🐆 Away Panthers 43-21-12 before this game
3–4
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 38-29-8 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
FLA 0213
PIT 2204

Panthers at Penguins

Penguins beat Panthers 4–3 at PPG Paints Arena on March 31, 1997.

🗓 Mon, Mar 31, 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 🐧 PIT
Jaromir Jagr
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Ron Francis
2 A
4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Ian Moran Go-ahead 1st · 06:21
Assists: Kevin Hatcher, Alex Hicks
0–1
🐧 Josef Beranek 1st · 08:04
Assists: Darius Kasparaitis, Petr Nedved
0–2
2nd period
🐧 Jaromir Jagr 2nd · 03:04
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Ron Francis
0–3
🐆 Scott Mellanby PP 2nd · 05:03
Assists: Robert Svehla, John Vanbiesbrouck
1–3
🐆 Ed Jovanovski 2nd · 14:33
Assists: David Nemirovsky, Steve Washburn
2–3
🐧 Mario Lemieux PP 2nd · 18:30
Assists: Ron Francis, Jaromir Jagr
2–4
3rd period
🐆 Rob Niedermayer 3rd · 07:36
Assists: Ray Sheppard
3–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA PIT🐧
29 Shots on goal 32
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
12 Penalty minutes 14
FLA shooting 10.3% (3/29) PIT shooting 12.5% (4/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:23 TOI
🐧Penguins
Ken Wregget
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–4
Panthers
Panthers: 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 →
Feb 18, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
2–4 · Penguins won
Nov 9, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA
2–4 · Panthers won
Jun 1, 1996
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
3–1 · Panthers won
May 30, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA
3–4 · Panthers won
May 28, 1996
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
0–3 · Penguins won

❓ FLA vs PIT, answered

Who won Panthers vs Penguins on March 31, 1997?

Penguins won 4–3.

What was the final score of Panthers vs Penguins?

The final score was Panthers 3, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Panthers?

Ed Jovanovski, Rob Niedermayer, Scott Mellanby.

Who scored for Penguins?

Ian Moran, Jaromir Jagr, Josef Beranek, Mario Lemieux.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Ken Wregget made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Panthers 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
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Mar 29
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
1–1 · TBL won
Next game · Apr 2
🐆FLA @ 🍁TOR
1–3 · TOR won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Mar 29
👑LAK @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 3
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
5–5 · HFD won
Also on March 31, 1997
⭐DAL @ 🛢️EDM
3–1 final
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