New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, February 23, 2001 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 6-4 on Friday, February 23, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 32-27.
Alex Kovalev scored a hat trick. Radek Dvorak, Mark Messier, Mario Lemieux, Josef Beranek, Brian Leetch, Martin Straka and Valeri Kamensky also scored.
Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Vitali Yeremeyev stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Radek Dvorak (18)Jan Hlavac (25), Petr Nedved (34)1–000:25 NYR
Alex Kovalev (37)Martin Straka (44)1–114:43 PIT
Mark Messier (19)Unassisted2–117:26 NYR · SHG- Alex Kovalev (38)Kevin Stevens (18), Jaromir Jagr (49)2–218:44 PIT · PPG
2nd period
Mario Lemieux (22)Alex Kovalev (35), Martin Straka (45)2–303:50 PIT · PPG
Josef Beranek (7)Wayne Primeau (14), Jan Hrdina (22)2–406:43 PIT
Brian Leetch (15)Mark Messier (30), Adam Graves (13)3–411:52 NYR · PPG- Alex Kovalev (39)Robert Lang (38), Martin Straka (46)3–512:28 PIT
3rd period
Martin Straka (22)Alex Kovalev (36), Sven Butenschon (1)3–600:46 PIT
Valeri Kamensky (12)Brian Leetch (47), Adam Graves (14)4–604:05 NYR · PPG
Team stats
NYRPIT
27Shots on goal32
40%Faceoff %60%
2/3Power play2/4
13Penalty minutes11
21Hits20
12Blocked shots5
8Giveaways9
3Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 09:03
Sven Butenschon · hooking2 min - 1st 17:08
Eric Lacroix · tripping2 min - 2nd 02:29Valeri Kamensky · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:56Sandy McCarthy · fighting5 min
- 2nd 06:56Krzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:01Bob Boughner · holding2 min
- 3rd 03:09Kevin Stevens · interference2 min
- 3rd 09:20Valeri Kamensky · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:00Theo Fleury · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:31 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 23:00 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16:15 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 10:56 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 27Jan HlavacL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 19:54 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:06 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:52 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:02 |
| 18Mike YorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:00 |
| 38Jeff UlmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:46 |
| 3Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:13 |
| 4Brad BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:40 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 25Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Vitali YeremeyevG | L | 32 | 26 | 6 | .813 | 59:03 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 27Alex KovalevR | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 5 | 22:53 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 3 | 22:34 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:27 |
| 18Josef BeranekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:58 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 22:32 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 22Sven ButenschonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:06 |
| 12Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:28 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:52 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:13 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:43 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | W | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 60:00 |
| 31Rich ParentG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |