
1995–96 Pittsburgh Penguins | |
Division | 1st Northeast |
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Conference | 2nd Eastern |
1995–96 record | 49–29–4 |
Home record | 32–9–0 |
Road record | 17–20–4 |
Goals for | 362 |
Goals against | 284 |
Team information | |
General manager | Craig Patrick |
Coach | Eddie Johnston |
Captain | Mario Lemieux |
Alternate captains | Ron Francis Jaromir Jagr |
Arena | Pittsburgh Civic Arena |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mario Lemieux (69) |
Assists | Mario Lemieux (92) |
Points | Mario Lemieux (161) |
Penalty minutes | Francois Leroux (161) |
Wins | Tom Barrasso (29) |
Goals against average | Ken Wregget (3.24) |
The 1995–96 Pittsburgh Penguins season saw the return of Mario Lemieux after missing a whole season due to injuries. The Penguins improved to first in their division, and second-overall in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs, the Penguins made it to the Conference finals before losing to the Florida Panthers.
Offseason[]
Regular season[]
Mario Lemieux's return to the NHL after missing the entire 1994–95 season energized the Penguins and re-instituted the team's finesse game for the 1995–96 season. The Penguins finished second in the Eastern Conference with 102 points. They led all teams in even-strength goals (235) and power-play goals (109). Despite missing 13 regular-season games, Lemieux led the league in goals (69), assists (92), points (161) power-play goals (31), and shorthanded goals (8). Czech superstar Jaromir Jagr had his best season ever, with 62 goals (second in the league), 87 assists (third in the league) and 149 points (second in the league). The third 100-point scorer on the team was Ron Francis, who tallied 27 goals and 92 assists (tied for first in the league with Lemieux) for 119 points. Petr Nedved scored 45 goals and had 54 assists for 99 points in 80 games. He finished second in the league in shooting percentage with 22.1%. Despite missing over a quarter of the season, Tomas Sandstrom also had a great year, scoring 35 goals and picking up 35 assists for 70 points in 58 games.
Lemieux scored three goals or more in a game six times, and four goals or more in a game twice. On Tuesday, March 26, 1996, Mario Lemieux scored five goals in a game against the St. Louis Blues. Lemieux tallied two even-strength goals, two power-play goals and one shorthanded goal in the game. The Penguins won 8–4.
Season standings[]
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
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Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 362 | 284 | 102 |
Boston Bruins | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 282 | 269 | 91 |
Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 265 | 248 | 90 |
Hartford Whalers | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 237 | 259 | 77 |
Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 247 | 262 | 72 |
Ottawa Senators | 82 | 18 | 59 | 5 | 191 | 291 | 41 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Game log[]
# | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | W | October 7, 1995 | 8–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (season) | 1–0–0 |
2 | T | October 9, 1995 | 6–6 OT | @ Colorado Avalanche (season) | 1–0–1 |
