Los Angeles Kings vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Wednesday, February 27, 2002 · Mellon Arena

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5–4

31–27

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Game summary

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Kings outshot the Penguins 31–27.

Janne Laukkanen scored twice. Jan Hrdina, Jason Allison, Mikko Eloranta, Adam Deadmarsh, Jaroslav Modry, Ian Laperriere and Alex Kovalev also scored.

Jamie Storr made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 26 of 31.

Goals
LAK	3	2	0	5	31
PIT	2	0	2	4	27

Scoring

1st period

Jan Hrdina (15)Alex Kovalev (26), Robert Lang (27)0–105:54 PIT
Jason Allison (15)Mattias Norstrom (6), Adam Deadmarsh (23)1–107:00 LAK
Mikko Eloranta (5)Ian Laperriere (10)2–111:47 LAK
Adam Deadmarsh (21)Jason Allison (33), Mathieu Schneider (17)3–112:19 LAK
Janne Laukkanen (4)Mario Lemieux (24), Alex Kovalev (27)3–214:38 PIT ·

2nd period

Jaroslav Modry (4)Jason Allison (34), Ziggy Palffy (16)4–206:45 LAK ·
Ian Laperriere (8)Mikko Eloranta (8), Brad Chartrand (7)5–211:17 LAK

3rd period

Janne Laukkanen (5)Aleksey Morozov (20), Mario Lemieux (25)5–305:15 PIT
Alex Kovalev (21)Robert Lang (28), Jan Hrdina (18)5–419:48 PIT

Team stats

LAKPIT

3127

58%42%

1/21/4

106

1016

136

28

22

Penalties

2:25 into the first periodMikko Eloranta · high sticking2 min
13:51 into the first periodTed Donato · tripping2 min
6:16 into the second periodJanne Laukkanen · high sticking2 min
12:52 into the second periodMario Lemieux · high sticking2 min
15:37 into the second periodCraig Johnson · holding2 min
19:26 into the second periodNelson Emerson · roughing2 min
19:26 into the second periodAndrew Ference · roughing2 min
0:31 into the third periodBryan Smolinski · holding2 min

Season series

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

41Jason AllisonC	1	2	3	0	4	3	1	0	58	19:59
22Ian LaperriereR	1	1	2	+2	1	1	0	0	25	12:42
28Adam DeadmarshR	1	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	–	17:12
42Mikko ElorantaL	1	1	2	+2	1	2	0	2	–	12:59
29Brad ChartrandR	0	1	1	+2	2	0	2	0	64	12:53
33Ziggy PalffyR	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	19:09
10Mathieu SchneiderD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	–	19:01
14Mattias NorstromD	0	1	1	−2	1	0	0	0	–	24:16
44Jaroslav ModryD	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	17:50
9Kelly BuchbergerR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	100	08:19
15Ted DonatoL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	25	05:16
19Nelson EmersonR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	05:13
21Bryan SmolinskiC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	67	18:12
23Craig JohnsonL	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	–	19:59
57Steve HeinzeR	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	15:48
3Aaron MillerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	–	22:22
17Lubomir VisnovskyD	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0	0	–	15:06
43Philippe BoucherD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	20:57

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
1Jamie StorrG	W	27	23	4	.852	59:57
39Felix PotvinG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

27Alex KovalevR	1	2	3	0	4	2	0	0	50	21:21
20Robert LangC	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	21	19:37
38Jan HrdinaC	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	33	17:15
66Mario LemieuxC	0	2	2	+2	3	0	0	2	44	21:10
5Janne LaukkanenD	2	0	2	+1	2	2	1	2	–	20:47
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	20:14
16Kris BeechC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	17:10
17Toby PetersenC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	67	07:49
22Randy RobitailleC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	41	15:55
33Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	16:35
44Stephane RicherR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	14:03
72Eric MelocheR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	08:14
82Martin StrakaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:03
7Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	2	–	14:59
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	19:26
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	–	19:47
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	0	–	19:15
28Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	2	0	–	17:32

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	L	31	26	5	.839	58:13
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	00:00