🏝️ Away Islanders 24-26-5 before this game
5–1
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 32-15-7 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
NYI 1225
PIT 1001

Islanders at Penguins

Islanders beat Penguins 5–1 at PPG Paints Arena on February 12, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Feb 12, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Travis Green
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +1
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Ziggy Palffy
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Bryan Smolinski
2 A
3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🏝️ Scott Lachance Go-ahead 1st · 01:40
Assists: Travis Green, Bryan McCabe
1–0
🐧 Ron Francis PP Tying 1st · 17:39
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Ian Moran
1–1
2nd period
🏝️ Niklas Andersson Go-ahead 2nd · 03:32
Assists: Ziggy Palffy, Bryan Smolinski
2–1
🏝️ Jason Holland 2nd · 18:44
Assists: Kenny Jonsson, Randy Wood
3–1
3rd period
🏝️ Travis Green PP 3rd · 07:04
Assists: Derek King, Bryan Berard
4–1
🏝️ Ziggy Palffy 3rd · 17:36
Assists: Bryan Smolinski, Kenny Jonsson
5–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI PIT🐧
29 Shots on goal 31
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
16 Penalty minutes 35
NYI shooting 17.2% (5/29) PIT shooting 3.2% (1/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Tommy Salo
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Patrick Lalime
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 24-26-5 (44% win rate, 55 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 32-15-7 (59% win rate, 54 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Islanders
Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Jan 10, 1997
🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT
2–5 · Penguins won
Jan 7, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI
5–3 · Penguins won
Apr 10, 1996
🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT
6–2 · Islanders won
Mar 16, 1996
🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT
2–4 · Penguins won
Dec 5, 1995
🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI
6–3 · Penguins won

❓ NYI vs PIT, answered

Who won Islanders vs Penguins on February 12, 1997?

Islanders won 5–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Penguins?

The final score was Islanders 5, Penguins 1.

Who scored for Islanders?

Jason Holland, Niklas Andersson, Scott Lachance, Travis Green, Ziggy Palffy.

Who scored for Penguins?

Ron Francis.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Islanders vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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
🏝️Islanders
Previous game · Feb 11
🏛️OTT @ 🏝️NYI
5–5 · OTT won
Next game · Feb 15
🐆FLA @ 🏝️NYI
0–1 · NYI won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Feb 8
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
6–5 · DET won
Next game · Feb 15
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
1–5 · PHI won
Also on February 12, 1997
😈NJD @ 🐳HFD
3–2 final
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
2–2 final
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
2–5 final
🦈SJS @ 🐙DET
1–7 final
🌵PHX @ ⭐DAL
5–0 final
🐻BOS @ 🛢️EDM
3–4 final
🍁TOR @ 🦆ANA
2–5 final
Islanders season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule