Ottawa Senators vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, October 12, 1996 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 3–2 on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Senators 35–30.
Goals came from Jaromir Jagr, Alexei Yashin, Janne Laukkanen, Petr Nedved and Mario Lemieux.
Ken Wregget made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Jaromir Jagr (2)Ron Francis (3), Kevin Hatcher (2)0–102:58 PIT · 
Alexei Yashin (3)Shawn McEachern (5), Janne Laukkanen (1)1–111:21 OTT
2nd period
Janne Laukkanen (1)Daniel Alfredsson (3), Alexei Yashin (2)2–101:27 OTT
Petr Nedved (1)Mario Lemieux (3), Ron Francis (4)2–212:43 PIT ·
3rd period
Mario Lemieux (4)Unassisted2–312:02 PIT
Team stats
OTTPIT
3035
0%0%
0/42/5
2220
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:26 into the first period
Janne Laukkanen · tripping obstruction2 min - 8:37 into the first period
Jaromir Jagr · slashing2 min - 10:37 into the first periodWade Redden · fighting5 min
- 10:37 into the first periodTyler Wright · fighting5 min
- 14:25 into the first periodFrantisek Musil · high sticking2 min
- 17:24 into the first periodStefan Bergqvist · roughing2 min
- 11:54 into the second periodSean Hill · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 14:07 into the second periodJaromir Jagr · holding2 min
- 15:53 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · tripping2 min
- 19:34 into the second periodGlen Murray · holding obstruction2 min
- 2:58 into the third periodDenis Chasse · fighting5 min
- 2:58 into the third periodStefan Bergqvist · fighting5 min
- 3:27 into the third periodBruce Gardiner · roughing2 min
- 3:27 into the third periodChris Tamer · roughing2 min
- 4:50 into the third periodSean Hill · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 19Alexei YashinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Denis ChasseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 94Stan NeckarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Shawn AntoskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Ed PattersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Stefan BergqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |