🏔️ Away Avalanche 26-12-6 before this game

5–2

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 30-12-1 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
COL	2	2	1	5
PIT	1	1	0	2

Avalanche at Penguins

Avalanche beat Penguins 5–2 at PPG Paints Arena on January 16, 1996.

🗓 Tue, Jan 16, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Claude Lemieux

3 G, 1 A

9 shots · +3

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Scott Young

1 G, 1 A

4 shots

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Joe Sakic

2 A

3 shots · -1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Claude Lemieux PP Go-ahead 1st · 11:04

Assists: Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg

1–0

🏔️ Mike Keane 1st · 13:55

Unassisted

2–0

🐧 Bryan Smolinski SH 1st · 16:53

Assists: Ron Francis

2–1

2nd period

🏔️ Claude Lemieux SH 2nd · 04:37

Assists: Peter Forsberg, Sylvain Lefebvre

3–1

🏔️ Claude Lemieux 2nd · 13:00

Assists: Joe Sakic, Scott Young

4–1

🐧 Mario Lemieux SH 2nd · 15:49

Unassisted

4–2

3rd period

🏔️ Scott Young Empty net 3rd · 19:25

Assists: Claude Lemieux

5–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL PIT🐧

29 Shots on goal 36

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

23 Penalty minutes 8

COL shooting 17.2% (5/29) PIT shooting 5.6% (2/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐧Penguins

Ken Wregget

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:25 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–1

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–2

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

Oct 9, 1995

🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL

6–6 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ COL vs PIT, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Penguins on January 16, 1996?

Avalanche won 5–2.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Penguins?

The final score was Avalanche 5, Penguins 2.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Claude Lemieux (3), Mike Keane, Scott Young.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Smolinski, Mario Lemieux.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Ken Wregget made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Avalanche vs Penguins season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Jan 14

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Jan 13

Also on January 16, 1996

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