Pittsburgh Penguins vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Tuesday, December 17, 2002 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Penguins 30-23.
Ramzi Abid scored twice. Tony Amonte, Ville Nieminen, Branko Radivojevic, Jamie Pushor and Mike Johnson also scored.
Brian Boucher made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 25 of 30.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
 PHX | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
Scoring
1st period
Tony Amonte (9)Ramzi Abid (1), Shane Doan (10)0–104:51 PHX
Ville Nieminen (5)Jan Hrdina (15), Milan Kraft (1)1–110:00 PIT
Branko Radivojevic (6)Daniel Brière (16), Daymond Langkow (13)1–213:34 PHX
Jamie Pushor (1)Ville Nieminen (6), Milan Kraft (2)2–215:57 PIT
3rd period
Ramzi Abid (1)Tony Amonte (15), Daymond Langkow (14)2–300:52 PHX
Mike Johnson (9)Daymond Langkow (15), Ladislav Nagy (15)2–413:48 PHX- Ramzi Abid (2)Claude Lemieux (7), Danny Markov (6)2–517:52 PHX
Team stats
PITPHX
23Shots on goal30
54%Faceoff %46%
0/4Power play0/5
17Penalty minutes13
3Hits1
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:15Andrei Nazarov · fighting5 min
- 1st 03:15Steve McKenna · fighting5 min
- 1st 05:22Jamie Pushor · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 08:57Danny Markov · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:04Ross Lupaschuk · slashing2 min
- 2nd 18:30Todd Simpson · holding2 min
- 3rd 03:01Ross Lupaschuk · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 09:50Marc Bergevin · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:59Tony Amonte · tripping obstruction2 min
- 3rd 15:50Alexandre Daigle · slashing2 min
- 3rd 18:20Tony Amonte · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:38Mario Lemieux · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ville NieminenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:04 |
| 3Jamie PushorD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:07 |
| 11Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 12:24 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:56 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:03 |
| 26Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:23 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 20:52 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:45 |
| 47Michal SivekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6 | 20:48 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 17:56 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:30 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:05 |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 29Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 |
| 34Ross LupaschukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | 60:00 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 11Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 22:01 |
| 34Ramzi AbidL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:55 |
| 8Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 12Mike JohnsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 17Ladislav NagyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:46 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 23:26 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:15 |
| 29Branko RadivojevicR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:39 |
| 55Danny MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:08 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:18 |
| 24Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:42 |
| 44Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:05 |
| 2Todd SimpsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 4Ossi VaananenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:36 |
| 15Radoslav SuchyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:23 |
| 23Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Brian BoucherG | W | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 60:00 |
| 35Zac BierkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |