Florida Panthers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Monday, March 31, 1997 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Florida Panthers 4–3 on Monday, March 31, 1997 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Panthers 32–29.
Goals came from Ian Moran, Josef Beranek, Jaromir Jagr, Scott Mellanby, Ed Jovanovski, Mario Lemieux and Rob Niedermayer.
Ken Wregget made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Ian Moran (4)Kevin Hatcher (36), Alex Hicks (20)0–106:21 PIT
Josef Beranek (1)Darius Kasparaitis (19), Petr Nedved (37)0–208:04 PIT
2nd period
Jaromir Jagr (46)Mario Lemieux (67), Ron Francis (59)0–303:04 PIT
Scott Mellanby (27)Robert Svehla (29), John Vanbiesbrouck (2)1–305:03 FLA · 
Ed Jovanovski (7)David Nemirovsky (7), Steve Washburn (4)2–314:33 FLA
Mario Lemieux (47)Ron Francis (60), Jaromir Jagr (45)2–418:30 PIT ·
3rd period
Rob Niedermayer (11)Ray Sheppard (28)3–407:36 FLA
Team stats
FLAPIT
2932
0%0%
1/41/3
1214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:41 into the first period
Tom Fitzgerald · holding stick obstruction2 min - 14:35 into the first period
Joe Dziedzic · hooking obstruction2 min - 19:03 into the first periodPaul Laus · roughing2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · cross checking2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodNeil Wilkinson · roughing2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodIan Moran · roughing2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodAlex Hicks · roughing2 min
- 3:39 into the second periodGreg Johnson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 5:35 into the second periodJosef Beranek · hooking2 min
- 17:55 into the second periodRhett Warrener · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:00 into the third periodPaul Laus · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:00 into the third periodNeil Wilkinson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:01 into the third periodRhett Warrener · high sticking2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 15David NemirovskyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve WashburnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Per GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Josef BeranekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Ian MoranD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry ValkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | – |