Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Sunday, January 26, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–2 on Sunday, January 26, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 44–38.
Mario Lemieux scored 4 goals. David Wilkie, Jason Woolley and Sebastien Bordeleau also scored.
Patrick Lalime made 42 saves on 44 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 33 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
David Wilkie (4)Darcy Tucker (8), Scott Thornton (5)0–108:59 MTL
2nd period
Jason Woolley (4)Ron Francis (39), Petr Nedved (22)1–103:56 PIT ·
3rd period
Mario Lemieux (31)Ron Francis (40), Jaromir Jagr (34)2–104:35 PIT- Mario Lemieux (32)Joe Mullen (10), Petr Nedved (23)3–109:06 PIT
Sebastien Bordeleau (1)Brian Savage (32), Murray Baron (5)3–212:42 MTL- Mario Lemieux (33)Ron Francis (41)4–216:54 PIT
- Mario Lemieux (34)Unassisted5–219:29 PIT · ·
Team stats
PITMTL
3844
0%0%
1/40/6
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:25 into the first period
Scott Thornton · roughing2 min - 4:25 into the first period
Tyler Wright · interference obstruction2 min - 5:07 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · holding2 min
- 18:43 into the first periodJaromir Jagr · interference obstruction2 min
- 19:27 into the first periodDarius Kasparaitis · boarding2 min
- 2:29 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · slashing2 min
- 7:59 into the second periodJ.J. Daigneault · high sticking2 min
- 9:35 into the second periodJassen Cullimore · interference obstruction2 min
- 11:52 into the second periodScott Thornton · high sticking2 min
- 11:52 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · charging2 min
- 13:49 into the second periodPeter Popovic · holding2 min
- 16:35 into the second periodMurray Baron · hooking2 min
- 9:30 into the third periodDarius Kasparaitis · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:09 into the third periodStu Barnes · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 4 | 0 | 4 | +4 | 11 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Jason WoolleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Philippe De RouvilleG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | W | 44 | 2 | .955 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 7 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Eric HoudeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 32Brad BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 37 | 4 | .892 |