · hooking2 min
8:17 into the second periodKevin Dineen · holding the stick2 min
10:15 into the second periodJ.J. Daigneault · cross checking2 min
13:25 into the second periodBrian Glynn · roughing2 min
13:25 into the second periodDave Roche · roughing2 min
20:00 into the second periodPetr Nedved · slashing2 min
3:09 into the third periodMark Janssens · roughing2 min
5:25 into the third periodHnat Domenichelli · slashing2 min
5:25 into the third periodTyler Wright · slashing2 min
7:35 into the third periodHnat Domenichelli · fighting5 min
7:35 into the third periodTyler Wright · fighting5 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

66Mario LemieuxC	1	1	2	−1	8	0	–	–
10Ron FrancisC	0	1	1	−1	0	0	–	–
17Tomas SandstromR	0	1	1	−2	1	0	–	–
93Petr NedvedC	0	1	1	0	2	2	–	–
2Chris TamerD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	1	0	1	+1	6	0	–	–
7Joe MullenR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
9Dan QuinnC	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
11Shawn AntoskiL	0	0	0	0	0	17	–	–
16Joe DziedzicL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
27Glen MurrayR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
29Tyler WrightC	0	0	0	−1	0	7	–	–
51Dave RocheL	0	0	0	−3	0	2	–	–
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	−2	3	0	–	–
3Stefan BergqvistD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
18Francois LerouxD	0	0	0	−2	0	5	–	–
28Craig MuniD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–
36J.J. DaigneaultD	0	0	0	−3	3	2	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
31Ken WreggetG		0	0	0	–	–
35Tom BarrassoG	L	42	35	7	.833	60:00

Hartford Whalers

Hartford Whalers skaters

8Geoff SandersonL	2	1	3	+2	4	0	–	–
10Andrei NikolishinC	0	3	3	+2	1	0	–	–
11Kevin DineenR	1	1	2	+2	3	2	–	–
92Jeff O'NeillC	2	0	2	+2	8	0	–	–
12Steven RiceR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
18Robert KronC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	–	–
21Andrew CasselsC	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
94Brendan ShanahanL	1	0	1	0	7	0	–	–
5Alexander GodynyukD	0	1	1	0	3	0	–	–
6Adam BurtD	0	1	1	+1	2	5	–	–
7Brian GlynnD	1	0	1	+2	2	2	–	–
17Hnat DomenichelliL	0	0	0	0	1	7	–	–
22Mark JanssensC	0	0	0	0	2	7	–	–
24Sami KapanenR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
28Paul RanheimL	0	0	0	+2	3	0	–	–
4Gerald DiduckD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
20Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	–	–
23Marek MalikD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–

Hartford Whalers goalies
Goalie
1Sean BurkeG	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00
29Jason MuzzattiG		0	0	0	–	–