Pittsburgh Penguins vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Monday, March 18, 2002 · Philips Arena

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4–2

27–24

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–2 on Monday, March 18, 2002 at Philips Arena. The Penguins outshot the Thrashers 27–24.

Goals came from Randy Robitaille, Shean Donovan, Tony Hrkac, Milan Kraft, Jean-Pierre Vigier and Jan Hrdina.

Johan Hedberg made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Pasi Nurminen stopped 23 of 26.

Goals
PIT	0	2	2	4	27
ATL	0	1	1	2	24

Scoring

2nd period

Randy Robitaille (11)Alex Kovalev (36), Jan Hrdina (25)1–004:41 PIT ·
Shean Donovan (7)Alex Kovalev (37)2–010:24 PIT
Tony Hrkac (14)Jiri Slegr (5), Yannick Tremblay (12)2–117:30 ATL ·

3rd period

Milan Kraft (8)Stephane Richer (12), Aleksey Morozov (23)3–101:14 PIT
Jean-Pierre Vigier (3)Yannick Tremblay (13), Patrik Stefan (13)3–208:31 ATL
Jan Hrdina (21)Darius Kasparaitis (12), Alex Kovalev (38)4–219:09 PIT ·

Team stats

PITATL

2724

44%56%

1/51/8

1610

2730

168

311

118

Penalties

1:09 into the first periodJean-Pierre Vigier · interference2 min
2:00 into the first periodJan Hrdina · high sticking2 min
7:37 into the first periodDaniel Tjarnqvist · holding2 min
11:43 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · tripping2 min
4:35 into the second periodAndy Sutton · boarding2 min
8:17 into the second periodAndrew Ference · hooking2 min
12:10 into the second periodKris Beech · tripping2 min
14:41 into the second periodJan Hrdina · high sticking2 min
14:41 into the second periodJan Hrdina · high sticking2 min
16:52 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · high sticking2 min
17:12 into the second periodDany Heatley · high sticking2 min
13:26 into the third periodAndy Sutton · interference2 min
16:50 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

27Alex KovalevR	0	3	3	+2	4	2	0	4	–	23:33
38Jan HrdinaC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	6	56	24:46
14Milan KraftC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	33	10:25
18Shean DonovanR	1	0	1	0	3	3	2	0	–	16:30
22Randy RobitailleC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	50	23:10
44Stephane RicherR	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	12:11
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	15:40
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	1	1	+3	1	7	2	0	–	22:06
16Kris BeechC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	2	–	11:27
17Toby PetersenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	05:05
33Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	03:58
46Jeff TomsL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	47	12:09
47Kent MandervilleC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	33	11:17
4Jamie PushorD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	17:03
7Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	16:19
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:34
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	–	19:50
28Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	4	0	–	20:49

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	W	24	22	2	.917	60:00
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

38Yannick TremblayD	0	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	–	25:13
12Tony HrkacC	1	0	1	−1	3	0	0	0	65	17:10
13Patrik StefanC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	50	18:47
47Jean-Pierre VigierR	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	–	15:16
71Jiri SlegrD	0	1	1	−1	3	1	1	0	–	28:06
14Tomi KallioR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	19:08
15Dany HeatleyL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	2	–	20:21
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	−1	0	4	0	0	–	11:22
18Lubos BarteckoL	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	–	15:15
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:17
26Pascal RheaumeC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	13:58
27Bob CorkumC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	0	57	15:18
37Dan SnyderC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50	08:26
39Per SvartvadetC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	12:19
3Brian PothierD	0	0	0	−2	3	5	1	0	–	19:42
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	12:15
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	4	–	10:28
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	2	–	20:39

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
31Pasi NurminenG	L	26	23	3	.885	58:55
33Milan HnilickaG		0	0	0	–	00:00