New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, March 9, 2002 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, March 9, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 31–26.
Goals came from Milan Kraft, Andreas Johansson, Kris Beech, Sandy McCarthy and Jan Hrdina.
Johan Hedberg made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Milan Kraft (7)Aleksey Morozov (22), Kris Beech (14)0–118:03 PIT ·
2nd period
Andreas Johansson (14)Mikael Samuelsson (9), Dave Karpa (7)1–104:59 NYR
Kris Beech (8)Alex Kovalev (32), Milan Kraft (7)1–210:51 PIT ·
3rd period
Sandy McCarthy (6)Theo Fleury (35), Mike York (36)2–218:09 NYR
Overtime
Jan Hrdina (20)Alex Kovalev (33)2–300:37 PIT
Team stats
NYRPIT
2631
51%49%
0/42/7
1610
1728
1310
54
04
Penalties
- 0:50 into the first period
Brian Leetch · tripping2 min - 5:39 into the first periodVladimir Malakhov · tripping2 min
- 14:13 into the first periodTheo Fleury · roughing2 min
- 14:13 into the first period
Darius Kasparaitis · roughing2 min - 16:35 into the first periodEric Lindros · cross checking2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodDarius Kasparaitis · holding2 min
- 0:49 into the second periodBryan Berard · holding2 min
- 2:10 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · tripping obstruction2 min
- 9:04 into the second periodSandy McCarthy · boarding2 min
- 17:37 into the second periodJan Hrdina · tripping2 min
- 3:00 into the third periodBrian Leetch · hooking2 min
- 3:14 into the third periodTomas Kloucek · cross checking2 min
- 12:24 into the third periodDarius Kasparaitis · charging2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:51 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 27:07 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:14 |
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:30 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:07 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 21Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:22 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28:46 |
| 22Tomas KloucekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:33 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:20 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 14Milan KraftC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 09:23 |
| 16Kris BeechC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 15:56 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 29:24 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 25:32 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:04 |
| 12Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 07:12 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:27 |
| 22Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 23:45 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:34 |
| 41Shane EndicottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:11 |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 72Eric MelocheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:59 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:59 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:37 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |