Twenty Years Later: Canadiens 3, Penguins 3 - 10-10-12
"Twenty Years Later" is a segment with a highly unimaginative name which will appear on Empty Netters throughout the 2012-13 season. We will examine the Penguins' 1992-93 season which led to the only President's Trophy in franchise history. The 1992-93 squad is commonly regarded as the most talented in the history of the Penguins. We will look back on games on the day they happened.
Today, we look at the Penguins' 3-3 tie against the Canadiens, Oct. 10, 1992.
The Penguins played their first road game of the season at the Montreal Forum. Following a scoreless first period, Penguins left winger Kevin Stevens opened the scoring at 6:21 of the second period with a power-play goal against goaltender Parick Roy. Center Mario Lemieux and right winger Rick Tocchet netted assists.
Just under 10 minutes later at the 16:09, defenseman Larry Murphy put the Penguins up, 20, with another power-play goal off assists from Stevens and center Ron Francis.
Less than a minute later at 16:57, left winger Benoit Brunet scored against goaltender Tom Barrasso to make it a 2-1 game. Assists went to centers Denis Savard and Stephan Lebeau.
Shortly after that, at 17:32, Lemieux scored another power-play goal to give the Penguins a 3-1 lead. Tocchet and defenseman Kjell Samuelsson were credited with assists.
At 5:08 of the third period, right winger Brian Bellows scored on a power play off assists from left winger Vincent Damphousse and defenseman Mathieu Schneider to make it a 3-2 game.
Montreal tied it, 3-3, when Brunet scored his second goal of the game at the 14:32 mark. Defenseman Patrice Brisebois and Lebeau were credited with assists.
Notes:
-Barrasso made 37 saves saves to record the tie.
-The three stars were: 1.) Brunet 2.) Barrasso 3.) Roy.
Patrick Division standings:
| Record | Points | |
| Flyers | 2-0-1 | 5 |
| Devils | 2-1-0 | 4 |
| Penguins | 1-0-2 | 4 |
| Rangers | 1-1-0 | 2 |
| Capitals | 1-2-0 | 2 |
| Islanders | 0-2-1 | 1 |
Statistics:
| Player Position |
Games Played |
Goals | Assists | Points |
| Mario Lemieux, C | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Kevin Stevens, LW | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Rick Tocchet, RW | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Larry Murphy, D | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Jaromir Jagr | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ron Francis, C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Kjell Samuelsson, D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ulf Samuelsson, D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Shawn McEachern, LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Stanton, D |
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grant Jennings, D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jay Caufield, RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Needham, RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Daniels, LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Leach, RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Loney, LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Paek, D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Stapleton, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Tippett, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Also in the news that day:
-First baseman Orlando Merced went 1 for 3 with an RBI double for the Pirates who fell to the Atlanta Braves, 6-4, in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Three Rivers Stadium. Atlanta had a 3-1 series lead.
-Outfielder Candy Madonado went 2 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs for the Toronto Blue Jays who defeated the Oakland Athletics, 7-5, in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Toronto had a 2-1 series lead.
-Running back Richie Anderson ran for 116 yards and a touchdown for No. 7 Penn State which fell to No. 2 Miami, 17-14, at Beaver Stadium in State College.
-Quarterback Alex Van Pelt threw for 246 yards and two touchdowns for Pitt which lost to No. 13 Notre Dame, 52-21. Running back Jerome Bettis had 94 yards rushing and three touchdowns for the Fighting Irish.
(Photo: Penguins Hockey Cards)