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23. 12. 2002, Regular season

Buffalo Sabres   2 - 5   Pittsburgh Penguins

Score in periods

		1st Period	2nd Period	3rd Period	Overtime	Total
	Buffalo	1	1	0	-	2
	Pittsburgh	1	0	4	-	5

Shots in periods

		1st Period	2nd Period	3rd Period	Overtime	Total
	Buffalo	6	6	7	-	19
	Pittsburgh	15	3	10	-	28

1st Period

Goals

	Time	Scorer	First assist	Second assist
	01:50	J.P. Dumont	Norm Milley	Chris Gratton				1:0
	04:50	Milan Kraft [2]	Michal Sivek [1]	Alexei Kovalev [25]				1:1

Penalties

	Time	Player	Name of penalty	PIM
	08:30	Wayne Primeau	Fighting	5
	08:30	Chris Gratton	Fighting	5
	08:30	Dmitri Kalinin	Hooking	2
	13:04	James Patrick	Hooking	2
	15:50	Ville Nieminen	Tripping	2

2nd Period

Goals

	Time	Scorer	First assist	Second assist
	13:28	Aleš Kotalík	James Patrick	Brian Campbell	PP			2:1

Penalties

	Time	Player	Name of penalty	PIM
	01:33	Wayne Primeau	Interference	2
	13:06	Andrew Ference	Interference	2

3rd Period

Goals

	Time	Scorer	First assist	Second assist
	11:09	Alexei Kovalev [18]	Mario Lemieux [41]	-				2:2
	13:10	Mario Lemieux [17]	-	-				2:3
	16:02	Alexei Kovalev [19]	Martin Straka [8]	Mario Lemieux [42]				2:4
	17:11	Martin Straka [8]	Mario Lemieux [43]	-				2:5

Penalties

	Time	Player	Name of penalty	PIM
	09:00	Ville Nieminen	High sticking	2

Individual player stats

Skaters

	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	Shots	PIM	Shifts	Time
	Mario Lemieux	1	3	4	4	7	0	28	21:42
	Martin Straka	1	1	2	3	1	0	28	20:53
	Michal Rozsíval	0	0	0	3	2	0	27	19:50
	Jamie Pushor	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	17:21
	Wayne Primeau	0	0	0	0	3	7	25	15:10
	Ville Nieminen	0	0	0	1	1	4	18	11:29
	Ian Moran	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	20:52
	Steve McKenna	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	06:18
	Kent Manderville	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	11:06
	Dan LaCouture	0	0	0	0	2	0	21	11:50
	Milan Kraft	1	0	1	0	4	0	19	13:34
	Michal Sivek	0	1	1	0	2	0	21	14:55
	Shean Donovan	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	11:45
	Marc Bergevin	0	0	0	4	0	0	25	18:30
	Alexei Kovalev	2	1	3	4	3	0	23	18:52
	Hans Jonsson	0	0	0	1	1	0	19	17:44
	Jan Hrdina	0	0	0	0	2	0	27	19:42
	Andrew Ference	0	0	0	0	0	2	28	21:56

Goalies - Pittsburgh

	Player	SA	GA	S	S%	TOI	PIM
	Johan Hedberg	19	2	17	89.5	59:58	-

Goalies - Buffalo

	Player	SA	GA	S	S%	TOI	PIM
	Mika Noronen	28	5	23	82.1	60:00	-

Next info

		Power plays	Face offs	Penalties (mins)
	Buffalo	1/4	41	9
	Pittsburgh	0/2	29	13

Refrees: Paul Devorski, Harry Dumas - Derek Amell, Ryan Galloway.
Attendance: 16569
Game stars: Mario Lemieux, Alexei Kovalev, Milan Kraft