New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, December 19, 2002 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Thursday, December 19, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 34–16.
Goals came from Milan Kraft, Joe Nieuwendyk, Oleg Tverdovsky and Brian Gionta.
Martin Brodeur made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; Jean-Sebastien Aubin stopped 31 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Milan Kraft (1)Wayne Primeau (5), Ville Nieminen (7)0–103:08 PIT
Joe Nieuwendyk (3)Unassisted1–112:55 NJD
2nd period
Oleg Tverdovsky (3)Joe Nieuwendyk (11)2–104:04 NJD
Brian Gionta (7)Jeff Friesen (9), John Madden (10)3–110:47 NJD
Team stats
NJDPIT
3416
53%47%
0/30/2
66
12
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:19 into the first period
Brooks Orpik · tripping2 min - 18:14 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1:10 into the second periodJamie Pushor · tripping2 min
- 14:17 into the second periodScott Niedermayer · interference2 min
- 5:25 into the third periodIan Moran · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodScott Niedermayer · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 11:53 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:32 |
| 12Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:48 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11:55 |
| 10Oleg TverdovskyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:58 |
| 9Jiri BicekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:22 |
| 17Christian BerglundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 10:52 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:38 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:59 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:31 |
| 24Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 11:14 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:11 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:35 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:28 |
| 6Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:40 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 16 | 1 | .938 |
| 35Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ville NieminenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 22Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:42 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:52 |
| 26Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:28 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:13 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:20 |
| 47Michal SivekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:03 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:07 |
| 3Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:45 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 22:24 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:08 |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 29Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |