The Pittsburgh Penguins were defeated by the Florida Panthers, 5 to 1, in Game 1 of the 1996 Eastern Conference Final on May 18, 1996.

Final

Panthers

1-0-0

5

Penguins

0-1-0

1

Team

FLA

PIT

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

FLA

PIT

Dave Lowry (PP) unassisted

Tom Fitzgerald (EV) assisted by Scott Mellanby and Robert Svehla

2nd period

FLA

PIT

Tom Fitzgerald (EV) assisted by Rhett Warrener and Scott Mellanby

3rd period

FLA

PIT

Kevin Miller (EV) assisted by Dave Roche and Chris Tamer

Dave Lowry (EV) assisted by Stu Barnes and Ray Sheppard

Scott Mellanby (PP) assisted by Paul Laus and Rob Niedermayer

Panthers

Penguins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Panthers

Penguins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Vanbiesbrouck (W) J. Vanbiesbrouck	1	0	0	33	32	.970	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Radek Dvorak R. Dvorak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	1	2	100.0
Johan Garpenlov J. Garpenlov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0.0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Paul Laus P. Laus	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Lindsay B. Lindsay	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	66.7
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	1	2	3	+2	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Rob Niedermayer R. Niedermayer	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Martin Straka M. Straka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Svehla R. Svehla	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Wregget (L) K. Wregget	0	1	0	25	20	.800	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
J.J. Daigneault	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Joe Dziedzic J. Dziedzic	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Chris Joseph C. Joseph	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Brad Lauer B. Lauer	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0.0
Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0	0	0	-2	0	6	0.0
Francois Leroux F. Leroux	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kevin Miller K. Miller	1	0	1	+1	0	3	33.3
Dmitri Mironov D. Mironov	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Glen Murray G. Murray	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Petr Nedved P. Nedved	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0
Dave Roche D. Roche	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	0	0	+1	4	2	0.0
Chris Tamer C. Tamer	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Neil Wilkinson N. Wilkinson	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0