Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 15, 2001 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 4–2 on Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 29–23.
Goals came from Jay Pandolfo, Petr Sykora, Aleksey Morozov, Alex Kovalev, Rene Corbet and Robert Lang.
Johan Hedberg made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Jay Pandolfo (1)Bob Corkum (1), Sergei Nemchinov (3)0–108:52 NJD
Petr Sykora (7)Patrik Elias (9), Scott Stevens (6)0–216:34 NJD ·
2nd period
Aleksey Morozov (2)Mario Lemieux (9)1–209:20 PIT · 
Alex Kovalev (5)Mario Lemieux (10)2–212:17 PIT
Rene Corbet (1)Wayne Primeau (3)3–215:55 PIT
3rd period
Robert Lang (4)Alex Kovalev (5), Martin Straka (8)4–205:19 PIT
Team stats
PITNJD
2329
46%54%
0/20/5
126
2324
119
315
1815
Penalties
- 1:20 into the first period
Sean O'Donnell · tripping2 min - 11:25 into the first period
Milan Kraft · holding2 min - 15:42 into the first periodScott Gomez · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 9:10 into the second periodRene Corbet · holding2 min
- 18:22 into the second periodJan Hrdina · tripping2 min
- 9:37 into the third periodPatrik Elias · roughing2 min
- 9:37 into the third periodDarius Kasparaitis · holding2 min
- 12:32 into the third periodRene Corbet · slashing2 min
- 14:51 into the third periodDarius Kasparaitis · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:11 |
| 9Rene CorbetL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 05:34 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 |
| 20Robert LangC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:23 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:25 |
| 18Josef BeranekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:51 |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:46 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:55 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:21 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:10 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:20 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 12Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 08:25 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:34 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 22Bob CorkumC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:48 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 20:03 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:42 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:58 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:32 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:29 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:16 |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:22 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:32 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:16 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 23:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |