On This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (May 10) / Penguins Trivia

2001

• Pittsburgh Penguins Darius Kasparaitis beat Buffalo Sabres Dominik Hasek 13:01 into overtime for a 3-2 victory in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

1995

• Penguins goalie Tom Barrasso stopped Washington Capitals‘ Michal Pivonka on a penalty shot in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals; Pittsburgh lost this game by a score of 6-2 (the Penguins ended up winning the series over the Capitals in seven games, 4-3)

Pittsburgh went on to play the New Jersey Devils in the Eastern Conference Semifinals losing the series in five games.

1993

• Penguins Mario Lemieux, Rick Tocchet and Larry Murphy scored goals in a 1:29 span to establish a team record for the three fastest playoff goals

This was during Game 5 of the Patrick Division Final between the Penguins and the New York Islanders.  The Islanders won the series in seven games, 4-3.

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TODAY’S PENGUINS TRIVIA QUESTION:

On what date did the Pittsburgh Penguins play their final regular season game at the Mellon Arena and against what team?

Find out tomorrow!

ANSWER (to yesterday’s TRIVIA QUESTION – CLICK HERE to view it):

Ulf Samuelsson

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