New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, March 27, 2002 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 31–21.
Bobby Holik scored twice. Jeff Toms, Aleksey Morozov, Randy Robitaille, Stephane Richer and Patrik Elias also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Holik (22)Sergei Brylin (23), Scott Gomez (35)1–003:45 NJD
Jeff Toms (8)Randy Robitaille (17)1–105:38 PIT
2nd period
Aleksey Morozov (19)Alex Kovalev (41), Jan Hrdina (29)1–202:18 PIT
3rd period
Randy Robitaille (13)Alex Kovalev (42)1–301:24 PIT · 
Stephane Richer (14)Joe Nieuwendyk (29)2–304:11 NJD- Bobby Holik (23)Brian Rafalski (39)3–314:03 NJD
Patrik Elias (25)Joe Nieuwendyk (30), Jamie Langenbrunner (18)4–314:52 NJD
Team stats
NJDPIT
3121
47%53%
0/01/1
119
3122
811
56
12
Penalties
- 2:50 into the first period
Jim McKenzie · fighting5 min - 2:50 into the first period
Krzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min - 14:17 into the first periodScott Gomez · high sticking2 min
- 14:17 into the first periodAndrew Ference · cross checking2 min
- 13:35 into the second periodScott Gomez · roughing2 min
- 13:35 into the second periodRandy Robitaille · roughing2 min
- 19:53 into the second periodColin White · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 16Bobby HolikC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:55 |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:49 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:11 |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:42 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:03 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 12Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:09 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:36 |
| 19Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 05:47 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 23:47 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:56 |
| 6Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:47 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 22Randy RobitailleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 20:37 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 24:06 |
| 9Jeff TomsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:14 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 21:54 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:54 |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 16Kris BeechC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:36 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:21 |
| 18Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:07 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 3Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:06 |
| 6Rick BerryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:55 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 21:00 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:34 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:59 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |