Atlanta Thrashers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 8, 2001 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6–3 on Saturday, December 8, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Thrashers 41–25.
Goals came from Hans Jonsson, Yannick Tremblay, Kris Beech, Dan Lacouture, Lubos Bartecko, Michal Rozsival, Tony Hrkac, Alex Kovalev and Milan Kraft.
Johan Hedberg made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Damian Rhodes stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Hans Jonsson (1)Alex Kovalev (9), Jan Hrdina (6)0–101:41 PIT · 
Yannick Tremblay (2)Dany Heatley (13), Ilya Kovalchuk (9)1–117:01 ATL ·
2nd period
Kris Beech (2)Toby Petersen (7), Andrew Ference (4)1–201:46 PIT
Dan Lacouture (3)Wayne Primeau (4), John Jakopin (2)1–303:46 PIT
Lubos Bartecko (5)Hnat Domenichelli (5), Ray Ferraro (9)2–309:31 ATL
Michal Rozsival (3)Robert Lang (12), Aleksey Morozov (10)2–416:06 PIT ·
3rd period
Tony Hrkac (5)Dany Heatley (14), Patrik Stefan (1)3–409:50 ATL
Alex Kovalev (8)Robert Lang (13)3–517:47 PIT
Milan Kraft (5)Unassisted3–619:56 PIT ·
Team stats
ATLPIT
2541
55%45%
1/22/6
1921
1117
1816
54
25
Penalties
- 1:21 into the first period
Ray Ferraro · interference obstruction2 min - 2:12 into the first periodDarcy Hordichuk · fighting5 min
- 2:12 into the first period
Billy Tibbetts · fighting5 min - 3:38 into the first periodBilly Tibbetts · misconduct10 min
- 6:29 into the first periodHans Jonsson · tripping2 min
- 11:49 into the first periodDany Heatley · holding the stick2 min
- 12:22 into the first periodShean Donovan · high sticking2 min
- 12:22 into the first periodShean Donovan · high sticking2 min
- 15:14 into the first periodKris Beech · hooking2 min
- 14:44 into the second periodShean Donovan · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodIlya Kovalchuk · interference obstruction2 min
- 19:34 into the third periodRay Ferraro · roughing2 min
- 19:34 into the third periodDarius Kasparaitis · roughing2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 18:15 |
| 9Hnat DomenichelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 18:45 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 13Patrik StefanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 19:16 |
| 18Lubos BarteckoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 19Brad TapperR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:45 |
| 22Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 27Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:08 |
| 29Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:36 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:10 |
| 3Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:58 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 20:34 |
| 28Todd ReirdenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | 18 | 2 | .889 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 21:15 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19:41 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:51 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:21 |
| 16Kris BeechC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:22 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:21 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:42 |
| 23John JakopinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:47 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:41 |
| 12Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:24 |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:07 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:30 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:53 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |