🐋 Away Canucks 19-13-7 before this game
5–8
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 29-10-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
VAN 2215
PIT 3238

Canucks at Penguins

Penguins beat Canucks 8–5 at PPG Paints Arena on January 8, 1996.

🗓 Mon, Jan 8, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
1 G, 2 A
3 shots
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Bryan Smolinski
2 G
5 shots
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Markus Naslund
2 G
5 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

13 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Markus Naslund Go-ahead 1st · 03:45
Assists: Neil Wilkinson, Tomas Sandstrom
0–1
🐋 Russ Courtnall Tying 1st · 04:24
Assists: Jyrki Lumme
1–1
🐧 Sergei Zubov SH Go-ahead 1st · 08:05
Assists: Chris Joseph, Petr Nedved
1–2
🐋 Trevor Linden PP Tying 1st · 09:22
Assists: Alexander Mogilny, Esa Tikkanen
2–2
🐧 Petr Nedved Go-ahead 1st · 10:52
Assists: Richard Park, Jaromir Jagr
2–3
2nd period
🐧 Bryan Smolinski 2nd · 01:26
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Dmitri Mironov
2–4
🐧 Tomas Sandstrom 2nd · 04:27
Assists: Sergei Zubov, Dmitri Mironov
2–5
🐋 Bret Hedican 2nd · 06:20
Assists: Scott Walker, Roman Oksiuta
3–5
🐋 Cliff Ronning 2nd · 19:36
Assists: Roman Oksiuta, Adrian Aucoin
4–5
3rd period
🐋 Alexander Mogilny SH Tying 3rd · 13:59
Unassisted
5–5
🐧 Markus Naslund PP Go-ahead 3rd · 14:11
Assists: Chris Joseph, Mario Lemieux
5–6
🐧 Bryan Smolinski 3rd · 17:37
Assists: Rusty Fitzgerald, Neil Wilkinson
5–7
🐧 Mario Lemieux Empty net 3rd · 19:53
Assists: Jaromir Jagr
5–8

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN PIT🐧
42 Shots on goal 32
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
16 Penalty minutes 12
VAN shooting 11.9% (5/42) PIT shooting 25.0% (8/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Kirk McLean
0/7
.000 SV% · 7 GA · 59:11 TOI
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–3
Canucks
Canucks: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–5
Canucks
Canucks: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 30, 1994
🐧PIT @ 🐋VAN
3–1 · Penguins won
Mar 19, 1994
🐋VAN @ 🐧PIT
4–5 · Penguins won
Jan 19, 1993
🐧PIT @ 🐋VAN
5–2 · Penguins won
Oct 20, 1992
🐋VAN @ 🐧PIT
1–5 · Penguins won
Mar 26, 1992
🐋VAN @ 🐧PIT
3–7 · Penguins won

❓ VAN vs PIT, answered

Who won Canucks vs Penguins on January 8, 1996?

Penguins won 8–5.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Penguins?

The final score was Canucks 5, Penguins 8.

Who scored for Canucks?

Alexander Mogilny, Bret Hedican, Cliff Ronning, Russ Courtnall, Trevor Linden.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Smolinski (2), Markus Naslund (2), Mario Lemieux, Petr Nedved, Sergei Zubov, Tomas Sandstrom.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Kirk McLean made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Canucks vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐋Canucks
Previous game · Jan 6
⚡TBL @ 🐋VAN
2–9 · VAN won
Next game · Jan 10
🐋VAN @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–2 · VAN won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Jan 6
🐧PIT @ 🎵STL
2–3 · STL won
Next game · Jan 12
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
6–5 · MTL won
Also on January 8, 1996
⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 final
✈️WIN @ 🐙DET
6–4 final
👑LAK @ ⭐DAL
4–4 final
🐆FLA @ 🦈SJS
5–2 final
Canucks season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule