Pittsburgh Penguins vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Regular season · Monday, December 23, 1996 · Maple Leaf Gardens

6–5

32–44

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–5 on Monday, December 23, 1996 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Penguins 44–32.

Freddy Modin scored twice, Mario Lemieux scored twice and Jaromir Jagr scored twice. Mats Sundin, Ron Francis, Darby Hendrickson, Tie Domi and Jason Woolley also scored.

Ken Wregget made 39 saves on 44 shots for the win; Felix Potvin stopped 26 of 32.

Goals
PIT	1	3	2	6	32
TOR	2	1	2	5	44

Scoring

1st period

Mats Sundin (23)Doug Gilmour (24), Larry Murphy (16)0–100:42 TOR
Freddy Modin (4)Doug Gilmour (25), Jamie Macoun (5)0–209:11 TOR
Mario Lemieux (22)Jaromir Jagr (21), Dave Roche (5)1–215:28 PIT

2nd period

Mario Lemieux (23)Darius Kasparaitis (13), Jaromir Jagr (22)2–205:09 PIT
Ron Francis (12)Jaromir Jagr (23), Kevin Hatcher (24)3–206:05 PIT ·
Jaromir Jagr (31)Unassisted4–211:12 PIT ·
Darby Hendrickson (5)Dmitry Yushkevich (5), Tie Domi (9)4–317:22 TOR

3rd period

Tie Domi (5)Kirk Muller (10)4–401:06 TOR
Jaromir Jagr (32)Mario Lemieux (30)5–405:03 PIT
Jason Woolley (2)Ron Francis (28), Tomas Sandstrom (11)6–405:52 PIT
Freddy Modin (5)Doug Gilmour (26), Mats Sundin (27)6–519:31 TOR

Team stats

PITTOR

3244

0%0%

2/50/5

1616

Penalties

2:06 into the first periodFredrik Olausson · high sticking2 min
4:30 into the first periodMike Craig · roughing2 min
11:44 into the first periodAlek Stojanov · roughing2 min
11:44 into the first periodRob Zettler · roughing2 min
17:09 into the first periodFredrik Olausson · interference2 min
17:40 into the first periodDoug Gilmour · interference2 min
17:40 into the first periodDoug Gilmour · roughing2 min
5:40 into the second periodRob Zettler · holding2 min
9:04 into the second periodJaromir Jagr · holding2 min
10:43 into the second periodMats Sundin · interference2 min
11:12 into the second periodStu Barnes · roughing2 min
11:12 into the second periodDave Ellett · roughing2 min
14:17 into the second periodJ.J. Daigneault · holding the stick2 min
4:29 into the third periodAlek Stojanov · roughing2 min
4:29 into the third periodDavid Cooper · roughing2 min
9:37 into the third periodStu Barnes · holding the stick2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

68Jaromir JagrR	2	3	5	0	7	2	–	–
66Mario LemieuxC	2	1	3	0	7	0	–	–
10Ron FrancisC	1	1	2	−1	4	0	–	–
17Tomas SandstromR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
51Dave RocheL	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	–	–
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
22Jason WoolleyD	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
7Joe MullenR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
14Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	−2	2	4	–	–
16Joe DziedzicL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
25Alek StojanovR	0	0	0	0	1	4	–	–
27Glen MurrayR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
29Tyler WrightC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
18Francois LerouxD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
23Fredrik OlaussonD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	–	–
28Craig MuniD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–
36J.J. DaigneaultD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
31Ken WreggetG	W	44	39	5	.886	60:00
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	–

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

93Doug GilmourC	0	3	3	+1	3	4	–	–
13Mats SundinC	1	1	2	+1	6	2	–	–
19Freddy ModinL	2	0	2	+1	3	0	–	–
28Tie DomiR	1	1	2	+1	1	0	–	–
14Darby HendricksonC	1	0	1	+2	3	0	–	–
21Kirk MullerL	0	1	1	+2	4	0	–	–
34Jamie MacounD	0	1	1	−2	1	0	–	–
36Dmitry YushkevichD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	–	–
55Larry MurphyD	0	1	1	0	6	0	–	–
7Kelly FairchildC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
8Todd WarrinerL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
9Mike CraigR	0	0	0	0	4	2	–	–
16Jamie BakerC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
94Sergei BerezinL	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
2Rob ZettlerD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	–	–
4Dave EllettD	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
24Tom PedersonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
42David CooperD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
29Felix PotvinG	L	32	26	6	.813	59:10
31Marcel CousineauG		0	0	0	–	–