🐧 Away Penguins 2-0 in series
4–1
Final
PIT leads 4–2
🦅 Home Capitals 0-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 2204
WSH 0011

Penguins at Capitals — First Round Game 3

Penguins, First Round Game 3, beat Capitals 4–1 at Capital One Arena on April 22, 1996.

🗓 Mon, Apr 22, 1996 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1995-96 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

WSH vs PIT · PIT leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
6–4
Final · WSH
Game 2
5–3
Final · WSH
Game 3
4–1
Final · PIT
Game 4
3–2
OT · PIT
Game 5
1–4
Final · PIT
Game 6
3–2
Final · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
4 A
2 shots · +3
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Glen Murray
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · +3
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Kevin Miller
1 G
4 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Ron Francis PP Go-ahead 1st · 08:29
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr
1–0
🐧 Glen Murray 1st · 17:52
Assists: Sergei Zubov, Mario Lemieux
2–0
2nd period
🐧 Dave Roche 2nd · 12:33
Assists: Glen Murray, Mario Lemieux
3–0
🐧 Kevin Miller 2nd · 16:00
Assists: Mario Lemieux
4–0
3rd period
🦅 Sylvain Cote PP 3rd · 12:29
Assists: Pat Peake
4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
19 Shots on goal 39
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/10
37 Penalty minutes 43
PIT shooting 21.1% (4/19) WSH shooting 2.6% (1/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Jim Carey
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 19, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
5–3 · Capitals won
Apr 17, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
6–4 · Capitals won
Apr 4, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–4 · Penguins won
Jan 1, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · Capitals won
Nov 18, 1995
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
0–3 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on April 22, 1996?

Penguins won 4–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 4, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Dave Roche, Glen Murray, Kevin Miller, Ron Francis.

Who scored for Capitals?

Sylvain Cote.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jim Carey made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 19
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
5–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 24
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–2 · PIT won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 19
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
5–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 24
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–2 · PIT won
Also on April 22, 1996
🐻BOS @ 🐆FLA
2–6 final
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
3–4 final
Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule