🐧 Away Penguins 52-24-2 before this game

4–5

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
PIT	1	0	3	4
HFD	1	3	1	5

Penguins at Whalers

Whalers beat Penguins 5–4 on April 8, 1996.

🗓 Mon, Apr 8, 1996 · 18:00 CDT 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 4–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐳 HFD

Jeff O'Neill

1 G, 1 A

2 shots

2nd star 🐳 HFD

Andrei Nikolishin

2 A

3rd star 🐳 HFD

Robert Kron

2 A

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

🐳 Jeff O'Neill PP Go-ahead 1st · 11:09

Assists: Robert Kron, Andrei Nikolishin

0–1

🐧 Petr Nedved Tying 1st · 18:27

Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Ron Francis

1–1

2nd period

🐳 Brad McCrimmon Go-ahead 2nd · 01:25

Assists: Jeff O'Neill

1–2

🐳 Gerald Diduck 2nd · 09:00

Assists: Robert Kron, Andrei Nikolishin

1–3

🐳 Scott Daniels 2nd · 17:49

Assists: Andrew Cassels, Glen Wesley

1–4

3rd period

🐧 Neil Wilkinson 3rd · 05:26

Unassisted

2–4

🐧 J.J. Daigneault PP 3rd · 09:30

Assists: Sergei Zubov, Mario Lemieux

3–4

🐳 Nelson Emerson 3rd · 15:14

Assists: Brendan Shanahan, Jeff Brown

3–5

🐧 Jaromir Jagr 3rd · 19:17

Assists: Petr Nedved

4–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT HFD🐳

33 Shots on goal 36

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

6 Penalty minutes 6

PIT shooting 12.1% (4/33) HFD shooting 13.9% (5/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Tom Barrasso

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 58:41 TOI

🐳Whalers

Sean Burke

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 52-24-2 (67% win rate, 78 games)

Whalers

Whalers — tied after 1st: 37-34-7 (47% win rate, 78 games)

After 2nd — 1–4

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 4–2 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs HFD, answered

Who won Penguins vs Whalers on April 8, 1996?

Whalers won 5–4.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Whalers?

The final score was Penguins 4, Whalers 5.

Who scored for Penguins?

J.J. Daigneault, Jaromir Jagr, Neil Wilkinson, Petr Nedved.

Who scored for Whalers?

Brad McCrimmon, Gerald Diduck, Jeff O'Neill, Nelson Emerson, Scott Daniels.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

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

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Sean Burke made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs Whalers 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

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Apr 6

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Apr 6

Also on April 8, 1996

Penguins season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule