Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 12, 2001 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 41–34.
Alex Kovalev scored twice and Bill Guerin scored twice. Glen Murray and Sean O'Donnell also scored.
John Grahame made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 37 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Glen Murray (11)Joe Thornton (17)1–005:06 BOS
Alex Kovalev (10)Robert Lang (16), Michal Rozsival (6)1–111:43 PIT
2nd period
Bill Guerin (12)Don Sweeney (6), P.J. Axelsson (4)2–110:50 BOS
Sean O'Donnell (1)Jozef Stumpel (13), Martin Lapointe (10)3–116:53 BOS ·
3rd period
- Alex Kovalev (11)Aleksey Morozov (11)3–201:07 PIT
- Bill Guerin (13)Joe Thornton (18), Hal Gill (6)4–219:13 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSPIT
4134
48%52%
1/10/3
62
1615
1211
211
12
Penalties
- 3:25 into the second period
Jamie Rivers · high sticking2 min - 14:58 into the second period
John Jakopin · holding the stick2 min - 17:19 into the second periodGlen Murray · holding the stick2 min
- 11:46 into the third periodP.J. Axelsson · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 13Bill GuerinR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 19:21 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:09 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 16:25 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:35 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 25:09 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:41 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:49 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 10 | 21:44 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 42P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:58 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:06 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:24 |
| 31Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:15 |
| 55Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:23 |
| 64Jarno KultanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 47John GrahameG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 27Alex KovalevR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 22:21 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:52 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:50 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 12Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:54 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:33 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:25 |
| 16Kris BeechC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:06 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 11:16 |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:19 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:01 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:26 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 23John JakopinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 40 | 3 | .925 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |