Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, October 26, 2002 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Saturday, October 26, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 31–23.
Goals came from Adam Mair, Wayne Primeau, Alexandre Daigle, Aleksey Morozov, Michal Rozsival, Jochen Hecht and Alex Kovalev.
Johan Hedberg made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Mair (1)Alexei Zhitnik (2)1–008:24 BUF · 
Wayne Primeau (1)Janne Laukkanen (1), Ville Nieminen (2)1–108:39 PIT · 
Alexandre Daigle (1)Dick Tarnstrom (6), Alex Kovalev (6)1–216:23 PIT ·
2nd period
Aleksey Morozov (7)Mario Lemieux (13), Jan Hrdina (4)1–305:30 PIT · 
Michal Rozsival (1)Alexandre Daigle (2), Vladimir Vujtek (1)1–412:08 PIT · 
Jochen Hecht (3)Chris Gratton (8), Miroslav Satan (4)2–413:04 BUF ·
3rd period
Alex Kovalev (7)Mario Lemieux (14)2–500:43 PIT
Team stats
BUFPIT
3123
44%56%
1/64/6
4151
03
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:46 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 9:13 into the first period
Shean Donovan · holding2 min - 14:53 into the first periodRhett Warrener · tripping2 min
- 2:33 into the second periodJan Hrdina · tripping2 min
- 3:42 into the second periodChris Gratton · high sticking2 min
- 9:57 into the second periodEric Boulton · cross checking2 min
- 9:57 into the second periodEric Boulton · fighting5 min
- 9:57 into the second periodAdam Mair · fighting5 min
- 9:57 into the second periodAdam Mair · game misconduct10 min
- 9:57 into the second periodBrian Campbell · roughing2 min
- 9:57 into the second periodJamie Pushor · instigator2 min
- 9:57 into the second periodJamie Pushor · fighting5 min
- 9:57 into the second periodJamie Pushor · misconduct10 min
- 9:57 into the second periodWayne Primeau · fighting5 min
- 9:57 into the second periodWayne Primeau · game misconduct10 min
- 9:57 into the second periodDan Lacouture · roughing2 min
- 10:20 into the second periodJ-P Dumont · hooking2 min
- 12:47 into the second periodKent Manderville · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 17:34 into the second periodMichal Rozsival · roughing2 min
- 3:47 into the third periodSteve McKenna · roughing2 min
- 8:05 into the third periodChris Gratton · high sticking2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodSteve McKenna · slashing2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodChris Gratton · cross checking2 min
- 19:57 into the third periodEric Boulton · fighting5 min
- 19:57 into the third periodSteve McKenna · fighting5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Adam MairC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 04:13 |
| 71Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:20 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:38 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 22:38 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:12 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:32 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:22 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:57 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:29 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 19:46 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:37 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:53 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:20 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11Alexandre DaigleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23:54 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26:01 |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:07 |
| 19Vladimir VujtekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:30 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:09 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:24 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 32Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 26:33 |
| 18Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:11 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 03:57 |
| 26Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:42 |
| 3Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |