Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, November 29, 2002 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Friday, November 29, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 44-23.
Alex Kovalev scored twice. Jan Hrdina, Stu Barnes and Ville Nieminen also scored.
Johan Hedberg made 43 saves on 44 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
2nd period
Alex Kovalev (14)Dick Tarnstrom (21), Jan Hrdina (10)1–008:45 PIT · PPG
Jan Hrdina (10)Alex Kovalev (16), Ville Nieminen (4)2–009:12 PIT · PPG
3rd period
- Alex Kovalev (15)Randy Robitaille (3), Ian Moran (4)3–008:08 PIT
Stu Barnes (5)Vaclav Varada (3), Jochen Hecht (8)3–109:29 BUF
Ville Nieminen (4)Marc Bergevin (2), Jan Hrdina (11)4–119:44 PIT · SHG · EN
Team stats
PITBUF
23Shots on goal44
54%Faceoff %46%
2/5Power play0/5
15Penalty minutes15
1Hits4
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:50
Steve McKenna · hooking obstruction2 min - 1st 06:17
Chris Gratton · hooking2 min - 1st 08:01Ville Nieminen · slashing2 min
- 1st 12:55Kent Manderville · tripping2 min
- 1st 17:50Curtis Brown · hooking2 min
- 2nd 00:36Aleksey Morozov · hooking2 min
- 2nd 01:16Taylor Pyatt · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 06:58Rhett Warrener · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2nd 08:41James Patrick · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:53Rhett Warrener · fighting5 min
- 2nd 15:53Dan Lacouture · fighting5 min
- 3rd 18:26Alex Kovalev · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 27Alex KovalevR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 25:24 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 21:27 |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:20 |
| 22Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:38 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:00 |
| 32Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 22:56 |
| 11Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:28 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:14 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:11 |
| 26Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:48 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 47Michal SivekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 11:06 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 3Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:25 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | W | 44 | 43 | 1 | .977 | 60:00 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:35 |
| 71Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:32 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 12:09 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 17:30 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:23 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:28 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:17 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:06 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 17:17 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 19:12 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:08 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:37 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:58 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:10 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 58:42 |