Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, November 9, 2002 · RBC Center
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Saturday, November 9, 2002 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Penguins 31–26.
Goals came from Martin Straka, Kevyn Adams, Alexandre Daigle, David Tanabe and Bates Battaglia.
Kevin Weekes made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Jean-Sebastien Aubin stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Straka (1)Alex Kovalev (10), Aleksey Morozov (10)1–014:42 PIT ·
2nd period
Kevyn Adams (2)Unassisted1–108:02 CAR
3rd period
Alexandre Daigle (4)Mario Lemieux (22), Dick Tarnstrom (10)2–105:10 PIT
David Tanabe (2)Rod Brind'Amour (6), Sami Kapanen (4)2–207:09 CAR · 
Bates Battaglia (1)Kevyn Adams (3), Niclas Wallin (2)2–314:23 CAR
Team stats
PITCAR
2631
44%56%
1/51/8
1610
11
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:19 into the first period
Alex Kovalev · holding the stick2 min - 5:28 into the first period
Erik Cole · holding obstruction2 min - 13:13 into the first periodSean Hill · tripping2 min
- 13:22 into the first periodAaron Ward · interference2 min
- 0:57 into the second periodIan Moran · delaying game2 min
- 5:40 into the second periodVille Nieminen · tripping2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodIan Moran · interference2 min
- 11:56 into the second periodVille Nieminen · hooking2 min
- 16:19 into the second periodJaroslav Svoboda · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 5:53 into the third periodMichal Rozsival · interference2 min
- 12:08 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 16:25 into the third periodKevyn Adams · holding2 min
- 17:27 into the third periodJan Hrdina · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11Alexandre DaigleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:08 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 22:03 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:48 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:53 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:31 |
| 32Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 23:40 |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:03 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:41 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:46 |
| 26Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 10:52 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:09 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:23 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 3Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:37 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 26:14 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:44 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 21David TanabeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:24 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:12 |
| 15Harold DrukenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:30 |
| 20Jan HlavacL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:36 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:40 |
| 36Jesse BoulericeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:16 |
| 62Jaroslav SvobodaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 20:45 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:36 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 13:59 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:44 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 25:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |