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"Twenty Years Later" is a segment with a highly unimaginative name which will appear on Empty Netters throughout the 2011-12 season. We will examine the Penguins' 1991-92 season which led to the second Stanley Cup title in franchise history. We will look back on games on a particular date and catch up with former players, coaches, executives and media members who were a part or around that team.

Today, we look at the Penguins' 3-1 win against the Jets, Nov. 8, 1991.

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The Penguins opened a three-game road trip at the Winnipeg Arena. Left winger Troy Loney opened the scoring at 9:15 of the first period by scoring on a backhander against former Penguins goaltender Rick Tabaracci. Assists went to center Bryan Trottier and right winger Jamie Leach.

At 13:45 of the second period, defenseman Paul Coffey scored the eventual game-winning goal with a slapper from the right wing boards on a power play off assists from center Mario Lemieux and left winger Kevin Stevens.

The Jets got their only goal just over three minutes later at 16:46. Right winger Luciano Borsato scored on a deflection against goaltender Tom Barrasso on a power play. Defenseman Phil Housley and center Ed Olczyk netted assists.

Lemieux scored the game's final goal on a backhander at 13:29 of the third period off assists from Stevens and Loney.

Notes:

-Barrasso made 34 saves in the win.

-The three stars were 1.) Barrasso 2.) Coffey 3.) Jets left winger Darrin Shannon.

-Coffey's goal was the 311th of his career and broke the NHL record for goals by a defenseman previous set by Islanders legend Denis Potvin.

Statistics:

Player Position	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points
Mario Lemieux, C	12	10	13	23
Kevin Stevens, LW	15	6	14	20
Paul Coffey, D	15	4	15	19
Joe Mullen, RW	15	8	9	17
Jaromir Jagr, RW	15	5	8	13
Mark Recchi, RW	15	5	6	11
Larry Murphy, D	14	2	8	10
Bob Errey, LW	15	5	3	8
Phil Bourque, LW	15	3	4	7
Bryan Trottier, C	15	3	4	7
Troy Loney, LW	13	2	3	5
Jiri Hrdina, C	13	1	4	5
Gordie Roberts, D	14	1	3	4
Ulf Samuelsson, D	11	0	3	3
Ken Priestlay, C	15	2	0	2
Grant Jennings, D	10	1	1	2
Paul Stanton, D	8	1	0	1
Jamie Leach, RW	3	0	1	1
Jim Paek, D	12	0	1	1
Glenn Mulvenna, C	1	0	0	0
Jeff Daniels, LW	2	0	0	0
Jay Caufield, RW	5	0	0	0
Ron Francis, C	6	0	0	0
Peter Taglianetti, D	11	0	0	0

Patrick Division standings:

	Record	Points
Rangers	11-6-1	23
Capitals	11-4-0	22
Devils	10-6-0	20
Penguins	6-6-3	15
Flyers	6-7-1	13
Islanders	4-8-2	10

Also in the news that day:

-A day after he revealed he had contracted HIV, NBA superstar and Lakers guard Earvin "Magic" Johnson appeared on the Arsenio Hall Show to begin a campaign promoting safe sex.

(Photo: Penguins Hockey Cards)

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