Pittsburgh Penguins vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Tuesday, October 23, 2001 · Philips Arena

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4–2

Final

SOG 39–17

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-2 on Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at Philips Arena. The Penguins outshot the Thrashers 39-17.

Goals came from Ilya Kovalchuk, Mario Lemieux, Dany Heatley, Stephane Richer, Michal Rozsival and Kevin Stevens.

Johan Hedberg made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 35 of 39.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	2	1	4	39
ATL	2	0	0	2	17

Scoring

1st period

Ilya Kovalchuk (4)Yannick Tremblay (2), Dany Heatley (4)0–106:14 ATL · PPG
Mario Lemieux (1)Toby Petersen (1)1–106:41 PIT
Dany Heatley (2)Frantisek Kaberle (2), Brian Pothier (2)1–216:45 ATL

2nd period

Stephane Richer (2)Kris Beech (2), Dan Lacouture (1)2–206:49 PIT
Michal Rozsival (1)Robert Lang (2), Kris Beech (3)3–216:02 PIT · PPG

3rd period

Kevin Stevens (1)Mario Lemieux (5), Andrew Ference (1)4–202:36 PIT

Team stats

PITATL

39Shots on goal17

50%Faceoff %50%

1/5Power play1/7

26Penalty minutes22

30Hits14

9Blocked shots12

7Giveaways18

8Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 01:24Andreas Karlsson · holding the stick2 min
1st 05:39Dan Lacouture · holding2 min
1st 06:47Jeff Odgers · fighting5 min
1st 06:47Dan Lacouture · fighting5 min
1st 11:34Chris Tamer · fighting5 min
1st 11:34Krzysztof Oliwa · high sticking2 min
1st 11:34Krzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
1st 17:09Bob Corkum · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 10:58Jan Hrdina · holding2 min
2nd 14:17Ray Ferraro · roughing2 min
2nd 16:15Jeff Odgers · tripping2 min
2nd 19:40Josef Melichar · holding2 min
3rd 03:18Josef Melichar · high sticking2 min
3rd 04:30Michal Rozsival · holding2 min
3rd 06:31Lubos Bartecko · boarding2 min
3rd 06:31Lubos Bartecko · roughing2 min
3rd 06:31Andrew Ference · roughing2 min
3rd 09:48Aleksey Morozov · holding2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

16Kris BeechC	0	2	2	+1	2	3	0	0	62	15:56
66Mario LemieuxC	1	1	2	+1	11	0	1	0	41	22:25
17Toby PetersenC	0	1	1	0	7	1	0	0	50	19:57
20Robert LangC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	50	18:34
25Kevin StevensL	1	0	1	+1	2	4	0	0	–	11:09
33Dan LacoutureL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	7	–	15:06
44Stephane RicherR	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	14:56
7Andrew FerenceD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	2	2	–	22:26
28Michal RozsivalD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	19:33
14Milan KraftC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	71	09:58
29Krzysztof OliwaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	03:20
38Jan HrdinaC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	75	09:34
82Martin StrakaC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	22:27
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	11:42
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	4	–	17:21
4Mike WilsonD	0	0	0	+2	0	4	1	0	–	12:47
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	-1	0	5	3	0	–	20:04
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	–	19:54

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG	W	17	15	2	.882	60:00
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

15Dany HeatleyL	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	22:28
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	20:15
3Brian PothierD	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	–	17:13
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	26:16
38Yannick TremblayD	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	–	21:45
9Hnat DomenichelliL	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	14:23
12Tony HrkacC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	16:10
14Tomi KallioR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:55
18Lubos BarteckoL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	4	–	09:45
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	–	05:13
21Ray FerraroC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	43	19:08
22Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	–	12:13
24Andreas KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	33	09:00
27Bob CorkumC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	54	14:33
39Per SvartvadetC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	12:12
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	5	–	15:35
28Todd ReirdenD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	16:48
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	21:33

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Damian RhodesG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Milan HnilickaG	L	39	35	4	.897	59:46