The Pittsburgh Penguins were defeated by the Boston Bruins, 6 to 4, on December 17, 1996.

Final

Bruins

11-15-5

6

Penguins

14-15-3

4

Team

BOS

PIT

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

PIT

Mario Lemieux (PP) assisted by J.J. Daigneault and Fredrik Olausson

Steve Heinze (SH) assisted by Adam Oates and Steve Staios

2nd period

BOS

PIT

Sheldon Kennedy (EV) assisted by Brett Harkins and Jon Rohloff

Barry Richter (EV) assisted by Ted Donato

Tim Sweeney (EV) assisted by Don Sweeney and Ted Donato

Mario Lemieux (EV) assisted by Jaromir Jagr

Ted Donato (EV) assisted by Barry Richter and Tim Sweeney

Ted Donato (EV) assisted by Adam Oates

3rd period

BOS

PIT

Alek Stojanov (EV) assisted by Petr Nedved and Fredrik Olausson

Ron Francis (PP) assisted by Jaromir Jagr and Kevin Hatcher

Bruins

Penguins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Penguins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bill Ranford (W) B. Ranford	1	0	0	31	27	.871	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Ted Donato T. Donato	2	2	4	+4	2	0	0	1	3	66.7
Brett Harkins B. Harkins	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Heinze S. Heinze	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Sheldon Kennedy S. Kennedy	1	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	1	100.0
Troy Mallette T. Mallette	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Trent McCleary T. McCleary	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle McLaren K. McLaren	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Adam Oates A. Oates	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0
Barry Richter B. Richter	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Jon Rohloff J. Rohloff	0	1	1	+3	4	0	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Staios S. Staios	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	0
Jozef Stumpel J. Stumpel	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Don Sweeney D. Sweeney	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Tim Sweeney T. Sweeney	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	0	5	20.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Wregget (L) K. Wregget	0	1	0	22	16	.727	6	9.00	0	40
Patrick Lalime P. Lalime				7	7	1.000	0	0.00	0	19

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
J.J. Daigneault	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0
Joe Dziedzic J. Dziedzic	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Ron Francis R. Francis	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	5	20.0
Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	2	0.0
Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	0	2	2	-2	0	0	1	4	0.0
Darius Kasparaitis D. Kasparaitis	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2	0	2	-2	0	1	0	9	22.2
Joe Mullen J. Mullen	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Craig Muni C. Muni	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Glen Murray G. Murray	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Petr Nedved P. Nedved	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Fredrik Olausson F. Olausson	0	2	2	-2	0	0	1	4	0.0
Dave Roche D. Roche	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Alek Stojanov A. Stojanov	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Jason Woolley J. Woolley	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0