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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, November 2, 2002 · Mellon Arena

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Saturday, November 2, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Lightning outshot the Penguins 29–25.

Alex Kovalev scored twice and Martin St. Louis scored twice. Vinny Prospal, Jan Hrdina, Kent Manderville and Mario Lemieux also scored.

Johan Hedberg made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 20 of 24.

Goals
Tampa Bay LightningTBL012329
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT203525

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Team stats

TBLPIT
2925
46%54%
0/43/5
1010
21
00
00
00

Penalties

  • 10:53 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 13:01 into the first periodWayne Primeau · high sticking2 min
  • 13:01 into the first periodWayne Primeau · high sticking2 min
  • 14:59 into the first periodVinny Prospal · interference2 min
  • 15:57 into the first periodMartin St. Louis · cross checking2 min
  • 10:59 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
  • 16:51 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
  • 2:24 into the third periodPavel Kubina · holding the stick2 min
  • 2:49 into the third periodJimmie Olvestad · holding2 min
  • 3:27 into the third periodJassen Cullimore · roughing2 min

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