User Rating: / 1
PoorBest 

"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' 5-4 overtime win against the Oilers, Nov. 13, 1991.

---

The Penguins won their first home game of the month at the Civic Arena. Left winger Kevin Steven opened the scoring early just 55 seconds into the game with a backhanded goal against goaltender Bill Ranford to give the Penguisn a 1-0 lead. Assists went to right winger Jaromir Jagr and defenseman Paul Coffey.

Stevens increased the lead to 2-0 with his 10th goal of the season off another backhander at 8:13 of the first period. Center Mario Lemieux and defenseman Larry Murphy netted assists.

The Oilers got on the scoreboard late in the period when rookie center Josef Beranek scored against goaltender Tom Barrasso with a slapper from the right point off assists from left winger Vincent Damphousse and defenseman David Shaw.

Lemieux restored the Penguins' two goal lead just 1:30 into the second period and made it 3-1. Stevens and Jagr collected assists.

Former Penguins left winger Craig Simpson scored on a slapper from the right circle at the 5:51 mark to make it 3-2. Right winger Joe Murphy recorded the only assist.

Jagr deflected a shot by Larry Murphy at 17:57 put the Penguins up 4-2. Murphy and defenseman Gordie Roberts were credited with assists.

Shaw scored his first goal of the season with a slapper late in regulation at 18:09 of the third period to make it 4-3. Joe Murphy and left winger Esa Tikkanen collected assists.

Less than a minute later at 18:54, Joe Murphy tied the game, 4-4. Right winger Scott Mellanby had the only assist.

At the 3:25 mark of overtime, Stevens completed the hat trick and scored the winning goal by deflecting a shot by Coffey. Assists went to Coffey and Lemieux.

Notes:

-Barrasso made 24 saves in the win.

-The three stars were 1.) Stevens 2.) Lemieux 3.) Jagr.

-Stevens' hat trick was the third of his career.

-Stevens appeared to score a goal with 6.4 seconds left in regulation but referee Paul Devorski ruled Stevens carried the puck into the net with his body.

-In a pregame ceremony, Islanders hall of famer Denis Potvin honored Coffey for breaking several of his career offensive records for defensemen in recent weeks.

-Left winger Phil Bourque returned to the lineup after missing one game due to a concussion.

Statistics:

Player Position	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points
Mario Lemieux, C	14	12	15	26
Kevin Stevens, LW	17	9	16	25
Paul Coffey, D	17	4	17	21
Joe Mullen, RW	17	8	10	18
Jaromir Jagr, RW	17	6	10	16
Larry Murphy, D	16	2	10	12
Mark Recchi, RW	17	5	6	11
Bob Errey, LW	17	5	3	8
Phil Bourque, LW	16	3	4	7
Bryan Trottier, C	17	3	4	7
Troy Loney, LW	15	2	3	5
Jiri Hrdina, C	15	1	4	5
Gordie Roberts, D	16	1	4	5
Ulf Samuelsson, D	11	0	3	3
Ken Priestlay, C	15	2	0	2
Grant Jennings, D	12	1	1	2
Paul Stanton, D	8	1	0	1
Jamie Leach, RW	5	0	1	1
Jim Paek, D	14	0	1	1
Glenn Mulvenna, C	1	0	0	0
Jeff Daniels, LW	2	0	0	0
Jay Caufield, RW	6	0	0	0
Ron Francis, C	8	0	0	0
Peter Taglianetti, D	13	0	0	0

Patrick Division standings:

	Record	Points
Capitals	14-4-0	28
Rangers	12-7-1	25
Devils	11-7-0	22
Penguins	8-7-3	19
Flyers	6-8-1	13
Islanders	4-10-2	10

Also in the news that day:

-Forward Chris McNeal scored 29 points for Pitt in a 92-83 exhibition win against Marathon Oil at the Fitzgerald Field House.

(Photo: Penguins Hockey Cards)

< Prev		Next >