Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, January 7, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Tuesday, January 7, 1997 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 50–22.
Goals came from Bryan Berard, Bryan Smolinski, Jaromir Jagr, Ron Francis, Kevin Hatcher, Petr Nedved, Travis Green and Stu Barnes.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Berard (5)Unassisted0–108:30 NYI
2nd period
Bryan Smolinski (11)Ziggy Palffy (20)0–203:48 NYI
Jaromir Jagr (36)Mario Lemieux (39), Jason Woolley (11)1–206:47 PIT
Ron Francis (16)Mario Lemieux (40), Jaromir Jagr (28)2–212:47 PIT
Kevin Hatcher (8)Mario Lemieux (41), Jaromir Jagr (29)3–214:20 PIT · 
Petr Nedved (19)Joe Mullen (7), Joe Dziedzic (5)4–219:16 PIT
3rd period
Travis Green (8)Marty Mcinnis (10), Derek King (18)4–311:53 NYI
Stu Barnes (9)Kevin Hatcher (26)5–317:12 PIT
Team stats
PITNYI
2250
0%0%
1/30/3
1517
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:45 into the first period
Travis Green · holding obstruction2 min - 15:02 into the first periodBryan Smolinski · roughing2 min
- 15:02 into the first period
Craig Muni · hooking obstruction2 min - 15:02 into the first periodAndreas Johansson · slashing2 min
- 1:38 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:47 into the second periodSteve Webb · high sticking2 min
- 4:47 into the second periodSteve Webb · fighting5 min
- 4:47 into the second periodAlex Hicks · high sticking2 min
- 4:47 into the second periodAlex Hicks · fighting5 min
- 13:42 into the second periodRich Pilon · interference obstruction2 min
- 2:00 into the third periodCraig Muni · tripping obstruction2 min
- 18:39 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodZiggy Palffy · hooking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.