Twenty Years Later - Penguins 4, Flyers 0 - 12-23-12
"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 date they happened.
Today, we look at the Penguins' 4-0 win against the Philadelphia Flyers, Dec. 23, 1992.
The Penguins won their second consecutive game at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Center Mario Lemieux gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead just 41 seconds into the game with a backhanded goal against goaltender Tommy Soderstrom. Assists went to left winger Kevin Stevens and right winger Rick Tocchet.
At 10:30 of the first period, a power-play goal by Stevens made it a 2-0 game. Lemieux and defenseman Larry Murphy collected assists.
Just 2:09 into the second period, Lemieux scored again with a rebound goal off assists from defenseman Paul Stanton and center Dave Tippett.
The game's final goal was scored by right winger Shawn McEachern off a tip-in at 12:21. Assists were credited to Tippett and right winger Jaromir Jagr.
Notes:
-Penguins goaltender Tom Barrasso made 20 saves in the shutout win. He recorded his 18th career shutout.
-The three stars were 1.) Lemieux 2.) Barrasso 3.) Stevens.
Patrick Division standings:
| Record | Points | |
| Penguins | 25-9-3 | 53 |
| Capitals | 19-16-2 | 40 |
| Rangers | 18-13-4 | 40 |
| Devils | 17-15-1 | 35 |
| Islanders | 15-16-4 | 34 |
| Flyers | 11-18-4 | 26 |
Statistics:
| Player Position |
Games Played |
Goals | Assists | Points |
| Mario Lemieux, C | 36 | 36 | 61 | 97 |
| Kevin Stevens, LW | 27 | 28 | 26 | 56 |
| Rick Tocchet, RW | 34 | 23 | 27 | 50 |
| Ron Francis, C | 37 | 11 | 34 | 45 |
| Jaromir Jagr, RW | 37 | 17 | 25 | 41 |
| Larry Murphy, D | 37 | 9 | 33 | 41 |
| Shawn McEachern, LW | 37 | 19 | 13 | 32 |
| Joe Mullen, RW | 25 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Ulf Samuelsson, D | 33 | 2 | 15 | 16 |
| Paul Stanton, D | 35 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Jim Paek, D | 37 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Dave Tippett, C | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Troy Loney, LW | 34 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Mike Needham, RW | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike Stapleton, C | 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Jeff Daniels, LW | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Bob Errey, LW | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Bryan Fogarty, D | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Kjell Samuelsson, D | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Martin Straka, C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Ahola, D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grant Jennings, D | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Leach, RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Caufield, RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Also in the news that day:
-Steelers center Dermontti Dawson, running back Barry Foster, guard Carlton Haselrig and cornerback Rod Woodson were selected to the Pro Bowl.
(Photo: Penguins Hockey Cards)