3 | L | October 12, 1995 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Blackhawks (season) | 1–1–1 |
4 | W | October 14, 1995 | 5–2 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (season) | 2–1–1 |
5 | T | October 20, 1995 | 2–2 OT | @ Hartford Whalers (season) | 2–1–2 |
6 | L | October 21, 1995 | 2–3 OT | Los Angeles Kings (season) | 2–2–2 |
7 | W | October 26, 1995 | 7–5 | @ New York Islanders (season) | 3–2–2 |
8 | W | October 28, 1995 | 5–3 | @ New Jersey Devils (season) | 4–2–2 |
9 | W | November 1, 1995 | 10–0 | Tampa Bay Lightning (season) | 5–2–2 |
10 | T | November 3, 1995 | 3–3 OT | @ Buffalo Sabres (season) | 5–2–3 |
11 | W | November 4, 1995 | 7–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (season) | 6–2–3 |
12 | W | November 8, 1995 | 7–1 | @ Ottawa Senators (season) | 7–2–3 |
13 | W | November 10, 1995 | 9–1 | @ San Jose Sharks (season) | 8–2–3 |
14 | L | November 11, 1995 | 2–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (season) | 8–3–3 |
15 | W | November 14, 1995 | 4–2 | Dallas Stars (season) | 9–3–3 |
16 | W | November 17, 1995 | 3–2 OT | @ Washington Capitals (season) | 10–3–3 |
17 | W | November 18, 1995 | 3–0 | Washington Capitals (season) | 11–3–3 |
18 | L | November 21, 1995 | 4–9 | @ New York Rangers (season) | 11–4–3 |
19 | L | November 22, 1995 | 3–4 | New York Rangers (season) | 11–5–3 |
20 | W | November 25, 1995 | 5–3 | Buffalo Sabres (season) | 12–5–3 |
21 | W | November 28, 1995 | 7–2 | Ottawa Senators (season) | 13–5–3 |
22 | W | November 30, 1995 | 9–6 | @ Boston Bruins (season) | 14–5–3 |
23 | W | December 1, 1995 | 2–1 | Florida Panthers (season) | 15–5–3 |
24 | W | December 3, 1995 | 5–4 | @ Tampa Bay Lightning (season) | 16–5–3 |
25 | W | December 5, 1995 | 6–3 | @ New York Islanders (season) | 17–5–3 |
26 | W | December 7, 1995 | 7–5 | Montreal Canadiens (season) | 18–5–3 |
27 | W | December 9, 1995 | 6–0 | Hartford Whalers (season) | 19–5–3 |
28 | L | December 13, 1995 | 3–6 | @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (season) | 19–6–3 |
29 | W | December 15, 1995 | 5–1 | @ Dallas Stars (season) | 20–6–3 |
30 | L | December 17, 1995 | 5–6 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (season) | 20–7–3 |
31 | W | December 19, 1995 | 7–1 | Calgary Flames (season) | 21–7–3 |
32 | L | December 22, 1995 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (season) | 21–8–3 |
33 | L | December 23, 1995 | 0–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (season) | 21–9–3 |
34 | W | December 26, 1995 | 6–3 | Buffalo Sabres (season) | 22–9–3 |
35 | W | December 28, 1995 | 9–4 | Hartford Whalers (season) | 23–9–3 |
36 | W | December 30, 1995 | 6–5 | Florida Panthers (season) | 24–9–3 |
37 | L | January 1, 1996 | 2–4 | @ Washington Capitals (season) | 24–10–3 |
38 | W | January 3, 1996 | 4–1 | Ottawa Senators (season) | 25–10–3 |
39 | W | January 5, 1996 | 5–2 | Detroit Red Wings (season) | 26–10–3 |
40 | L | January 6, 1996 | 2–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (season) | 26–11–3 |
41 | W | January 8, 1996 | 8–5 | Vancouver Canucks (season) | 27–11–3 |
42 | L | January 12, 1996 | 5–6 | Montreal Canadiens (season) | 27–12–3 |
43 | L | January 13, 1996 | 8–10 | San Jose Sharks (season) | 27–13–3 |
44 | L | January 16, 1996 | 2–5 | Colorado Avalanche (season) | 27–14–3 |
45 | W | January 17, 1996 | 1–0 | @ Buffalo Sabres (season) | 28–14–3 |
46 | W | January 22, 1996 | 7–6 OT | Boston Bruins (season) | 29–14–3 |
47 | W | January 24, 1996 | 4–3 | @ Ottawa Senators (season) | 30–14–3 |
48 | W | January 27, 1996 | 7–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (season) | 31–14–3 |
49 | L | January 29, 1996 | 1–2 | @ Florida Panthers (season) | 31–15–3 |
50 | L | January 31, 1996 | 1–4 | @ Tampa Bay Lightning (season) | 31–16–3 |
51 | L | February 3, 1996 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (season) | 31–17–3 |
52 | W | February 6, 1996 | 6–5 | Boston Bruins (season) | 32–17–3 |
53 | T | February 7, 1996 | 1–1 OT | @ New Jersey Devils (season) | 32–17–4 |
54 | W | February 10, 1996 | 6–3 | Chicago Blackhawks (season) | 33–17–4 |
55 | L | February 12, 1996 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (season) | 33–18–4 |
56 | W | February 16, 1996 | 1–0 | @ Winnipeg Jets (season) | 34–18–4 |
57 | W | February 18, 1996 | 4–3 OT | New York Rangers (season) | 35–18–4 |
58 | L | February 21, 1996 | 3–6 | @ Buffalo Sabres (season) | 35–19–4 |
59 | W | February 23, 1996 | 5–4 | Hartford Whalers (season) | 36–19–4 |
60 | L | February 24, 1996 | 3–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (season) | 36–20–4 |
61 | W | February 27, 1996 | 7–4 | @ Vancouver Canucks (season) | 37–20–4 |
62 | L | February 29, 1996 | 3–7 | @ Calgary Flames (season) | 37–21–4 |
63 | W | March 1, 1996 | 5–4 | @ Edmonton Oilers (season) | 38–21–4 |
64 | W | March 5, 1996 | 9–4 | Winnipeg Jets (season) | 39–21–4 |
65 | W | March 7, 1996 | 5–1 | Ottawa Senators (season) | 40–21–4 |
66 | L | March 9, 1996 | 3–4 OT | New Jersey Devils (season) | 40–22–4 |
67 | L | March 13, 1996 | 2–3 | @ Hartford Whalers (season) | 40–23–4 |
68 | L | March 14, 1996 | 2–4 | @ Boston Bruins (season) | 40–24–4 |
69 | W | March 16, 1996 | 4–2 | New York Islanders (season) | 41–24–4 |
70 | W | March 21, 1996 | 5–4 | Edmonton Oilers (season) | 42–24–4 |
71 | L | March 23, 1996 | 5–7 | Buffalo Sabres (season) | 42–25–4 |
72 | W | March 24, 1996 | 8–2 | @ New York Rangers (season) | 43–25–4 |
73 | W | March 26, 1996 | 8–4 | St. Louis Blues (season) | 44–25–4 |
74 | W | March 28, 1996 | 3–2 | @ Florida Panthers (season) | 45–25–4 |
75 | W | March 30, 1996 | 2–1 | New Jersey Devils (season) | 46–25–4 |
76 | L | March 31, 1996 | 1–4 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (season) | 46–26–4 |
77 | W | April 4, 1996 | 4–2 | Washington Capitals (season) | 47–26–4 |
78 | W | April 6, 1996 | 2–1 | Tampa Bay Lightning (season) | 48–26–4 |
79 | L | April 8, 1996 | 4–5 | @ Hartford Whalers (season) | 48–27–4 |
80 | L | April 10, 1996 | 2–6 | New York Islanders (season) | 48–28–4 |
81 | W | April 11, 1996 | 5–3 | @ Ottawa Senators (season) | 49–28–4 |
82 | L | April 14, 1996 | 5–6 | @ Boston Bruins (season) | 49–29–4 |
Playoffs[]
In the 1996 Playoffs, the Penguins advanced to the third round for the first time since 1992, defeating the Washington Capitals in six games and the New York Rangers in five games. In the Eastern Conference finals, the heavily-favored Penguins were upset in seven games by the defense-oriented Florida Panthers.
