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95-96PitPen
1995–96 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division 1st Northeast
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[]

Northeast Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
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
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
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux C 70 69 92 161 54 10 31 8 8
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr RW 82 62 87 149 96 31 20 1 12
Francis, RonRon Francis C 77 27 92 119 56 25 12 1 4
Nedved, PetrPetr Nedved C 80 45 54 99 68 37 8 1 5
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom RW 58 35 35 70 69 4 17 1 2
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov D 64 11 55 66 22 28 3 2 1
Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski C 81 24 40 64 69 6 8 2 1
Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund LW 66 19 33 52 36 17 3 0 4
Mironov, DmitriDmitri Mironov D 72 3 31 34 88 19 1 0 1
Murray, GlenGlen Murray RW 69 14 15 29 57 4 0 0 2
Maciver, NormNorm Maciver D 32 2 21 23 32 12 1 0 0
Joseph, ChrisChris Joseph D 70 5 14 19 71 6 0 0 1
Roche, DaveDave Roche LW 71 7 7 14 130 -5 0 0 1
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer D 70 4 10 14 153 20 0 0 1
Wilkinson, NeilNeil Wilkinson D 41 2 10 12 87 12 0 0 0
Miller, KevinKevin Miller C 13 6 5 11 4 4 1 0 0
Leroux, FrancoisFrancois Leroux D 66 2 9 11 161 2 0 0 0
Dziedzic, JoeJoe Dziedzic LW 69 5 5 10 68 -5 0 0 3
Park, RichardRichard Park RW 56 4 6 10 36 3 0 1 1
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault D 13 3 3 6 23 0 2 0 0
McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain C/RW 18 2 4 6 4 -5 0 0 1
Lauer, BradBrad Lauer LW 21 4 1 5 6 -5 1 0 1
Foster, CoreyCorey Foster D 11 2 2 4 2 -2 1 0 0
Wells, ChrisChris Wells C 54 2 2 4 59 -6 0 1 0
Fitzgerald, RustyRusty Fitzgerald C 21 1 2 3 12 7 0 0 0
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso G 49 0 3 3 18 0 0 0 0
Moran, IanIan Moran D 51 1 1 2 47 -1 0 0 0
Patterson, EdEd Patterson RW 35 0 2 2 38 -5 0 0 0
Wregget, KenKen Wregget G 37 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 0
Stojanov, AlekAlek Stojanov RW 10 1 0 1 7 -1 0 0 0
Allen, PeterPeter Allen D 8 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 0
Andrusak, GregGreg Andrusak D 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Barrie, LenLen Barrie C 5 0 0 0 18 -1 0 0 0
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky D 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bergkvist, StefanStefan Bergkvist D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Christian, JeffJeff Christian LW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso 2799 49 29 16 2 160 3.43 2 1626 1466 .902
Wregget, KenKen 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
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux C 18 11 16 27 33 3 1 2
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr RW 18 11 12 23 18 5 1 1
Nedved, PetrPetr Nedved C 18 10 10 20 16 4 0 2
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov D 18 1 14 15 26 1 0 0
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault D 17 1 9 10 36 1 0 1
Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski C 18 5 4 9 10 0 0 1
Francis, RonRon Francis C 11 3 6 9 4 2 0 1
Roche, DaveDave Roche LW 16 2 7 9 26 0 0 0
Murray, GlenGlen Murray RW 18 2 6 8 10 0 0 1
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer D 18 0 7 7 24 0 0 0
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom RW 18 4 2 6 30 0 0 1
Miller, KevinKevin Miller C 18 3 2 5 8 0 0 0
Dziedzic, JoeJoe Dziedzic LW 16 1 2 3 19 0 0 0
Lauer, BradBrad Lauer LW 12 1 1 2 4 0 0 0
Leroux, FrancoisFrancois Leroux D 18 1 1 2 20 0 0 1
Joseph, ChrisChris Joseph D 15 1 0 1 8 0 0 0
Mironov, DmitriDmitri Mironov D 15 0 1 1 10 0 0 0
Wilkinson, NeilNeil Wilkinson D 15 0 1 1 14 0 0 0
Wregget, KenKen Wregget G 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso G 10 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Bergkvist, StefanStefan Bergkvist D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Foster, CoreyCorey Foster D 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain C/RW 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Park, RichardRichard Park RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stojanov, AlekAlek Stojanov RW 9 0 0 0 19 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Wregget, KenKen Wregget 599 9 7 2 23 2.30 0 328 305 .930
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso 558 10 4 5 26 2.80 1 337 311 .923
Team: 1157 18 11 7 49 2.54 1 665 616 .926

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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
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[]

  1. 1995-96 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.
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