Atlanta Thrashers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, January 26, 2002 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, January 26, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Penguins 35–28.
Goals came from Bob Corkum, Mario Lemieux, Aleksey Morozov, Tony Hrkac and Randy Robitaille.
Johan Hedberg made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Corkum (3)Andreas Karlsson (6), Per Svartvadet (6)1–003:23 ATL
2nd period
Mario Lemieux (6)Alex Kovalev (21)1–101:16 PIT
3rd period
Aleksey Morozov (12)Randy Robitaille (5), Darius Kasparaitis (10)1–204:30 PIT
Tony Hrkac (11)Ilya Kovalchuk (20), Frantisek Kaberle (19)2–217:26 ATL ·
Overtime
Randy Robitaille (6)Alex Kovalev (22), Michal Rozsival (13)2–304:02 PIT
Team stats
ATLPIT
3528
52%48%
1/50/5
1414
1324
720
36
21
Penalties
- 7:58 into the first period
Ray Ferraro · tripping2 min - 15:05 into the first period
Randy Robitaille · tripping2 min - 2:48 into the second periodAndrew Ference · holding the stick2 min
- 9:02 into the second periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
- 9:02 into the second periodAndy Sutton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:02 into the second periodDan Lacouture · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:52 into the second periodJeff Odgers · slashing2 min
- 16:57 into the second periodJiri Slegr · charging2 min
- 19:57 into the second periodJanne Laukkanen · tripping2 min
- 8:03 into the third periodAndrew Ference · high sticking2 min
- 11:55 into the third periodChris Tamer · diving2 min
- 11:55 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 16:14 into the third periodMilan Kraft · high sticking2 min
- 18:21 into the third periodJiri Slegr · roughing2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 12Tony HrkacC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:53 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 18:43 |
| 24Andreas KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 |
| 27Bob CorkumC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:34 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:53 |
| 13Patrik StefanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:49 |
| 14Tomi KallioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:35 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 23:11 |
| 18Lubos BarteckoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:52 |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:42 |
| 26Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:01 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:47 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:29 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pasi NurminenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 22Randy RobitailleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 11:49 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 27:43 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28:26 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:04 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:22 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:53 |
| 12Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:08 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:28 |
| 16Kris BeechC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:05 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:37 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:39 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 72Eric MelocheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:28 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |