Atlanta Thrashers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, October 16, 2002 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 on Wednesday, October 16, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Thrashers 38–34.
Goals came from Aleksey Morozov, Alex Kovalev, Randy Robitaille, Ilya Kovalchuk and Dany Heatley.
Johan Hedberg made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 35 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Aleksey Morozov (5)Mario Lemieux (4), Alex Kovalev (5)0–114:37 PIT
Alex Kovalev (1)Mario Lemieux (5), Randy Robitaille (1)0–219:21 PIT
2nd period
Randy Robitaille (2)Mario Lemieux (6), Dick Tarnstrom (3)0–313:20 PIT ·
3rd period
Ilya Kovalchuk (2)Vyacheslav Kozlov (3), Dany Heatley (3)1–307:19 ATL · 
Dany Heatley (1)Patrik Stefan (2)2–314:44 ATL ·
Team stats
ATLPIT
3438
40%60%
1/61/8
1614
23
00
00
00
Penalties
- 16:56 into the first period
Andy Sutton · slashing2 min - 17:25 into the first period
Steve McKenna · interference2 min - 18:21 into the first periodDaniel Tjarnqvist · holding2 min
- 2:05 into the second periodJan Hrdina · high sticking2 min
- 6:02 into the second periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
- 7:30 into the second periodDan Snyder · hooking2 min
- 10:19 into the second periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
- 11:53 into the second periodRichard Smehlik · high sticking2 min
- 14:26 into the second periodShean Donovan · tripping obstruction2 min
- 19:22 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · holding2 min
- 1:17 into the third periodDick Tarnstrom · holding the stick2 min
- 6:57 into the third periodJan Hrdina · tripping2 min
- 10:19 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:54 into the third periodKirill Safronov · cross checking2 min
- 17:04 into the third periodShean Donovan · interference2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:53 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 19:42 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:29 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 15:01 |
| 10Yuri ButsayevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:27 |
| 14Tomi KallioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:33 |
| 19Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 23Lubos BarteckoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:37 |
| 26Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:11 |
| 37Dan SnyderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:36 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:55 |
| 29Kirill SafronovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:24 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:50 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26:36 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pasi NurminenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | L | 38 | 3 | .921 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 9 | 23:44 |
| 22Randy RobitailleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:35 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 24:50 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:09 |
| 32Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:09 |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:07 |
| 11Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 18Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:59 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:03 |
| 26Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:01 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:20 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:30 |
| 3Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |