New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, March 22, 1997 · Civic Arena

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3–2

35–21

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Saturday, March 22, 1997 at Civic Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 35–21.

Goals came from Dave Roche, Greg Johnson, Dave Andreychuk, Dave Ellett and Bobby Holik.

Goals
NJD	0	1	2	3	35
PIT	1	1	0	2	21

Scoring

1st period

Dave Roche (5)Stu Barnes (27), Greg Johnson (19)0–109:13 PIT

2nd period

Greg Johnson (12)Stu Barnes (28), Francois Leroux (3)0–202:01 PIT
Dave Andreychuk (25)Steve Thomas (16), Scott Niedermayer (29)1–209:28 NJD

3rd period

Dave Ellett (6)Doug Gilmour (54), Bill Guerin (17)2–203:43 NJD
Bobby Holik (19)Steve Thomas (17), Dave Andreychuk (33)3–211:58 NJD

Team stats

NJDPIT

3521

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0/30/1

26

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Penalties

10:10 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
17:15 into the first periodJeffrey Christian · interference obstruction2 min
19:48 into the first periodCraig Muni · tripping obstruction2 min
13:17 into the second periodEddie Olczyk · hooking2 min

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