Florida Panthers vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, March 5, 2002 · Mellon Arena

5–6

25–32

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Florida Panthers 6–5 in overtime on Tuesday, March 5, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Panthers 32–25.

Randy Robitaille scored twice and Alex Kovalev scored twice. Robert Lang, Jason Wiemer, Marcus Nilson, Jan Hrdina, Kristian Huselius, Valeri Bure and Ivan Novoseltsev also scored.

Johan Hedberg made 20 saves on 25 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 26 of 32.

Goals
FLA	1	1	3	0	5	25
PIT	1	3	1	1	6	32

Scoring

1st period

Robert Lang (18)Milan Kraft (6), Alex Kovalev (30)0–103:48 PIT
Jason Wiemer (7)Sandis Ozolinsh (29), Robert Svehla (13)1–110:24 FLA ·

2nd period

Randy Robitaille (8)Stephane Richer (9), Dan Lacouture (8)1–206:06 PIT
Marcus Nilson (13)Pavel Bure (24), Jason Wiemer (18)2–207:04 FLA
Jan Hrdina (18)Robert Lang (32), Michal Rozsival (14)2–315:02 PIT
Alex Kovalev (24)Michal Rozsival (15)2–418:31 PIT

3rd period

Randy Robitaille (9)Dan Lacouture (9)2–500:52 PIT
Kristian Huselius (19)Sandis Ozolinsh (30)3–506:07 FLA
Valeri Bure (7)Robert Svehla (14), Olli Jokinen (13)4–511:02 FLA
Ivan Novoseltsev (9)Kristian Huselius (16)5–512:14 FLA

Overtime

Alex Kovalev (25)Stephane Richer (10), Darius Kasparaitis (11)5–603:23 PIT

Team stats

FLAPIT

2532

41%59%

1/40/2

1529

2214

612

Penalties

5:31 into the first periodBill Lindsay · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
10:00 into the first periodToby Petersen · interference2 min
12:39 into the first periodStephane Richer · hooking2 min
18:22 into the first periodBrad Ference · cross checking2 min
3:20 into the second periodSandis Ozolinsh · hooking2 min
3:20 into the second periodRobert Lang · diving2 min
17:35 into the second periodPeter Worrell · diving2 min
17:35 into the second periodJohan Hedberg · interference2 min
6:41 into the third periodPeter Worrell · fighting5 min
6:41 into the third periodKrzysztof Oliwa · instigator2 min
6:41 into the third periodKrzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
6:41 into the third periodKrzysztof Oliwa · misconduct10 min
6:41 into the third periodAndrew Ference · roughing2 min
18:53 into the third periodDarren Van Impe · cross checking2 min
18:53 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · cross checking2 min

Season series

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

22Kristian HuseliusL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	15:49
28Jason WiemerC	1	1	2	−2	3	3	1	0	45	21:51
24Robert SvehlaD	0	2	2	−2	0	5	1	0	–	31:22
44Sandis OzolinshD	0	2	2	−2	1	0	2	2	–	34:33
10Pavel BureR	0	1	1	−3	4	0	2	0	–	28:13
12Olli JokinenC	0	1	1	−1	2	2	0	0	55	20:23
18Marcus NilsonL	1	0	1	−1	4	0	0	0	29	19:08
20Valeri BureR	1	0	1	−2	5	2	0	0	–	21:11
39Ivan NovoseltsevR	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	13:31
8Peter WorrellL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	–	05:04
11Bill LindsayL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	22	05:25
14Niklas HagmanL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:55
36Joey TetarenkoR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:00
43Byron RitchieC	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	0	42	11:42
49Lance WardR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	09:55
5Jeff NortonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	10:53
29Darren Van ImpeD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	18:21
45Brad FerenceD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	2	–	19:11

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
1Roberto LuongoG	L	32	26	6	.813	63:23
37Trevor KiddG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

27Alex KovalevR	2	1	3	+3	8	0	2	2	58	26:09
20Robert LangC	1	1	2	0	5	0	1	2	50	26:18
22Randy RobitailleC	2	0	2	+2	6	0	1	0	68	20:30
33Dan LacoutureL	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	12:21
44Stephane RicherR	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	2	–	13:50
28Michal RozsivalD	0	2	2	+3	0	0	1	0	–	23:02
14Milan KraftC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	44	13:34
38Jan HrdinaC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	53	25:25
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	1	1	+3	3	6	3	0	–	27:00
16Kris BeechC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	50	15:25
17Toby PetersenC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	67	04:59
29Krzysztof OliwaL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	17	–	02:00
72Eric MelocheR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	04:22
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	15:06
5Janne LaukkanenD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	18:32
7Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	15:57
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	17:13
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	20:16

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	W	25	20	5	.800	63:23
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	00:00