🐧 Away Penguins 40-18-1 before this game
3–7
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 31-22-7 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0213
MTL 3407

Penguins at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Penguins 7–3 at Bell Centre on February 24, 1996.

🗓 Sat, Feb 24, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 4–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Martin Rucinsky
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Pierre Turgeon
3 A
5 shots · +3
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Petr Nedved
3 A
2 shots

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu PP Go-ahead 1st · 08:48
Assists: Andrei Kovalenko, Vladimir Malakhov
0–1
🇨🇦 Mark Recchi SH 1st · 10:21
Assists: Martin Rucinsky
0–2
🇨🇦 Andrei Kovalenko 1st · 11:44
Assists: Pierre Turgeon
0–3
2nd period
🇨🇦 Mark Recchi 2nd · 01:08
Assists: Saku Koivu, Chris Murray
0–4
🐧 Mario Lemieux PP 2nd · 05:53
Assists: Petr Nedved, Sergei Zubov
1–4
🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky 2nd · 07:03
Assists: Pierre Turgeon
1–5
🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky 2nd · 08:27
Assists: Vincent Damphousse, Vladimir Malakhov
1–6
🇨🇦 Scott Fraser 2nd · 14:23
Assists: Pierre Turgeon
1–7
🐧 Jaromir Jagr PP 2nd · 18:03
Assists: Petr Nedved, Mario Lemieux
2–7
3rd period
🐧 Jaromir Jagr 3rd · 01:03
Assists: Sergei Zubov, Petr Nedved
3–7

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦
25 Shots on goal 31
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
58 Penalty minutes 35
PIT shooting 12.0% (3/25) MTL shooting 22.6% (7/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Ken Wregget
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 31:33 TOI
Tom Barrasso
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 28:27 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jocelyn Thibault
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–7
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →
Jan 12, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
6–5 · Canadiens won
Dec 23, 1995
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–1 · Canadiens won
Dec 22, 1995
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
4–2 · Canadiens won
Dec 7, 1995
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
5–7 · Penguins won
Apr 8, 1995
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 · Canadiens won

❓ PIT vs MTL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on February 24, 1996?

Canadiens won 7–3.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Penguins 3, Canadiens 7.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jaromir Jagr (2), Mario Lemieux.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mark Recchi (2), Martin Rucinsky (2), Andrei Kovalenko, Saku Koivu, Scott Fraser.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Ken Wregget made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 4–1 after 5 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Feb 23
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
4–5 · PIT won
Next game · Feb 27
🐧PIT @ 🐋VAN
7–4 · PIT won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Feb 23
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
5–6 · NJD won
Next game · Feb 26
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦈SJS
4–7 · SJS won
Also on February 24, 1996
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
2–1 final
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
4–0 final
⚡TBL @ 🐙DET
0–2 final
⭐DAL @ 🍁TOR
3–2 final
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
2–2 final
🐻BOS @ 🔥CGY
2–1 final
Penguins season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule