Pittsburgh Penguins vs Anaheim Ducks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 11, 1996 · Arrowhead Pond
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Anaheim Ducks 7–3 on Wednesday, December 11, 1996 at Arrowhead Pond. The Penguins outshot the Ducks 26–25.
Mario Lemieux scored twice and Petr Nedved scored twice. Paul Kariya, Jari Kurri, Alex Hicks, Kevin Hatcher, Brian Bellows and Joe Dziedzic also scored.
Patrick Lalime made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mikhail Shtalenkov stopped 12 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (14)Ron Francis (24), Kevin Hatcher (19)1–003:10 PIT · 
Paul Kariya (10)Brian Bellows (8), Teemu Selanne (22)1–106:09 ANA · 
Jari Kurri (6)Kevin Todd (15), Bobby Dollas (3)1–213:47 ANA
2nd period
Alex Hicks (4)Stu Barnes (13)2–200:27 PIT
Kevin Hatcher (5)Jaromir Jagr (12), Darius Kasparaitis (10)3–206:16 PIT
Petr Nedved (15)Tomas Sandstrom (9), J.J. Daigneault (10)4–208:44 PIT · 
Brian Bellows (3)Teemu Selanne (23), Paul Kariya (13)4–314:38 ANA · 
Joe Dziedzic (1)Petr Nedved (15), Tomas Sandstrom (10)5–316:25 PIT
3rd period
- Mario Lemieux (15)Ron Francis (25), Jaromir Jagr (13)6–302:04 PIT
- Petr Nedved (16)Mario Lemieux (26)7–311:49 PIT
Team stats
PITANA
2625
0%0%
2/72/5
1923
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:34 into the first period
Garry Valk · tripping2 min - 6:00 into the first period
Alek Stojanov · roughing2 min - 7:47 into the first periodMario Lemieux · tripping2 min
- 12:06 into the first periodWarren Rychel · fighting5 min
- 12:06 into the first periodFrancois Leroux · fighting5 min
- 14:18 into the first periodMikhail Shtalenkov · delaying game2 min
- 4:00 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · roughing2 min
- 4:00 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · roughing2 min
- 6:53 into the second periodBobby Dollas · high sticking double minor4 min
- 9:24 into the second periodPetr Nedved · tripping2 min
- 13:01 into the second periodMario Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 4:49 into the third periodBobby Dollas · holding2 min
- 4:49 into the third periodMario Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 7:01 into the third periodDave Karpa · hooking2 min
- 9:41 into the third periodPetr Nedved · holding the stick2 min
- 12:38 into the third periodTed Drury · holding the stick2 min
- 16:25 into the third periodTeemu Selanne · charging2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 33Alex HicksL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 0 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
Anaheim Ducks
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Paul KariyaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Kevin ToddC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Bobby DollasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Ted DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Warren RychelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Garry ValkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Steve RucchinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 46Jean-Francois JompheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Jason MarshallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michael O'NeillG | 10 | 3 | .700 | |
| 35Mikhail ShtalenkovG | L | 16 | 4 | .750 |