Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Monday, December 23, 2002 · Mellon Arena

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2–5

19–28

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Monday, December 23, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 28–19.

Alex Kovalev scored twice. J-P Dumont, Milan Kraft, Ales Kotalik, Mario Lemieux and Martin Straka also scored.

Johan Hedberg made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 23 of 28.

Goals
BUF	1	1	0	2	19
PIT	1	0	4	5	28

Scoring

1st period

J-P Dumont (7)Norman Milley (1), Chris Gratton (17)1–001:50 BUF
Milan Kraft (2)Michal Sivek (1), Alex Kovalev (25)1–104:50 PIT

2nd period

Ales Kotalik (5)James Patrick (7), Brian Campbell (5)2–113:28 BUF ·

3rd period

Alex Kovalev (18)Mario Lemieux (41)2–211:09 PIT
Mario Lemieux (17)Unassisted2–313:10 PIT
Alex Kovalev (19)Martin Straka (8), Mario Lemieux (42)2–416:02 PIT
Martin Straka (8)Mario Lemieux (43)2–517:11 PIT

Team stats

BUFPIT

1928

59%41%

1/40/2

913

20

00

00

00

Penalties

8:30 into the first periodChris Gratton · fighting5 min
8:30 into the first periodDmitri Kalinin · hooking2 min
8:30 into the first periodWayne Primeau · fighting5 min
13:04 into the first periodJames Patrick · hooking2 min
15:50 into the first periodVille Nieminen · tripping2 min
1:33 into the second periodWayne Primeau · interference2 min
13:06 into the second periodAndrew Ference · interference2 min
9:00 into the third periodVille Nieminen · high sticking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Ales KotalikR	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:09
17J-P DumontR	1	0	1	−1	4	0	0	0	100	17:17
19Norman MilleyR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	12:48
77Chris GrattonC	0	1	1	−2	2	0	0	5	56	17:43
3James PatrickD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	2	–	21:01
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	15:22
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	50	11:36
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	43	08:03
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	−3	1	1	0	0	–	13:24
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	13:42
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:43
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	64	19:50
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	−3	1	0	0	0	62	14:52
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	21:50
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	20:48
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	25:54
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	17:33
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	19:51

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG	L	28	23	5	.821	60:00
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

66Mario LemieuxC	1	3	4	+4	7	0	0	0	39	21:42
27Alex KovalevR	2	1	3	+4	3	0	0	0	–	18:52
82Martin StrakaC	1	1	2	+3	1	0	0	0	–	20:53
14Milan KraftC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	27	13:34
47Michal SivekC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:55
10Ville NieminenL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	4	–	11:29
15Wayne PrimeauC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	56	15:10
18Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:45
23Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:18
26Kent MandervilleC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	11:06
33Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	11:50
38Jan HrdinaC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	19:42
3Jamie PushorD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:21
7Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	21:56
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:44
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	20:52
25Marc BergevinD	0	0	0	+4	0	0	0	0	–	18:30
28Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0	0	–	19:50

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	W	19	17	2	.895	59:58
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	00:00