Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Monday, April 3, 2000 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Monday, April 3, 2000 at Mellon Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Penguins 30–18.
Alex Kovalev scored twice. Robert Kron, Jiri Slegr and Jeff O'Neill also scored.
Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 15 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Robert Kron (13)Bates Battaglia (18)1–007:36 CAR
2nd period
Jiri Slegr (11)Aleksey Morozov (19), Pat Falloon (20)1–103:19 PIT
Alex Kovalev (25)Unassisted1–206:23 PIT- Alex Kovalev (26)Robert Lang (42), Martin Straka (39)1–306:56 PIT
3rd period
Jeff O'Neill (25)Andrei Kovalenko (24), Gary Roberts (28)2–313:24 CAR
Team stats
CARPIT
3018
57%43%
0/40/0
219
2725
913
1018
33
Penalties
- 16:07 into the second period
Aleksey Morozov · holding obstruction2 min - 19:07 into the second periodBob Boughner · boarding5 min
- 19:07 into the second periodBob Boughner · game misconduct10 min
- 1:29 into the third period
Andrei Kovalenko · tripping obstruction2 min - 15:01 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:44 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 18Robert KronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:34 |
| 16Tommy VestlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:01 |
| 17Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:54 |
| 20Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:32 |
| 21Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:39 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 15:14 |
| 27Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 12:01 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:28 |
| 4Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 14Steven HalkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:23 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:14 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | L | 18 | 3 | .833 |
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 27Alex KovalevR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 21:35 |
| 14Pat FalloonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 08:25 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:36 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:59 |
| 18Josef BeranekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:38 |
| 23Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:34 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:52 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:32 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:09 |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:35 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:01 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:34 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:23 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:26 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | 6 | 1 | .833 |