Source: NHL Boxscores and Stats
Pittsburgh Penguins (4-0-2) 4 2
1 - 7
Hartford Whalers (1-5-0) 0
2 1 - 3
Kevin Stevens recorded the second four-goal game of his career to take
over
the NHL goal-scoring lead as the unbeaten Penguins stomped the Whalers in
Hartford.
First Period-- 1, Pittsburgh, Stevens 6 (Francis,Murphy), 7:56
(pp). 2,
Pittsburgh, Stevens 7 (Murphy,Jagr), 12:50 (pp). 3, Pittsburgh,
Lemieux 7
(Barrasso), 16:15. 4, Pittsburgh, McEachern 3 (Francis,Jagr),
16:53.
Second Period-- 5, Hartford, Craven 4 (Verbeek,Cassels), 1:27.
6, Pittsburgh,
Stevens 8 (Lemieux,Jagr), 8:20 (pp). 7, Pittsburgh, Stevens
9, 9:40. 8,
Hartford, Cullen 2 (Zalapski,Cassels), 16:31 (pp).
Third Period-- 9, Hartford, Cunneyworth 1 (Cassels,Verbeek), 4:17.
10,
Pittsburgh, Tocchet 3 (Francis,Stevens), 8:28.
Shots on goal-- Pittsburgh 14-16-9--39. Hartford 10-12-8--30.
Power-play
opportunities-- Pittsburgh 4 of 7; Hartford 1 of 5. Goalies--
Pittsburgh,
Barrasso, 3-0-2 (30 shots-27 saves). Hartford, Burke, 0-4-0
(14-10),
Pietrangelo (16:53 first, 16-14), Burke (3:10 third, 9-8).
A--11,103.
Referee-- Mark Faucette. Linesmen-- Wayne Bonney, Lyle Seitz.