Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, November 30, 2002 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Saturday, November 30, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 28–26.
Joe Thornton scored twice. Andrew Ference, Sergei Samsonov and Jan Hrdina also scored.
John Grahame made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Jean-Sebastien Aubin stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Thornton (12)P.J. Axelsson (7), Mike Knuble (12)1–014:59 BOS
2nd period
Andrew Ference (1)Alex Kovalev (17), Mario Lemieux (35)1–105:37 PIT · - Joe Thornton (13)Sergei Samsonov (5), Glen Murray (14)2–113:38 BOS
3rd period
Sergei Samsonov (3)Bryan Berard (7), Jonathan Girard (6)3–102:02 BOS
Jan Hrdina (11)Alex Kovalev (18), Janne Laukkanen (3)3–204:52 PIT ·
Team stats
BOSPIT
2826
37%63%
0/32/6
1823
12
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:43 into the second period
Sean Brown · hooking2 min - 8:17 into the second period
Ville Nieminen · high sticking2 min - 10:49 into the second periodIvan Huml · holding2 min
- 16:18 into the second periodGlen Murray · interference2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodKent Manderville · slashing2 min
- 1:25 into the third periodMichal Grosek · boarding5 min
- 1:25 into the third periodMichal Grosek · fighting5 min
- 1:25 into the third periodAndrew Ference · instigator2 min
- 1:25 into the third periodAndrew Ference · fighting5 min
- 1:25 into the third periodAndrew Ference · misconduct10 min
- 8:33 into the third periodMario Lemieux · slashing2 min
- 11:48 into the third periodIvan Huml · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:28 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 24:20 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:26 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:59 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:45 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 46Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:47 |
| 22Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:03 |
| 36Ivan HumlL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 42P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:58 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:21 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:46 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:05 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 47John GrahameG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 27:45 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 27:00 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:34 |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 11Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 05:59 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 22Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:51 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:13 |
| 26Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:28 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 |
| 47Michal SivekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:18 |
| 3Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:49 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:26 |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |