On this Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History

2004

Pittsburgh's Brian Holzinger is stopped on a penalty shot by Tampa Bay's John Grahame and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped Tampa Bay's Dan Boyle on a penalty shot (it was the second time in team history that each team had a penalty shot in the same game)

2002

• Johan Hedberg stopped 39 shots from the New Jersey Devils for his third shutout with the Pens

1999

• the Penguins played their first game against the expansion Atlanta Thrashers and skated to a 4-1 win at the Mellon Arena

1996

• Penguins introduced an alternate (third) jersey
• Mario Lemieux scored his 36th hat trick (against Philadelphia)

1994

• Ken Wregget stopped 38 shots from the Quebec Nordiques to earn his first shutout with Pittsburgh

facts obtained from PittsburghHockey.net