🐧 Away Penguins 17-13-4 before this game

6–5

Final

🍁 Home Maple Leafs 14-21-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
PIT	1	3	2	6
TOR	2	1	2	5

Penguins at Maple Leafs

Penguins beat Maple Leafs 6–5 at Scotiabank Arena on December 23, 1996.

🗓 Mon, Dec 23, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Jaromir Jagr

2 G, 3 A

7 shots

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Mario Lemieux

2 G, 1 A

7 shots

3rd star 🍁 TOR

Doug Gilmour

3 A

3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order

1st period

🍁 Mats Sundin Go-ahead 1st · 00:42

Assists: Doug Gilmour, Larry Murphy

0–1

🍁 Freddy Modin 1st · 09:11

Assists: Doug Gilmour, Jamie Macoun

0–2

🐧 Mario Lemieux 1st · 15:28

Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Dave Roche

1–2

2nd period

🐧 Mario Lemieux Tying 2nd · 05:09

Assists: Darius Kasparaitis, Jaromir Jagr

2–2

🐧 Ron Francis PP Go-ahead 2nd · 06:05

Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Kevin Hatcher

3–2

🐧 Jaromir Jagr PP 2nd · 11:12

Unassisted

4–2

🍁 Darby Hendrickson 2nd · 17:22

Assists: Dmitry Yushkevich, Tie Domi

4–3

3rd period

🍁 Tie Domi Tying 3rd · 01:06

Assists: Kirk Muller

4–4

🐧 Jaromir Jagr Go-ahead 3rd · 05:03

Assists: Mario Lemieux

5–4

🐧 Jason Woolley 3rd · 05:52

Assists: Ron Francis, Tomas Sandstrom

6–4

🍁 Freddy Modin 3rd · 19:31

Assists: Doug Gilmour, Mats Sundin

6–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT TOR🍁

32 Shots on goal 44

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

16 Penalty minutes 16

PIT shooting 18.8% (6/32) TOR shooting 11.4% (5/44)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Ken Wregget

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🍁Maple Leafs

Felix Potvin

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 59:10 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–3

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Feb 12, 1996

🐧PIT @ 🍁TOR

1–4 · Maple Leafs won

4–2 · Maple Leafs won

Jan 29, 1994

🐧PIT @ 🍁TOR

4–4 (OT) · Penguins won

Dec 31, 1992

🍁TOR @ 🐧PIT

3–3 (OT) · Maple Leafs won

❓ PIT vs TOR, answered

Who won Penguins vs Maple Leafs on December 23, 1996?

Penguins won 6–5.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Maple Leafs?

The final score was Penguins 6, Maple Leafs 5.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jaromir Jagr (2), Mario Lemieux (2), Jason Woolley, Ron Francis.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Freddy Modin (2), Darby Hendrickson, Mats Sundin, Tie Domi.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

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

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Felix Potvin made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Maple Leafs played?

At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the Maple Leafs home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Maple Leafs season series?

Penguins 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 · Dec 21

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 21

Also on December 23, 1996

Penguins season page Maple Leafs season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule