Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, December 17, 1996 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-4 on Tuesday, December 17, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Bruins 31-29.
Mario Lemieux scored twice and Ted Donato scored twice. Steve Heinze, Sheldon Kennedy, Barry Richter, Tim Sweeney, Alek Stojanov and Ron Francis also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (16)J.J. Daigneault (11), Fredrik Olausson (12)0–105:05 PIT · PPG
Steve Heinze (17)Adam Oates (17), Steve Staios (4)1–111:21 BOS · SHG
2nd period
Sheldon Kennedy (1)Brett Harkins (7), Jon Rohloff (2)2–106:32 BOS
Barry Richter (2)Ted Donato (9)3–108:10 BOS
Tim Sweeney (1)Don Sweeney (9), Ted Donato (10)4–108:45 BOS- Mario Lemieux (17)Jaromir Jagr (14)4–210:39 PIT
Ted Donato (7)Barry Richter (9), Tim Sweeney (1)5–211:15 BOS- Ted Donato (8)Adam Oates (18)6–213:34 BOS
3rd period
Alek Stojanov (1)Petr Nedved (17), Fredrik Olausson (13)6–309:42 PIT
Ron Francis (10)Jaromir Jagr (15), Kevin Hatcher (22)6–414:00 PIT · PPG
Team stats
BOSPIT
29Shots on goal31
0%Faceoff %0%
0/3Power play2/5
22Penalty minutes8
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:38
Jon Rohloff · interference obstruction2 min - 1st 11:08Kyle McLaren · hooking obstruction2 min
- 1st 18:31
Darius Kasparaitis · interference obstruction2 min - 2nd 02:49Craig Muni · tripping obstruction2 min
- 2nd 12:07Steve Staios · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:07Dave Roche · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:35Jon Rohloff · holding2 min
- 3rd 00:31Ted Donato · tripping obstruction2 min
- 3rd 12:08Kyle McLaren · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:52Darius Kasparaitis · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 18:51Sheldon Kennedy · misconduct10 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.