Edmonton Oilers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, November 6, 1996 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Wednesday, November 6, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Oilers outshot the Penguins 35-34.
Goals came from Tomas Sandstrom, Jaromir Jagr, Doug Weight, Bryan Marchment, Mario Lemieux, Glen Murray and Ron Francis.
Ken Wregget made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Bob Essensa stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Sandstrom (2)Ron Francis (10)0–116:43 PIT · SHG
Jaromir Jagr (11)Petr Nedved (4), Ron Francis (11)0–219:39 PIT
2nd period
Doug Weight (1)Jason Arnott (9), Andrei Kovalenko (5)1–209:28 EDM · PPG
3rd period
Bryan Marchment (1)Mats Lindgren (1), Doug Weight (13)2–200:55 EDM
Mario Lemieux (7)Petr Nedved (5)2–312:23 PIT · PPG
Glen Murray (3)Dave Roche (3)2–412:33 PIT
Ron Francis (5)Mario Lemieux (11)2–519:08 PIT · SHG · EN
Team stats
EDMPIT
35Shots on goal34
0%Faceoff %0%
1/5Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes12
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:45
Boris Mironov · holding obstruction2 min - 1st 14:48
Shawn Antoski · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 2nd 08:22Petr Klima · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:18Ian Moran · interference obstruction2 min
- 3rd 09:54Ryan Smyth · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:54Tomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:38Boris Mironov · holding obstruction2 min
- 3rd 15:07Petr Klima · slashing2 min
- 3rd 18:22Craig Muni · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 39Doug WeightC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 18Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 8Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 59:20 |
| 31Curtis JosephG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Shawn AntoskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 60:00 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |