🏛️ Away Senators 35-32-10 before this game

2–5

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 39-29-9 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
OTT	1	1	0	2
PIT	3	2	0	5

Senators at Penguins

Penguins beat Senators 5–2 at PPG Paints Arena on April 5, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Apr 5, 1997 · 12:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 5–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Petr Nedved

2 G

2 shots · +2

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Stu Barnes

2 A

3 shots · +1

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Garry Valk

2 A

1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Petr Nedved SH Go-ahead 1st · 04:04

Assists: Stu Barnes, Garry Valk

0–1

🐧 Joe Dziedzic 1st · 14:05

Assists: Ian Moran, Joe Mullen

0–2

🏛️ Wade Redden 1st · 15:56

Assists: Daniel Alfredsson, Randy Cunneyworth

1–2

🐧 Alex Hicks 1st · 16:54

Assists: Stu Barnes, Garry Valk

1–3

2nd period

🐧 Petr Nedved 2nd · 04:44

Assists: Josef Beranek, Kevin Hatcher

1–4

🏛️ Sergei Zholtok 2nd · 11:43

Assists: Andreas Dackell, Denny Lambert

2–4

🐧 Mario Lemieux SH 2nd · 15:22

Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Darius Kasparaitis

2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏛️OTT PIT🐧

27 Shots on goal 30

18 Penalty minutes 14

OTT shooting 7.4% (2/27) PIT shooting 16.7% (5/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏛️Senators

Ron Tugnutt

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐧Penguins

Ken Wregget

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 20:00 TOI

Patrick Lalime

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 40:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–3

Senators

Senators: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–5

Senators

Senators: 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 5–1 Full head-to-head →

Jan 11, 1997

🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT

3–3 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ OTT vs PIT, answered

Who won Senators vs Penguins on April 5, 1997?

Penguins won 5–2.

What was the final score of Senators vs Penguins?

The final score was Senators 2, Penguins 5.

Who scored for Senators?

Sergei Zholtok, Wade Redden.

Who scored for Penguins?

Petr Nedved (2), Alex Hicks, Joe Dziedzic, Mario Lemieux.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Ken Wregget made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Senators vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Senators vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 5–1 after 6 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

🏛️Senators

Previous game · Apr 3

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Apr 3

Also on April 5, 1997

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