Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, January 8, 2002 · Mellon Arena

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3–2

31–30

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Tuesday, January 8, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 31–30.

Goals came from Glen Murray, Kris Beech, Jan Hrdina, Joe Thornton and Sergei Samsonov.

John Grahame made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 28 of 31.

Goals
BOS	2	0	1	3	31
PIT	2	0	0	2	30

Scoring

1st period

Glen Murray (19)Joe Thornton (30), Sergei Samsonov (25)1–004:41 BOS
Kris Beech (5)Michal Rozsival (9), Stephane Richer (6)1–105:10 PIT
Jan Hrdina (11)Robert Lang (20), Michal Rozsival (10)1–207:43 PIT
Joe Thornton (18)Sergei Samsonov (26)2–218:01 BOS

3rd period

Sergei Samsonov (11)Glen Murray (19), Don Sweeney (9)3–208:14 BOS

Team stats

BOSPIT

3130

45%55%

0/10/5

199

1519

89

34

20

Penalties

2:46 into the first periodAndrei Nazarov · fighting5 min
2:46 into the first periodKrzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
2:56 into the second periodJarno Kultanen · holding2 min
8:00 into the second periodMichal Rozsival · holding2 min
18:14 into the second periodJoe Thornton · roughing2 min
11:39 into the third periodMartin Lapointe · holding2 min
14:27 into the third periodBill Guerin · high sticking2 min
14:27 into the third periodBill Guerin · high sticking2 min
14:27 into the third periodAndrew Ference · high sticking2 min
18:31 into the third periodBrian Rolston · high sticking2 min
20:00 into the third periodSean O'Donnell · roughing2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

14Sergei SamsonovL	1	2	3	+1	1	0	0	0	–	16:20
19Joe ThorntonC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	2	40	17:39
27Glen MurrayR	1	1	2	+1	5	0	0	0	–	18:44
32Don SweeneyD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	3	0	–	20:16
11P.J. AxelssonL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	18:12
12Brian RolstonR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	53	18:33
13Bill GuerinR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	–	18:31
16Jozef StumpelL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	55	16:18
17Rob ZamunerL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	33	15:23
20Martin LapointeR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	33	15:46
33Scott PellerinL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	07:41
42P.J. StockC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	40	05:30
62Andrei NazarovL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	–	03:15
21Sean O'DonnellD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	–	26:02
25Hal GillD	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	28:16
31Jamie RiversD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:48
44Nick BoyntonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	22:36
64Jarno KultanenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	09:03

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
34Byron DafoeG		0	0	0	–	00:00
47John GrahameG	W	30	28	2	.933	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

28Michal RozsivalD	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	2	–	15:20
16Kris BeechC	1	0	1	−1	2	1	0	0	63	17:00
20Robert LangC	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	56	26:21
38Jan HrdinaC	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	20:14
44Stephane RicherR	0	1	1	−1	3	0	0	0	–	16:59
17Toby PetersenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	46	15:37
22Randy RobitailleC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	56	19:15
25Kevin StevensL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	04:38
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	25:37
29Krzysztof OliwaL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	–	03:42
33Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	18:34
37Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	16:08
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	15:14
5Janne LaukkanenD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	–	16:08
7Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	–	16:49
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	14:22
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	−2	1	6	1	0	–	18:13
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	1	0	–	18:29

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	L	31	28	3	.903	59:21
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	00:00