⚔️ Away Sabres 29-32-10 before this game

7–5

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 46-22-2 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	3	1	3	7
PIT	0	5	0	5

Sabres at Penguins

Sabres beat Penguins 7–5 at PPG Paints Arena on March 23, 1996.

🗓 Sat, Mar 23, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 4–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Randy Burridge

1 G, 3 A

3 shots · +3

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Pat LaFontaine

1 G, 2 A

5 shots · +2

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Derek Plante

1 G, 2 A

5 shots

🚨 Scoring

12 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Brian Holzinger PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:53

Assists: Randy Burridge, Derek Plante

1–0

⚔️ Matthew Barnaby 1st · 11:44

Assists: Randy Burridge

2–0

⚔️ Mike Wilson 1st · 13:44

Assists: Pat LaFontaine, Brent Hughes

3–0

2nd period

🐧 Jaromir Jagr 2nd · 00:46

Assists: Petr Nedved, Ron Francis

3–1

⚔️ Brad May 2nd · 00:54

Assists: Derek Plante, Matthew Barnaby

4–1

🐧 Glen Murray 2nd · 04:46

Assists: Bryan Smolinski, Sergei Zubov

4–2

🐧 Mario Lemieux 2nd · 06:00

Assists: Chris Tamer, Francois Leroux

4–3

🐧 Petr Nedved Tying 2nd · 11:56

Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Mario Lemieux

4–4

🐧 Kevin Miller Go-ahead 2nd · 13:12

Assists: Francois Leroux, Mario Lemieux

4–5

3rd period

⚔️ Derek Plante Tying 3rd · 03:11

Assists: Garry Galley

5–5

⚔️ Pat LaFontaine Go-ahead 3rd · 06:05

Assists: Jason Dawe, Randy Burridge

6–5

⚔️ Randy Burridge Empty net 3rd · 19:48

Assists: Matthew Barnaby, Pat LaFontaine

7–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF PIT🐧

36 Shots on goal 48

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

36 Penalty minutes 26

BUF shooting 19.4% (7/36) PIT shooting 10.4% (5/48)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Andrei Trefilov

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 33:12 TOI

Dominik Hasek

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 26:48 TOI

🐧Penguins

Tom Barrasso

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 58:46 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 3–0

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–5

Sabres

Sabres: 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 4–2 Full head-to-head →

3–3 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ BUF vs PIT, answered

Who won Sabres vs Penguins on March 23, 1996?

Sabres won 7–5.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Penguins?

The final score was Sabres 7, Penguins 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Brad May, Brian Holzinger, Derek Plante, Matthew Barnaby, Mike Wilson, Pat LaFontaine, Randy Burridge.

Who scored for Penguins?

Glen Murray, Jaromir Jagr, Kevin Miller, Mario Lemieux, Petr Nedved.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Andrei Trefilov made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Sabres vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 4–2 after 6 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

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Mar 22

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Mar 21

Also on March 23, 1996

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