🐧 Away Penguins 0-0-1 before this game
3–7
Final
🐳 Home Whalers 1-0-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 1113
HFD 2237

Penguins at Whalers

Whalers beat Penguins 7–3 on October 8, 1996.

🗓 Tue, Oct 8, 1996 · 18:00 CDT 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Whalers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Geoff Sanderson
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · +2
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Andrei Nikolishin
3 A
1 shots · +2
3rd star 🐳 HFD
Jeff O'Neill
2 G
8 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🐳 Brian Glynn Go-ahead 1st · 07:20
Assists: Geoff Sanderson, Andrei Nikolishin
0–1
🐳 Jeff O'Neill 1st · 11:10
Assists: Robert Kron
0–2
🐧 Kevin Hatcher 1st · 11:36
Assists: Mario Lemieux
1–2
2nd period
🐧 Mario Lemieux PP Tying 2nd · 09:05
Assists: Tomas Sandstrom, Ron Francis
2–2
🐳 Kevin Dineen PP Go-ahead 2nd · 11:57
Assists: Andrei Nikolishin
2–3
🐳 Geoff Sanderson 2nd · 19:44
Assists: Kevin Dineen
2–4
3rd period
🐳 Brendan Shanahan SH 3rd · 05:03
Assists: Andrew Cassels, Adam Burt
2–5
🐧 Chris Tamer 3rd · 06:08
Assists: Petr Nedved
3–5
🐳 Geoff Sanderson 3rd · 10:03
Assists: Steven Rice, Andrei Nikolishin
3–6
🐳 Jeff O'Neill 3rd · 14:00
Assists: Alexander Godynyuk
3–7

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT HFD🐳
31 Shots on goal 42
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
37 Penalty minutes 25
PIT shooting 9.7% (3/31) HFD shooting 16.7% (7/42)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
0/7
.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐳Whalers
Sean Burke
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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

⚔️ Last meetings

Whalers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Apr 8, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🐳HFD
4–5 · Whalers won
Mar 13, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🐳HFD
2–3 · Whalers won
Feb 23, 1996
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
4–5 · Penguins won
Dec 28, 1995
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
4–9 · Penguins won
Dec 9, 1995
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
0–6 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs HFD, answered

Who won Penguins vs Whalers on October 8, 1996?

Whalers won 7–3.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Whalers?

The final score was Penguins 3, Whalers 7.

Who scored for Penguins?

Chris Tamer, Kevin Hatcher, Mario Lemieux.

Who scored for Whalers?

Geoff Sanderson (2), Jeff O'Neill (2), Brendan Shanahan, Brian Glynn, Kevin Dineen.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Sean Burke made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs Whalers season series?

Whalers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Oct 5
⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT
4–3 · TBL won
Next game · Oct 11
🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT
2–3 · OTT won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Oct 5
🌵PHX @ 🐳HFD
0–1 · HFD won
Next game · Oct 12
🐳HFD @ 🐆FLA
0–6 · FLA won
Also on October 8, 1996
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
1–1 final
🛢️EDM @ 🍁TOR
4–2 final
🦅WSH @ ⭐DAL
3–5 final
🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL
0–6 final
Penguins season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule