Monday, 23rd of December 2002, Mellon Arena

Buffalo Sabres  2 - 5  Pittsburgh Penguins

First Period

Goals

		Time	Goal Scorer	First Assist	Second Assist				On Ice
		01:50	J.P. Dumont	Norm Milley	Chris Gratton	EV			PIT: 1, 47, 27, 14, 8, 3 BUF: 17, 10, 77, 44, 35, 19
		04:50	Milan Kraft	Michal Sivek	Alexei Kovalev	EV			PIT: 14, 1, 47, 27, 8, 3 BUF: 10, 44, 41, 35, 24, 18

Penalties

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

Second Period

Goals

		Time	Goal Scorer	First Assist	Second Assist				On Ice
		13:28	Aleš Kotalík	James Patrick	Brian Campbell	PP			PIT: 1, 28, 25, 15, 10 BUF: 12, 3, 81, 51, 37, 35

Penalties

	Time	Player	Penalty	Fouled	PIM
	01:33	Wayne Primeau	Interference		2
	13:06	Andrew Ference	Interference		2

Third Period

Goals

		Time	Goal Scorer	First Assist	Second Assist				On Ice
		11:09	Alexei Kovalev	Mario Lemieux		EV			PIT: 27, 1, 66, 25, 10, 8 BUF: 3, 77, 74, 41, 35, 24
		13:10	Mario Lemieux			EV	GWG		PIT: 66, 1, 82, 28, 27, 25 BUF: 10, 77, 44, 35, 25, 17
		16:02	Alexei Kovalev	Martin Straka	Mario Lemieux	EV			PIT: 27, 1, 82, 66, 28, 25 BUF: 10, 77, 44, 35, 22, 17
		17:11	Martin Straka	Mario Lemieux		EV			PIT: 82, 1, 66, 28, 27, 25 BUF: 18, 51, 45, 41, 35, 24

Penalties

	Time	Player	Penalty	Fouled	PIM
	09:00	Ville Nieminen	Hi-sticking		2

Other Statistics

Special Teams

Face Offs

Pittsburgh Penguins - Individual Player Stats

Skaters

	#	Name	Pos.	G	A	Pts	+/-	PN	PIM	Shots	Hits	Shifts	TOI	AVG	PP	SH	EV	AB	MS	GV	TK	BS	FW	FL
	#1	Johan Hedberg	G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			59:58		04:00	06:22	49:36						0	0
	#3	Jamie Pushor	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		20	17:21		00:00	01:38	15:43						0	0
	#7	Andrew Ference	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		28	21:56		00:33	02:30	18:53						0	0
	#8	Hans Jonsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		19	17:44		01:37	01:21	14:46						0	0
	#10	Ville Nieminen	L	0	0	0	1	2	4	1		18	11:29		00:00	00:23	11:06						0	0
	#14	Milan Kraft	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	4		19	13:34		00:58	00:00	12:36						3	8
	#15	Wayne Primeau	C	0	0	0	0	2	7	3		25	15:10		00:00	01:51	13:19						10	8
	#18	Shean Donovan	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	11:45		00:16	03:13	08:16						0	0
	#23	Steve McKenna	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	06:18		00:58	00:00	05:20						0	0
	#24	Ian Moran	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		28	20:52		00:16	02:13	18:23						0	0
	#25	Marc Bergevin	D	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		25	18:30		00:00	02:31	15:59						0	0
	#26	Kent Manderville	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	11:06		00:16	03:15	07:35						6	3
	#27	Alexei Kovalev	R	2	1	3	4	0	0	3		23	18:52		03:44	00:08	15:00						0	1
	#28	Michal Rozsíval	D	0	0	0	3	0	0	2		27	19:50		01:50	02:31	15:29						0	0
	#33	Dan LaCouture	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		21	11:50		00:16	00:00	11:34						0	0
	#38	Jan Hrdina	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		27	19:42		02:46	01:04	15:52						3	10
	#47	Michal Sivek	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2		21	14:55		00:17	02:04	12:34						0	0
	#66	Mario Lemieux	C	1	3	4	4	0	0	7		28	21:42		03:27	00:31	17:44						7	11
	#82	Martin Straka	C	1	1	2	3	0	0	1		28	20:53		02:46	00:17	17:50						0	0

Goalies

		Name	1st	2nd	3rd	Total	Eff.	EV	PP	SH	TOI
		Johan Hedberg (W)	1/6	1/6	0/7	2/19	89.47				59:58

Buffalo Sabres - Individual Player Stats

Skaters

	#	Name	Pos.	G	A	Pts	+/-	PN	PIM	Shots	Hits	Shifts	TOI	AVG	PP	SH	EV	AB	MS	GV	TK	BS	FW	FL
	#35	Mika Noronen	G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			60:00		06:22	04:00	49:38						0	0
	#3	James Patrick	D	0	1	1	-1	1	2	2		29	21:01		02:26	01:20	17:15						0	0
	#10	Henrik Tallinder	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0		26	20:48		00:06	01:33	19:09						0	0
	#12	Aleš Kotalík	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	1		22	18:09		03:18	00:00	14:51						0	0
	#17	J.P. Dumont	R	1	0	1	-1	0	0	4		22	17:17		02:49	00:00	14:28						1	0
	#18	Tim Connolly	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2		18	11:36		00:00	00:00	11:36						3	3
	#19	Norm Milley	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	2		16	12:48		00:43	00:00	12:05						0	0
	#22	Adam Mair	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0		10	08:03		00:06	00:00	07:57						3	4
	#24	Taylor Pyatt	L	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1		20	13:24		00:15	00:00	13:09						0	0
	#25	Václav Varaďa	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0		18	13:42		00:06	01:59	11:37						0	0
	#26	Eric Boulton	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	06:43		00:00	00:00	06:43						0	0
	#37	Curtis Brown	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		26	19:50		02:52	01:57	15:01						16	9
	#41	Stu Barnes	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1		20	14:52		01:40	02:03	11:09						8	5
	#44	Alexei Zhitnik	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0		28	25:54		04:15	01:33	20:06						0	0
	#45	Dmitri Kalinin	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0		23	17:33		03:40	01:09	12:44						0	0
	#51	Brian Campbell	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1		22	15:22		02:17	00:00	13:05						0	0
	#74	Jay McKee	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0		26	19:51		00:00	02:27	17:24						0	0
	#77	Chris Gratton	C	0	1	1	-2	1	5	2		21	17:43		03:24	00:02	14:17						10	8
	#81	Miroslav Šatan	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		26	21:50		03:53	02:01	15:56						0	0

Goalies

		Name	1st	2nd	3rd	Total	Eff.	EV	PP	SH	TOI
		Mika Noronen (L)	1/15	0/3	4/10	5/28	82.14				60:00

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