🏝️ Away Islanders 23-34-9 before this game

2–4

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 44-22-2 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	1	1	0	2
PIT	0	3	1	4

Islanders at Penguins

Penguins beat Islanders 4–2 at PPG Paints Arena on March 16, 1996.

🗓 Sat, Mar 16, 1996 · 12:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Bryan Smolinski

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +2

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Corey Foster

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +1

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Sergei Zubov

2 A

3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🏝️ Ziggy Palffy PP Go-ahead 1st · 16:41

Assists: Kenny Jonsson, Travis Green

1–0

2nd period

🐧 Corey Foster Tying 2nd · 10:46

Assists: Glen Murray, Bryan Smolinski

1–1

🏝️ Bryan McCabe Go-ahead 2nd · 12:23

Unassisted

2–1

🐧 Bryan Smolinski Tying 2nd · 14:03

Assists: Glen Murray, Dave Roche

2–2

🐧 Markus Naslund Go-ahead 2nd · 16:16

Assists: Ron Francis, Sergei Zubov

2–3

3rd period

🐧 Mario Lemieux PP 3rd · 18:44

Assists: Sergei Zubov, Corey Foster

2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI PIT🐧

35 Shots on goal 39

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

17 Penalty minutes 15

NYI shooting 5.7% (2/35) PIT shooting 10.3% (4/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Eric Fichaud

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐧Penguins

Tom Barrasso

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–3

Islanders

Islanders: 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 3–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ NYI vs PIT, answered

Who won Islanders vs Penguins on March 16, 1996?

Penguins won 4–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Penguins?

The final score was Islanders 2, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Islanders?

Bryan McCabe, Ziggy Palffy.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Smolinski, Corey Foster, Mario Lemieux, Markus Naslund.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Eric Fichaud made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Islanders vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 3–0 after 3 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

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Mar 9

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Mar 14

Also on March 16, 1996

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