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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' 4-0 loss to the Jets, Jan. 28, 1992.

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The Penguins lost their second consecutive game at the Civic Arena. Left winger Mike Hartman scored the game's first goal against goaltender Tom Barrasso at 16:44 of the first period. Left winger Aaron Broten and right winger Paul MacDermid netted assists.

After a scoreless second period, left winger Darrin Shannon, a former Penguins' first-round pick, scored a power-play goal just 1:11 into the third period to give Winnipeg a 2-0 lead off assists from defenseman Fredrik Olausson and Phil Housley.

Winnipeg's third goal was scored by right winger Luciano Borsato at the 16:24 mark. Defenseman Shawn Cronin had the only assist.

A power-play goal by defenseman Housley late in the game at 19:16 finished the scoring. Assists went to Olausson and defenseman Teppo Numminen.

Notes:

-Barrasso made 17 saves in the loss.

-The three stars were 1.) goaltender Bob Essensa 2.) Housley 3.) center Troy Murray.

-Essensa made 38 saves in the shutout.

-Penguins center Mario Lemieux missed the second and third periods due to back spasms.

-Penguins right winger Jaromir Jagr served the first game of a 10-game suspension as a result of making contact with referee Ron Hoggarth in a 6-4 road loss to the Capitals Jan. 26.

Statitstics:

Player Position	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points
Mario Lemieux, C	42	29	51	80
Kevin Stevens, LW	49	35	41	76
Joe Mullen, RW	49	28	33	61
Mark Recchi, RW	49	27	30	57
Paul Coffey, D	48	9	47	56
Jaromir Jagr, RW	48	22	28	51
Larry Murphy, D	47	10	28	38
Ron Francis, C	39	12	17	29
Bob Errey, LW	47	12	10	22
Troy Loney, LW	46	5	13	18
Phil Bourque, LW	36	6	10	16
Gordie Roberts, D	43	2	14	16
Jiri Hrdina, C	33	3	10	13
Bryan Trottier, C	35	5	6	11
Ken Priestlay, C	40	2	7	9
Jamie Leach, RW	29	4	4	8
Ulf Samuelsson, D	34	1	7	8
Jim Paek, D	39	0	6	6
Paul Stanton, D	29	1	4	5
Grant Jennings, D	35	1	2	3
Peter Taglianetti, D	32	0	2	2
Glenn Mulvenna, C	1	0	0	0
Todd Nelson, D	1	0	0	0
Jeff Daniels, LW	2	0	0	0
Jay Caufield, RW	24	0	0	0

Patrick Division standings:

	Record	Points
Rangers	32-17-2	66
Capitals	29-17-4	62
Penguins	25-19-5	55
Devils	23-16-7	53
Islanders	17-24-6	40
Flyers	15-24-9	39

Also in the news that day:

-Blues right winger Brett Hull became the second player in NHL history to score 50 goals in 50 or fewer games twice in his career. Hull scored his 50th goal in his 50th game of the season, a 3-3 tie with the Kings at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles. Kings center Wayne Gretzky was the only other player in NHL history be a two-time member of the "50-50 Club."

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