New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, January 5, 2002 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Saturday, January 5, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 36-32.
Alex Kovalev scored a hat trick. Radek Dvorak and Wayne Primeau also scored.
Johan Hedberg made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Kovalev (14)Jan Hrdina (10), Darius Kasparaitis (6)0–114:15 PIT
2nd period
Radek Dvorak (9)Brian Leetch (25)1–108:40 NYR · SHG
3rd period
- Alex Kovalev (15)Jan Hrdina (11), Dan Lacouture (4)1–204:33 PIT · PPG
- Alex Kovalev (16)Jan Hrdina (12), Robert Lang (19)1–305:21 PIT
Wayne Primeau (3)Stephane Richer (5), Dan Lacouture (5)1–417:01 PIT
Team stats
NYRPIT
36Shots on goal32
51%Faceoff %49%
0/6Power play1/5
12Penalty minutes14
18Hits15
9Blocked shots15
3Giveaways5
1Takeaways1
Penalties
- 1st 06:29
Theo Fleury · slashing2 min - 1st 14:28
Kris Beech · hooking2 min - 1st 20:00Brian Leetch · hooking2 min
- 2nd 04:59Randy Robitaille · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2nd 05:07Darius Kasparaitis · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:42Tomas Kloucek · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:37Dan Lacouture · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:25Alex Kovalev · slashing2 min
- 2nd 18:03Johan Hedberg · delaying game2 min
- 3rd 03:11Theo Fleury · slashing2 min
- 3rd 05:23Matthew Barnaby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 05:23Tom Kostopoulos · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 12:23Theo Fleury · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 20Radek DvorakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:07 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:31 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:42 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:32 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:50 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:16 |
| 21Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:36 |
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:10 |
| 32Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:01 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 21:01 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:08 |
| 22Tomas KloucekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:25 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:55 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 60:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 27Alex KovalevR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 9 | 24:16 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 23:15 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:38 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 26:02 |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:10 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 19:10 |
| 16Kris BeechC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:22 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:05 |
| 22Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:32 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:26 |
| 37Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:43 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:51 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:58 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | W | 36 | 35 | 1 | .972 | 59:44 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |