Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Friday, December 21, 2001 · Mellon Arena

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3–4

Final

SOG 25–22

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Friday, December 21, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 25-22.

Goals came from Chris Simon, Darius Kasparaitis, Andrew Ference, Toby Petersen, Jan Hrdina, Peter Bondra and Sergei Gonchar.

Johan Hedberg made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 5 of 6.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	2	3	25
PIT	0	3	1	4	22

Scoring

2nd period

Chris Simon (7)Peter Bondra (11)1–008:10 WSH
Darius Kasparaitis (1)Kris Beech (12), Stephane Richer (3)1–112:58 PIT
Andrew Ference (1)Alex Kovalev (12), Jan Hrdina (9)1–214:10 PIT
Toby Petersen (6)Stephane Richer (4)1–319:57 PIT

3rd period

Jan Hrdina (10)Alex Kovalev (13), Josef Melichar (3)1–401:00 PIT
Peter Bondra (22)Jaromir Jagr (17), Glen Metropolit (2)2–409:54 WSH · PPG
Sergei Gonchar (11)Adam Oates (27), Dmitri Khristich (4)3–412:51 WSH · PPG

Team stats

WSHPIT

25Shots on goal22

57%Faceoff %43%

2/5Power play0/4

24Penalty minutes26

19Hits27

16Blocked shots10

3Giveaways7

2Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 02:22Krzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
1st 02:22Stephen Peat · fighting5 min
1st 04:13Chris Simon · high sticking2 min
1st 07:23Michal Rozsival · interference2 min
1st 14:25Joe Reekie · holding2 min
1st 19:45Dan Lacouture · fighting5 min
1st 19:45Chris Simon · fighting5 min
2nd 00:42Andrew Ference · holding stick obstruction2 min
2nd 00:42Jaromir Jagr · roughing2 min
2nd 08:50Joe Sacco · cross checking2 min
2nd 10:58Michal Rozsival · tripping obstruction2 min
2nd 10:58Peter Bondra · diving2 min
2nd 15:44Joe Sacco · interference obstruction2 min
3rd 03:34Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
3rd 07:04Darius Kasparaitis · charging2 min
3rd 09:12Darius Kasparaitis · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 12:02Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
3rd 16:44Alex Kovalev · diving2 min
3rd 16:44Sergei Gonchar · hooking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

12Peter BondraR	1	1	2	-2	7	4	0	2	–	27:18
8Dmitri KhristichR	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	40	14:59
17Chris SimonL	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	7	–	12:58
20Glen MetropolitC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	17:01
68Jaromir JagrR	0	1	1	-2	2	1	0	2	–	22:18
77Adam OatesC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	58	21:09
55Sergei GoncharD	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	2	–	24:13
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	12:02
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	62	18:59
14Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	–	05:08
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	09:24
23Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	04:37
51Stephen PeatR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	–	06:13
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	7	0	–	19:57
3Sylvain CoteD	0	0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	–	18:12
4Frantisek KuceraD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	19:50
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0	–	16:24
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	–	13:13

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Craig BillingtonG	L	6	5	1	.833	19:22
37Olie KolzigG		16	13	3	.813	40:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

27Alex KovalevR	0	2	2	+1	4	0	0	6	–	22:36
38Jan HrdinaC	1	1	2	+1	1	1	0	0	–	19:16
44Stephane RicherR	0	2	2	+2	3	0	0	0	–	14:39
16Kris BeechC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	56	15:56
17Toby PetersenC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	11:56
2Josef MelicharD	0	1	1	+3	1	2	0	0	–	23:16
7Andrew FerenceD	1	0	1	+3	4	3	0	2	–	22:25
11Darius KasparaitisD	1	0	1	+1	1	5	4	4	–	18:03
12Billy TibbettsR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	12:25
14Milan KraftC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	08:26
15Wayne PrimeauC	0	0	0	+1	1	4	0	0	35	14:39
20Robert LangC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	50	23:57
25Kevin StevensL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	09:06
29Krzysztof OliwaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	03:56
33Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	–	16:08
5Janne LaukkanenD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:53
23John JakopinD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	11:53
28Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	–	19:56

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG	W	25	22	3	.880	60:00
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	00:00