Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 6, 2001 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 4–1 on Thursday, December 6, 2001 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 29–26.
Stephane Richer scored twice. Martin Lapointe, Milan Kraft and Jan Hrdina also scored.
Johan Hedberg made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Lapointe (8)Jozef Stumpel (12), Jonathan Girard (1)0–116:30 BOS ·
2nd period
Stephane Richer (7)Milan Kraft (2), Andrew Ference (3)1–114:26 PIT
Milan Kraft (4)Aleksey Morozov (8), Stephane Richer (2)2–118:58 PIT
3rd period
Stephane Richer (8)Aleksey Morozov (9)3–112:13 PIT
Jan Hrdina (7)Robert Lang (11), Alex Kovalev (8)4–119:02 PIT ·
Team stats
PITBOS
2629
46%54%
0/21/3
119
2025
63
512
25
Penalties
- 2:50 into the first period
Andrei Nazarov · fighting5 min
- 2:50 into the first period
Krzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
- 15:14 into the first period
Darius Kasparaitis · boarding2 min
- 17:49 into the first period
Bill Guerin · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 1:58 into the second period
Michal Rozsival · cross checking2 min
- 20:00 into the second period
Ian Moran · holding2 min
- 15:05 into the third period
Joe Thornton · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 44Stephane RicherR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 13:40 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 25:18 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:01 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:59 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 12Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:41 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:24 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:31 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:23 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 23John JakopinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:21 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 21:15 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:54 |
| 55Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 17:00 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 25:06 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:02 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 19:48 |
| 23John EmmonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 03:37 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 01:26 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 26:21 |
| 31Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 02:17 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:31 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 64Jarno KultanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |