🐆 Away Panthers 0-0 in series
5–1
Final
FLA leads 4–3
🐧 Home Penguins 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Panthers at Penguins — Conference Finals Game 1

Panthers, Conference Finals Game 1, beat Penguins 5–1 at PPG Paints Arena on May 18, 1996.

🗓 Sat, May 18, 1996 · 18:30 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1995-96 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

FLA vs PIT · FLA leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
5–1
Final · FLA
Game 2
2–3
Final · PIT
Game 3
2–5
Final · FLA
Game 4
2–1
Final · PIT
Game 5
0–3
Final · PIT
Game 6
3–4
Final · FLA
Game 7
3–1
Final · FLA

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐆 FLA
Scott Mellanby
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · +2
2nd star 🐆 FLA
Dave Lowry
2 G
3 shots
3rd star 🐆 FLA
Tom Fitzgerald
2 G
2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA PIT🐧
25 Shots on goal 33
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
10 Penalty minutes 12
FLA shooting 20.0% (5/25) PIT shooting 3.0% (1/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Ken Wregget
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 55-31-7 (59% win rate, 93 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 61-30-2 (66% win rate, 93 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 2nd: 55-31-7 (59% win rate, 93 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 61-30-2 (66% win rate, 93 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 28, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA
3–2 · Penguins won
Jan 29, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA
1–2 · Panthers won
Dec 30, 1995
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
5–6 · Penguins won
Dec 1, 1995
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
1–2 · Penguins won
May 3, 1995
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
4–3 · Panthers won

❓ FLA vs PIT, answered

Who won Panthers vs Penguins on May 18, 1996?

Panthers won 5–1.

What was the final score of Panthers vs Penguins?

The final score was Panthers 5, Penguins 1.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Ken Wregget made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Penguins played?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐆Panthers
Previous game · May 14
🔔PHI @ 🐆FLA
1–4 · FLA won
Next game · May 20
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · PIT won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · May 11
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
3–7 · PIT won
Next game · May 20
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · PIT won
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