Minnesota Wild vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, December 14, 2001 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Friday, December 14, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Wild 41-21.
Sergei Zholtok scored twice. Robert Lang, Marian Gaborik, Jan Hrdina, Pascal Dupuis and Wes Walz also scored.
Manny Fernandez made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
2nd period
Sergei Zholtok (6)Marian Gaborik (18), Antti Laaksonen (4)1–007:29 MIN- Sergei Zholtok (7)Richard Park (2), Lubomir Sekeras (5)2–011:14 MIN · PPG
Robert Lang (9)Kris Beech (10), Jan Hrdina (8)2–118:26 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Marian Gaborik (14)Filip Kuba (13), Wes Walz (4)3–105:33 MIN
Jan Hrdina (9)Kris Beech (11), Robert Lang (17)3–214:59 PIT · PPG
Pascal Dupuis (7)Andy Sutton (4), Lubomir Sekeras (6)4–215:35 MIN
Wes Walz (5)Unassisted5–219:25 MIN · SHG · EN
Team stats
MINPIT
21Shots on goal41
50%Faceoff %50%
1/5Power play2/6
17Penalty minutes15
17Hits23
8Blocked shots6
5Giveaways9
2Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 04:05
Andy Sutton · fighting5 min - 1st 04:05
Billy Tibbetts · fighting5 min - 1st 04:30Alex Kovalev · roughing2 min
- 1st 10:45Jim Dowd · high sticking2 min
- 1st 15:45Marian Gaborik · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 01:55Andrew Brunette · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 09:28Andrew Ference · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 13:11Stephane Richer · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 17:37Darby Hendrickson · slashing2 min
- 3rd 00:21Darius Kasparaitis · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:06Billy Tibbetts · boarding2 min
- 3rd 13:11Andy Sutton · interference2 min
- 3rd 17:49Sergei Zholtok · holding2 min
Minnesota Wild
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:41 |
| 33Sergei ZholtokC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 37Wes WalzC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 77Lubomir SekerasD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 29:50 |
| 11Pascal DupuisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:45 |
| 18Richard ParkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 24Antti LaaksonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 19:53 |
| 17Filip KubaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 29:07 |
| 42Andy SuttonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:21 |
| 12Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:19 |
| 14Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 34Jim DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:34 |
| 44Aaron GaveyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:34 |
| 3Ladislav BenysekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 4Brad BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 6Mike MatteucciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 32Jason MarshallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Manny FernandezG | W | 41 | 39 | 2 | .951 | 60:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 16Kris BeechC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:02 |
| 20Robert LangC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 | 26:08 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 23:59 |
| 12Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:45 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:19 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 11:40 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 17:50 |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:40 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 25:53 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:01 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:22 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:18 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:04 |
| 23John JakopinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:10 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 19:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 20 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 59:23 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |