1995–96 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1995–96 Pittsburgh Penguins season saw the return of Mario Lemieux after missing an entire season due to injuries. The Penguins improved to first in the Northeast Division and second overall in the Eastern Conference. In the 1996 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Penguins progressed to the Conference Finals before losing to the Florida Panthers.

1995–96 Pittsburgh Penguins
Northeast Division champions
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	2nd Eastern
1995–96 record	49–29–4
Home record	32–9–0
Road record	17–20–4
Goals for	362
Goals against	284
Team information
General manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Eddie Johnston
Captain	Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains	Ron Francis Jaromir Jagr
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Average attendance	16,238
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cleveland Lumberjacks Hampton Roads Admirals
Team leaders
Goals	Mario Lemieux (69)
Assists	Mario Lemieux (92)
Points	Mario Lemieux (161)
Penalty minutes	Francois Leroux (161)
Plus/minus	Petr Nedved (+37)
Wins	Tom Barrasso (29)
Goals against average	Ken Wregget (3.24)
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Off-season

Regular season

Mario Lemieux's return to the NHL after missing the entire 1994–95 season energized the Penguins and re-instituted the team's finesse game for the 1995–96 season. The Penguins finished second in the Eastern Conference with 102 points, leading all League teams in goals (362), even-strength goals (235), power-play goals (109), power-play percentage (25.95%) and shooting percentage while scoring 362 goals on just 2,645 shots (13.7%).^[1] Despite missing 12 regular-season games, Lemieux led the NHL in goals (69), assists (92), points (161) power-play goals (31) and shorthanded goals (8). Czech superstar Jaromir Jagr had a career year, scoring 62 goals (second in the League), 87 assists (third in the League) and 149 points (second in the League). The third 100-point scorer on the team was Ron Francis, who tallied 27 goals and 92 assists (tied for first in the NHL with Lemieux) for 119 points. Petr Nedved scored 45 goals and had 54 assists for 99 points in 80 games—he finished second in the NHL in shooting percentage, with 22.1%.^[1] Despite missing over a quarter of the season, Tomas Sandstrom also had a strong year, scoring 35 goals and picking up 35 assists for 70 points in 58 games.

Lemieux scored three goals or more in a game six times, and four goals or more in a game twice. On March 26, 1996, he scored five goals in a home game against the St. Louis Blues. Lemieux tallied two even-strength goals, two power-play goals and one short-handed goal in the game, which the Penguins won 8–4.

Season standings

Northeast Division

No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	49	29	4	362	284	102
2	Boston Bruins	82	40	31	11	282	269	91
3	Montreal Canadiens	82	40	32	10	265	248	90
4	Hartford Whalers	82	34	39	9	237	259	77
5	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	42	7	247	262	72
6	Ottawa Senators	82	18	59	5	191	291	41

Eastern Conference^[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	45	24	13	282	208	103
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	49	29	4	362	284	102
3	New York Rangers	ATL	82	41	27	14	272	237	96
4	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	41	31	10	254	234	92
5	Boston Bruins	NE	82	40	31	11	282	269	91
6	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	40	32	10	265	248	90
7	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	39	32	11	234	204	89
8	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	38	32	12	238	248	88
9	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	37	33	12	215	202	86
10	Hartford Whalers	NE	82	34	39	9	237	259	77
11	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	33	42	7	247	262	73
12	New York Islanders	ATL	82	22	50	10	229	315	54
13	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	18	59	5	191	291	41

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Playoffs

In the 1996 Playoffs, the Penguins advanced to the third round for the first time since 1992, defeating the Washington Capitals in six games and the New York Rangers in five games. In the Eastern Conference finals, the heavily favored Penguins were upset in seven games by the defense-oriented Florida Panthers.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1995–96 regular season[3]
October: 4–2–2 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–1–2), 10 points # Date Visitor Score Home Record Points Recap 1 Oct 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–8 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–0–0 2 W 2 Oct 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–6 OT Colorado Avalanche 1–0–1 3 T 3 Oct 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–5 Chicago Blackhawks 1–1–1 3 L 4 Oct 14 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1–1 5 W 5 Oct 20 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–2 OT Hartford Whalers 2–1–2 6 T 6 Oct 21 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 2–2–2 6 L 7 Oct 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–5 New York Islanders 3–2–2 8 W 8 Oct 28 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 New Jersey Devils 4–2–2 10 W
November: 10–3–1 (home: 6–1–0; road: 4–2–1), 21 points # Date Visitor Score Home Record Points Recap 9 Nov 1 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–10 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2–2 12 W 10 Nov 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–3 OT Buffalo Sabres 5–2–3 13 T 11 Nov 4 Philadelphia Flyers 4–7 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2–3 15 W 12 Nov 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–1 Ottawa Senators 7–2–3 17 W 13 Nov 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 9–1 San Jose Sharks 8–2–3 19 W 14 Nov 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 Los Angeles Kings 8–3–3 19 L 15 Nov 14 Dallas Stars 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 9–3–3 21 W 16 Nov 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 OT Washington Capitals 10–3–3 23 W 17 Nov 18 Washington Capitals 0–3 Pittsburgh Penguins 11–3–3 25 W 18 Nov 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–9 New York Rangers 11–4–3 25 L 19 Nov 22 New York Rangers 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins 11–5–3 25 L 20 Nov 25 Buffalo Sabres 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 12–5–3 27 W 21 Nov 28 Ottawa Senators 2–7 Pittsburgh Penguins 13–5–3 29 W 22 Nov 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 9–6 Boston Bruins 14–5–3 31 W
December: 10–4–0 (home: 7–1–0; road: 3–3–0), 20 points # Date Visitor Score Home Record Points Recap 23 Dec 1 Florida Panthers 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins 15–5–3 33 W 24 Dec 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 Tampa Bay Lightning 16–5–3 35 W 25 Dec 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 New York Islanders 17–5–3 37 W 26 Dec 7 Montreal Canadiens 5–7 Pittsburgh Penguins 18–5–3 39 W 27 Dec 9 Hartford Whalers 0–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 19–5–3 41 W 28 Dec 13 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–6 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 19–6–3 41 L 29 Dec 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 Dallas Stars 20–6–3 43 W 30 Dec 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–6 Philadelphia Flyers 20–7–3 43 L 31 Dec 19 Calgary Flames 1–7 Pittsburgh Penguins 21–7–3 45 W 32 Dec 22 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins 21–8–3 45 L 33 Dec 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–1 Montreal Canadiens 21–9–3 45 L 34 Dec 26 Buffalo Sabres 3–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 22–9–3 47 W 35 Dec 28 Hartford Whalers 4–9 Pittsburgh Penguins 23–9–3 49 W 36 Dec 30 Florida Panthers 5–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 24–9–3 51 W
January: 7–7–0 (home: 5–3–0; road: 2–4–0), 14 points # Date Visitor Score Home Record Points Recap 37 Jan 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 Washington Capitals 24–10–3 51 L 38 Jan 3 Ottawa Senators 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 25–10–3 53 W 39 Jan 5 Detroit Red Wings 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 26–10–3 55 W 40 Jan 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 St. Louis Blues 26–11–3 55 L 41 Jan 8 Vancouver Canucks 5–8 Pittsburgh Penguins 27–11–3 57 W 42 Jan 12 Montreal Canadiens 6–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 27–12–3 57 L 43 Jan 13 San Jose Sharks 10–8 Pittsburgh Penguins 27–13–3 57 L 44 Jan 16 Colorado Avalanche 5–2 Pittsburgh Penguins 27–14–3 57 L 45 Jan 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–0 Buffalo Sabres 28–14–3 59 W 46 Jan 22 Boston Bruins 6–7 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 29–14–3 61 W 47 Jan 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 Ottawa Senators 30–14–3 63 W 48 Jan 27 Philadelphia Flyers 4–7 Pittsburgh Penguins 31–14–3 65 W 49 Jan 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–2 Florida Panthers 31–15–3 65 L 50 Jan 31 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–4 Tampa Bay Lightning 31–16–3 65 L
February: 6–5–1 (home: 4–0–0; road: 2–5–1), 13 points # Date Visitor Score Home Record Points Recap 51 Feb 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–3 Detroit Red Wings 31–17–3 65 L 52 Feb 6 Boston Bruins 5–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 32–17–3 67 W 53 Feb 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–1 OT New Jersey Devils 32–17–4 68 T 54 Feb 10 Chicago Blackhawks 3–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 33–17–4 70 W 55 Feb 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 33–18–4 70 L 56 Feb 16 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–0 Winnipeg Jets 34–18–4 72 W 57 Feb 18 New York Rangers 3–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 35–18–4 74 W 58 Feb 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–6 Buffalo Sabres 35–19–4 74 L 59 Feb 23 Hartford Whalers 4–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 36–19–4 76 W 60 Feb 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–7 Montreal Canadiens 36–20–4 76 L 61 Feb 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–4 Vancouver Canucks 37–20–4 78 W 62 Feb 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–7 Calgary Flames 37–21–4 78 L
March: 9–5–0 (home: 6–2–0; road: 3–3–0), 18 points # Date Visitor Score Home Record Points Recap 63 Mar 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 Edmonton Oilers 38–21–4 80 W 64 Mar 5 Winnipeg Jets 4–9 Pittsburgh Penguins 39–21–4 82 W 65 Mar 7 Ottawa Senators 1–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 40–21–4 84 W 66 Mar 9 New Jersey Devils 4–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 40–22–4 84 L 67 Mar 13 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 Hartford Whalers 40–23–4 84 L 68 Mar 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 Boston Bruins 40–24–4 84 L 69 Mar 16 New York Islanders 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 41–24–4 86 W 70 Mar 21 Edmonton Oilers 4–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 42–24–4 88 W 71 Mar 23 Buffalo Sabres 7–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 42–25–4 88 L 72 Mar 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 8–2 New York Rangers 43–25–4 90 W 73 Mar 26 St. Louis Blues 4–8 Pittsburgh Penguins 44–25–4 92 W 74 Mar 28 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 Florida Panthers 45–25–4 94 W 75 Mar 30 New Jersey Devils 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins 46–25–4 96 W 76 Mar 31 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–4 Philadelphia Flyers 46–26–4 96 L
April: 3–3–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–2–0), 6 points # Date Visitor Score Home Record Points Recap 77 Apr 4 Washington Capitals 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 47–26–4 98 W 78 Apr 6 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins 48–26–4 100 W 79 Apr 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–5 Hartford Whalers 48–27–4 100 L 80 Apr 10 New York Islanders 6–2 Pittsburgh Penguins 48–28–4 100 L 81 Apr 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 Ottawa Senators 49–28–4 102 W 82 Apr 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–6 Boston Bruins 49–29–4 102 L
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1996 Stanley Cup playoffs[3]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) Washington Capitals – Penguins win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home Attendance Series Recap 1 Apr 17 Washington Capitals 6–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 16,238 0–1 L 2 Apr 19 Washington Capitals 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins 17,181 0–2 L 3 Apr 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Washington Capitals 18,130 1–2 W 4 Apr 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 4OT Washington Capitals 18,130 2–2 W 5 Apr 26 Washington Capitals 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 17,215 3–2 W 6 Apr 28 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 Washington Capitals 17,256 4–2 W
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (3) New York Rangers – Penguins win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home Attendance Series Recap 1 May 3 New York Rangers 3–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 17,181 1–0 W 2 May 5 New York Rangers 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins 17,181 0–1 L 3 May 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 New York Rangers 18,200 2–1 W 4 May 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 New York Rangers 18,200 3–1 W 5 May 11 New York Rangers 3–7 Pittsburgh Penguins 17,355 4–1 W
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (4) Florida Panthers – Panthers win 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home Attendance Series Recap 1 May 18 Florida Panthers 5–1 Pittsburgh Penguins 17,355 0–1 L 2 May 20 Florida Panthers 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins 17,181 1–1 W 3 May 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 Florida Panthers 14,703 1–2 L 4 May 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 Florida Panthers 14,703 2–2 W 5 May 28 Florida Panthers 0–3 Pittsburgh Penguins 17,355 3–2 W 6 May 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 Florida Panthers 14,703 3–3 L 7 Jun 1 Florida Panthers 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins 17,355 3–4 L
Legend: W Win L Loss

Suspensions

Player	Length	Date	Reason
Ron Francis	2 games	February 27, 1996	Checking from behind

Injuries

Player	Injury	Date
Tom Barrasso	Pulled Groin (DTD)	December 7, 1995
Tom Barrasso	Shoulder injury (Out Indefinitely)	February 5, 1996
Stefan Bergkvist	Appendectomy	February 21, 1996

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[4] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Mario Lemieux 70 69 92 161 10 54 Jaromir Jagr 82 62 87 149 31 96 Ron Francis 77 27 92 119 25 56 Petr Nedved 80 45 54 99 37 68 Tomas Sandstrom 58 35 35 70 4 69 Sergei Zubov 64 11 55 66 28 22 Bryan Smolinski 81 24 40 64 6 69 Markus Naslund‡ 66 19 33 52 17 36 Dmitri Mironov 72 3 31 34 19 88 Glen Murray 69 14 15 29 4 57 Norm MacIver‡ 32 2 21 23 12 32 Chris Joseph 70 5 14 19 6 71 Dave Roche 71 7 7 14 –5 130 Chris Tamer 70 4 10 14 20 153 Neil Wilkinson† 41 2 10 12 12 87 Francois Leroux 66 2 9 11 2 161 Kevin Miller† 13 6 5 11 4 4 Richard Park 56 4 6 10 3 36 Joe Dziedzic 69 5 5 10 –5 68 Jean-Jacques Daigneault† 13 3 3 6 0 23 Dave McLlwain† 18 2 4 6 –5 4 Brad Lauer 21 4 1 5 –5 6 Corey Foster 11 2 2 4 –2 2 Chris Wells 54 2 2 4 –6 59 Rusty Fitzgerald 21 1 2 3 7 12 Ed Patterson 35 0 2 2 –5 38 Ian Moran 51 1 1 2 –1 47 Alek Stojanov† 10 1 0 1 –1 7 Drake Berehowsky 1 0 0 0 1 0 Stefan Bergqvist 2 0 0 0 0 2 Peter Allen 8 0 0 0 2 8 Len Barrie 5 0 0 0 –1 18 Jeff Christian 3 0 0 0 0 2 Greg Andrusak 2 0 0 0 –1 0 Total 362 638 1000 — 1,585

Playoffs[5] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Mario Lemieux 18 11 16 27 3 33 Jaromir Jagr 18 11 12 23 7 18 Petr Nedved 18 10 10 20 3 16 Sergei Zubov 18 1 14 15 9 26 Jean-Jacques Daigneault 17 1 9 10 4 36 Ron Francis 11 3 6 9 3 4 Dave Roche 16 2 7 9 1 26 Bryan Smolinski 18 5 4 9 –4 10 Glen Murray 18 2 6 8 2 10 Chris Tamer 18 0 7 7 0 24 Tomas Sandstrom 18 4 2 6 –6 30 Kevin Miller 18 3 2 5 –6 8 Joe Dziedzic 16 1 2 3 1 19 Francois Leroux 18 1 1 2 2 20 Brad Lauer 12 1 1 2 0 4 Chris Joseph 15 1 0 1 1 8 Neil Wilkinson 15 0 1 1 –2 14 Dmitri Mironov 15 0 1 1 –6 10 Corey Foster 3 0 0 0 –2 4 Richard Park 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dave McLlwain 6 0 0 0 0 0 Alek Stojanov 9 0 0 0 0 19 Stefan Bergqvist 4 0 0 0 –1 2 Total 57 101 158 — 341

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[6]

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tom Barrasso	49	2799:01	29	16	2	160	3.43	1626	0.902	2	0	3	18
Ken Wregget	37	2132:15	20	13	2	115	3.24	1205	0.905	3	0	2	8
Total		4931:16	49	29	4	275	3.35	2831	0.903	5	0	5	26

Playoffs^[7]

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ken Wregget	9	598:47	7	2	0	23	2.30	328	0.93	0	0	1	0
Tom Barrasso	10	557:30	4	5	0	26	2.80	337	0.923	1	0	0	8
Total		1156:17	11	7	0	49	2.54	665	0.926	1	0	1	8

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Awards and records

• Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 500 goals for the Penguins. He did so with a hat-trick in a 7–5 win over New York on October 3.
• Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 800 assists for the Penguins. He did so in a 8–4 win over St. Louis on March 26.
• Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 1300 points for the Penguins. He did so in a 5–2 win over Detroit on January 5.
• Jaromir Jagr set a new league record for most assists in a season by a winger (87). He broke the previous record of 83 set by Mike Bossy in 1982.
• Jaromir Jagr set a new league record for most points in a season by a winger (149). He broke the previous record of 147 set by Mike Bossy in 1982.
• Jaromir Jagr set a new league record for most points by a player born outside of North America (149). He broke the previous record of 139 set by Peter Stastny in 1982.

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Art Ross Trophy	Mario Lemieux	[8]
	Hart Memorial Trophy	Mario Lemieux	[9]
	Lester B. Pearson Award	Mario Lemieux	[10]
	NHL First All-Star team	Jaromir Jagr (Right wing)	[11]
		Mario Lemieux (Center)
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Ron Francis	[12]
		Jaromir Jagr[a]
		Eddie Johnston (coach)
		Mario Lemieux[a]
Team	A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Award	Mario Lemieux	[14]
	Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award	Petr Nedved	[15]
	Bob Johnson Memorial Badger Bob Award	Jaromir Jagr	[15]
	Leading Scorer Award	Mario Lemieux
	Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy	No winner	[16]
	Most Valuable Player Award	Mario Lemieux	[17]
	Players' Player Award	Ron Francis	[16]
	The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award	Dave Roche	[14]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Joe Dziedzic	October 7, 1995	[18]
	Dave Roche
	Chris Wells	October 21, 1995
	Peter Allen	November 25, 1995
	Stefan Bergqvist	February 16, 1996

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 1995–96 season:^[19]

Trades

July 8, 1995	To Toronto Maple Leafs Larry Murphy	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dmitri Mironov 1996 2nd round pick
August 1, 1995	To Boston Bruins Kevin Stevens Shawn McEachern	To Pittsburgh Penguins Glen Murray Bryan Smolinski 1996 3rd round pick
August 31, 1995	To New York Rangers Luc Robitaille Ulf Samuelsson	To Pittsburgh Penguins Petr Nedved Sergei Zubov
December 28, 1995	To Winnipeg Jets Norm MacIver	To Pittsburgh Penguins Neil Wilkinson
March 1, 1996	To Ottawa Senators 1996 8th round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dave McLlwain
March 20, 1996	To Vancouver Canucks Markus Naslund	To Pittsburgh Penguins Alek Stojanov
March 20, 1996	To St. Louis Blues 1996 6th round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jean-Jacques Daigneault
March 20, 1996	To San Jose Sharks 1996 5th round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Kevin Miller

Free agents

Player	Acquired from	Lost to	Date
Troy Murray		Colorado Avalanche	August 7, 1995
Corey Foster	Ottawa Senators		August 7, 1995
Peter Taglianetti		Boston Bruins	August 9, 1995
Peter Allen	Boston Bruins		August 10, 1995
Mike Hudson		Toronto Maple Leafs	August 28, 1995
Joe Mullen		Boston Bruins	September 8, 1995
John Cullen		Tampa Bay Lightning	September 11, 1995
Ladislav Karabin		Buffalo Sabres	September 20, 1995

Signings

Player	Date
Brad Lauer	August 10, 1995
Evgeny Davydov	August 10, 1995
Troy Crowder	August 10, 1995
Glen Murray	September 8, 1995

Other

Name	Date	Details
Evgeny Davydov	September 25, 1995	Released
Perry Ganchar	October 15, 1995	Retired

Draft picks

See also: List of Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1995 NHL entry draft.^[20]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	24	Aleksey Morozov	Right wing	Russia	Krylja Sovetov (Russia)
3	76	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	Goaltender	Canada	Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
4	102	Oleg Belov	Center	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
5	128	Jan Hrdina	Center	Czech Republic	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
6	154	Alexei Kolkunov	Center	Russia	Krylja Sovetov (Russia)
7	180	Derrick Pyke	Right wing	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
8	206	Sergei Voronov	Defense	Russia	Moscow Dynamo (Russia)
9	232	Frank Ivankovic	Goaltender	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)

Draft notes^[21]

• The Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a July 29, 1994, trade that sent Luc Robitaille to the Penguins in exchange for Rick Tocchet and this pick.

Farm teams

The Hampton Roads Admirals of the East Coast Hockey League finished in fifth place in the East Division, but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Richmond Renegades.

The Cleveland Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League (IHL) finished in third place in the Central Division, but were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Michigan K-Wings.

Notes

1. Jagr and Lemieux were voted to the starting lineup.^[13]