Player stats[]
Regular season[]
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Mario Lemieux | C | 70 | 69 | 92 | 161 | 54 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 8 |
Jaromir Jagr | RW | 82 | 62 | 87 | 149 | 96 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 12 |
Ron Francis | C | 77 | 27 | 92 | 119 | 56 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 4 |
Petr Nedved | C | 80 | 45 | 54 | 99 | 68 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
Tomas Sandstrom | RW | 58 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 69 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
Sergei Zubov | D | 64 | 11 | 55 | 66 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Bryan Smolinski | C | 81 | 24 | 40 | 64 | 69 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Markus Naslund | LW | 66 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Dmitri Mironov | D | 72 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 88 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Glen Murray | RW | 69 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Norm Maciver | D | 32 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Joseph | D | 70 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Roche | LW | 71 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 130 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chris Tamer | D | 70 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 153 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Neil Wilkinson | D | 41 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 87 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin Miller | C | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Francois Leroux | D | 66 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 161 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Dziedzic | LW | 69 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 68 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Richard Park | RW | 56 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
J.J. Daigneault | D | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dave McLlwain | C/RW | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Brad Lauer | LW | 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Corey Foster | D | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Wells | C | 54 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 59 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rusty Fitzgerald | C | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Barrasso | G | 49 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ian Moran | D | 51 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 47 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Patterson | RW | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Wregget | G | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alek Stojanov | RW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Allen | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Andrusak | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Len Barrie | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Drake Berehowsky | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stefan Bergkvist | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Christian | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
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Tom Barrasso | 2799 | 49 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 160 | 3.43 | 2 | 1626 | 1466 | .902 |
Ken Wregget | 2132 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 115 | 3.24 | 3 | 1205 | 1090 | .905 |
Team: | 4931 | 82 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 275 | 3.35 | 5 | 2831 | 2556 | .903 |
Playoffs[]
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mario Lemieux | C | 18 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Jaromir Jagr | RW | 18 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Petr Nedved | C | 18 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Sergei Zubov | D | 18 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
J.J. Daigneault | D | 17 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bryan Smolinski | C | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ron Francis | C | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Roche | LW | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glen Murray | RW | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chris Tamer | D | 18 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tomas Sandstrom | RW | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kevin Miller | C | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Dziedzic | LW | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brad Lauer | LW | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Francois Leroux | D | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chris Joseph | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dmitri Mironov | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Neil Wilkinson | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Wregget | G | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Barrasso | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stefan Bergkvist | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Corey Foster | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave McLlwain | C/RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Richard Park | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alek Stojanov | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Wregget | 599 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 2.30 | 0 | 328 | 305 | .930 |
Tom Barrasso | 558 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 2.80 | 1 | 337 | 311 | .923 |
Team: | 1157 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 49 | 2.54 | 1 | 665 | 616 | .926 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;
Awards and records[]
Awards[]
Player | Award |
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Ron Francis | Player's Player Award Pittsburgh Penguins Masterton Nominee |
Jaromir Jagr | Bob Johnson Memorial Award NHL First All-Star Team |
Mario Lemieux | Most Valuable Player Award Booster Club Award Leading Point Scorer Award Hart Memorial Trophy Art Ross Memorial Trophy Lester B. Pearson Award NHL First All-Star Team |
Petr Nedved | Unsung Hero Award Disaster Specialists "Baz" Bastien Memorial "Good Guy" Award |
Dave Roche | Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award |
Transactions[]
Personnel[]
Draft picks[]
Farm teams[]
The Hampton Roads Admirals of the East Coast Hockey League finished in fifth place in the East Division, but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Richmond Renegades.
The Cleveland Lumberjacks of the IHL finished in third place in the Central Division, but were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Michigan K-Wings.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1995-96 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.
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1995–96 NHL season by team | |
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Northeast Division | Buffalo • Pittsburgh • Boston • Montreal • Hartford • Ottawa |
Atlantic Division | Philadelphia • NY Rangers • Florida • Washington • Tampa Bay • New Jersey • NY Islanders |
Central Division | Detroit • Chicago • Toronto • St. Louis • Winnipeg • Dallas |
Pacific Division | Anaheim • Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Los Angeles • San Jose • Vancouver |
See also | 1995 NHL Entry Draft • Stanley Cup Playoffs • Stanley Cup Finals |
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