The Pittsburgh Penguins were defeated by the Washington Capitals, 6 to 4, in Game 1 of the 1996 playoff series on April 17, 1996.

Final

Capitals

1-0-0

6

Penguins

0-1-0

4

Team

WSH

PIT

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

PIT

Petr Nedved (EV) assisted by Jaromir Jagr

Petr Nedved (EV) unassisted

Peter Bondra (EV) unassisted

2nd period

WSH

PIT

Ron Francis (PP) assisted by Sergei Zubov and Mario Lemieux

Tomas Sandstrom (EV) assisted by Brad Lauer and Mario Lemieux

Sylvain Cote (EV) assisted by Michal Pivonka and Peter Bondra

Todd Krygier (EV) assisted by Joe Juneau and Sergei Gonchar

3rd period

WSH

PIT

Sergei Gonchar (PP) assisted by Andrew Brunette and Joe Juneau

Todd Krygier (EV) assisted by Dale Hunter and Mike Eagles

Michal Pivonka (EV-EN) assisted by Joe Juneau and Peter Bondra

Capitals

Penguins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Penguins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (W) O. Kolzig	1	0	0	12	12	1.000	0	0.00	0	29
Jim Carey J. Carey				16	12	.750	4	7.70	0	31

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	1	2	3	+2	2	0	0	0	4	25.0
Andrew Brunette A. Brunette	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Eric Charron E. Charron	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	6	16.7
Mike Eagles M. Eagles	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	0	4	25.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Johnson J. Johnson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0	3	3	+1	2	0	1	0	5	0.0
Kevin Kaminski K. Kaminski	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Todd Krygier T. Krygier	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	100.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Peake P. Peake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Steve Poapst S. Poapst	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Stefan Ustorf S. Ustorf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tom Barrasso (L) T. Barrasso	0	1	0	34	29	.853	5	5.05	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
J.J. Daigneault	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Corey Foster C. Foster	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Francis R. Francis	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	50.0
Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Brad Lauer B. Lauer	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0
Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	0.0
Francois Leroux F. Leroux	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0
Kevin Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dmitri Mironov D. Mironov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Glen Murray G. Murray	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Petr Nedved P. Nedved	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Chris Tamer C. Tamer	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0
Neil Wilkinson N. Wilkinson	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	4	0.0
Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0.0