New York Islanders vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, November 16, 2002 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 35–27.
Goals came from Oleg Kvasha, Alex Kovalev, Adrian Aucoin, Jason Wiemer and Mario Lemieux.
Chris Osgood made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Oleg Kvasha (1)Alexei Yashin (7), Mattias Timander (3)1–007:24 NYI
Alex Kovalev (11)Aleksey Morozov (12), Dick Tarnstrom (11)1–110:16 PIT · 
Adrian Aucoin (5)Roman Hamrlik (11), Alexei Yashin (8)2–117:03 NYI ·
3rd period
Jason Wiemer (2)Dave Scatchard (4), Jason Blake (5)3–106:00 NYI
Mario Lemieux (9)Aleksey Morozov (13), Alex Kovalev (12)3–215:46 PIT ·
Team stats
NYIPIT
2735
62%38%
1/82/5
1026
12
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:28 into the first period
Shawn Bates · hooking obstruction2 min - 9:11 into the first periodRoman Hamrlik · cross checking2 min
- 16:17 into the first period
Steve McKenna · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 4:42 into the second periodJamie Pushor · elbowing2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodJohan Hedberg · delaying game2 min
- 13:52 into the second periodDick Tarnstrom · hooking2 min
- 15:29 into the second periodVille Nieminen · roughing2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodMario Lemieux · high sticking2 min
- 3:00 into the third periodRoman Hamrlik · boarding2 min
- 3:46 into the third periodAleksey Morozov · tripping2 min
- 7:25 into the third periodChris Osgood · slashing2 min
- 7:45 into the third periodJan Hrdina · hooking2 min
- 14:56 into the third periodDave Scatchard · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodMarc Bergevin · gross misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 79Alexei YashinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 25:58 |
| 12Oleg KvashaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 28Jason WiemerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:43 |
| 2Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:30 |
| 3Adrian AucoinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 4Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 26:57 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:30 |
| 15Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:21 |
| 20Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:18 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:37 |
| 37Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:13 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:49 |
| 33Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:24 |
| 44Sven ButenschonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Chris OsgoodG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 24:06 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 7 | 25:40 |
| 32Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 25:44 |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 11Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:03 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:20 |
| 22Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:23 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:49 |
| 26Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:02 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:04 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:23 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:58 |
| 3Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:44 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:36 |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:51 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |