Pittsburgh Penguins vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Saturday, March 16, 2002 · STAPLES Center

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23–24

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Game summary

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Saturday, March 16, 2002 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Penguins 24–23.

Goals came from Mikko Eloranta, Mathieu Schneider, Nelson Emerson, Jaroslav Bednar, Randy Robitaille, Michal Rozsival and Kris Beech.

Felix Potvin made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 13 of 14.

Goals
PIT	0	0	3	3	23
LAK	3	1	0	4	24

Scoring

1st period

Mikko Eloranta (6)Brad Chartrand (9), Ian Laperriere (12)0–100:13 LAK
Mathieu Schneider (6)Jason Allison (41), Ziggy Palffy (20)0–206:45 LAK
Nelson Emerson (5)Lubomir Visnovsky (14), Adam Deadmarsh (27)0–315:03 LAK

2nd period

Jaroslav Bednar (1)Mathieu Schneider (20), Craig Johnson (13)0–416:41 LAK ·

3rd period

Randy Robitaille (10)Alex Kovalev (34), Michal Rozsival (18)1–409:49 PIT ·
Michal Rozsival (6)Alex Kovalev (35), Randy Robitaille (13)2–414:28 PIT ·
Kris Beech (9)Milan Kraft (8), Ian Moran (7)3–414:55 PIT

Team stats

PITLAK

2324

44%56%

2/51/6

1210

3024

1015

156

26

Penalties

7:56 into the first periodHans Jonsson · cross checking2 min
2:11 into the second periodJaroslav Modry · tripping2 min
6:02 into the second periodBilly Tibbetts · hooking obstruction2 min
7:57 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · holding the stick2 min
14:51 into the second periodBilly Tibbetts · tripping2 min
5:24 into the third periodShean Donovan · diving2 min
5:24 into the third periodMichal Rozsival · hooking2 min
7:39 into the third periodBryan Smolinski · tripping2 min
8:20 into the third periodAaron Miller · high sticking2 min
11:21 into the third periodBilly Tibbetts · cross checking2 min
13:01 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

22Randy RobitailleC	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	43	21:46
27Alex KovalevR	0	2	2	−1	4	1	0	0	–	27:11
28Michal RozsivalD	1	1	2	−1	2	1	0	2	–	21:57
14Milan KraftC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	67	10:34
16Kris BeechC	1	0	1	+1	3	4	0	0	–	14:58
24Ian MoranD	0	1	1	−1	2	2	2	0	–	17:42
12Billy TibbettsR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	6	–	11:03
17Toby PetersenC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	03:39
18Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	−1	1	4	0	2	–	15:04
29Krzysztof OliwaL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	03:51
33Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	08:24
38Jan HrdinaC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	3	0	57	27:22
44Stephane RicherR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	15:20
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	0	0	−1	5	0	1	0	–	15:40
4Jamie PushorD	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	–	18:46
5Janne LaukkanenD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	–	17:05
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	18:30
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	19:24

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	L	14	13	1	.929	39:49
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		10	7	3	.700	20:00

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

10Mathieu SchneiderD	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	2	–	22:34
7Jaroslav BednarC	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	12:26
19Nelson EmersonR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	07:11
22Ian LaperriereR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	–	16:53
23Craig JohnsonL	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	13:51
28Adam DeadmarshR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	20:28
29Brad ChartrandR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	60	13:34
33Ziggy PalffyR	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	21:29
41Jason AllisonC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	58	19:03
42Mikko ElorantaL	1	0	1	+1	4	1	2	0	–	15:08
17Lubomir VisnovskyD	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	–	14:02
12Ken BelangerL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	04:56
21Bryan SmolinskiC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	58	19:38
24Adam MairC	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	100	06:51
3Aaron MillerD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	2	–	22:46
14Mattias NorstromD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	0	–	23:53
43Philippe BoucherD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	21:44
44Jaroslav ModryD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	14:21

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
1Jamie StorrG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Felix PotvinG	W	23	20	3	.870	59:42