The Pittsburgh Penguins were defeated by the New York Rangers, 6 to 3, in Game 2 of the 1996 playoff series on May 5, 1996.

Final

Rangers

1-1-0

6

Penguins

1-1-0

3

Team

NYR

PIT

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

PIT

Luc Robitaille (EV) assisted by Kevin Lowe and Pat Verbeek

Bill Berg (EV) assisted by Shane Churla and Bruce Driver

2nd period

NYR

PIT

Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Jari Kurri and Ulf Samuelsson

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

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Jeff Beukeboom and Pat Verbeek

Pat Verbeek (PP) assisted by Luc Robitaille and Mark Messier

3rd period

NYR

PIT

Bryan Smolinski (EV) assisted by Dave Roche and J.J. Daigneault

Jaromir Jagr (PP) assisted by Petr Nedved and Sergei Zubov

Jari Kurri (EV-EN) assisted by Niklas Sundstrom and Luc Robitaille

Rangers

Penguins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Penguins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	28	25	.893	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Jari Kurri J. Kurri	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
Kevin Lowe K. Lowe	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Marty McSorley M. McSorley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	1	2	50.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1	2	3	+1	4	0	1	0	3	33.3
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	1	2	3	+2	0	1	0	0	7	14.3

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Wregget (L) K. Wregget	0	1	0	31	26	.839	5	5.02	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
J.J. Daigneault	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Joe Dziedzic J. Dziedzic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Francis R. Francis	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.0
Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	5	20.0
Chris Joseph C. Joseph	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	2	50.0
Francois Leroux F. Leroux	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Kevin Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Dmitri Mironov D. Mironov	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Glen Murray G. Murray	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Petr Nedved P. Nedved	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Dave Roche D. Roche	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0
Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	0	0	0	-3	10	0	0	2	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	5	20.0
Chris Tamer C. Tamer	0	0	0	-5	2	0	0	2	0.0
Neil Wilkinson N. Wilkinson	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0
Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	0	2	2	-2	0	0	2	3	0.0