Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 2002 · Madison Square Garden

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6–1

Final

SOG 22–24

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 6-1 on Thursday, December 26, 2002 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 24-22.

Goals came from Mario Lemieux, Mark Messier, Jan Hrdina, Steve McKenna, Michal Sivek, Michal Rozsival and Wayne Primeau.

Johan Hedberg made 11 saves on 12 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 10 of 15.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	3	2	1	6	22
NYR	1	0	0	1	24

Scoring

1st period

Mario Lemieux (18)Martin Straka (9), Jan Hrdina (16)1–006:31 PIT
Mark Messier (12)Vladimir Malakhov (9)1–113:20 NYR · PPG
Jan Hrdina (13)Alex Kovalev (26), Mario Lemieux (44)2–114:22 PIT · PPG
Steve McKenna (2)Milan Kraft (4), Michal Sivek (2)3–116:46 PIT · PPG

2nd period

Michal Sivek (1)Alex Kovalev (27), Hans Jonsson (1)4–108:07 PIT
Michal Rozsival (2)Martin Straka (10), Mario Lemieux (45)5–111:33 PIT

3rd period

Wayne Primeau (3)Ville Nieminen (8)6–118:44 PIT

Team stats

PITNYR

22Shots on goal24

43%Faceoff %57%

2/4Power play1/6

21Penalty minutes17

1Hits3

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 00:18Ian Moran · holding the stick2 min
1st 12:40Wayne Primeau · hooking obstruction2 min
1st 14:04Cory Cross · hooking2 min
1st 14:59Ronald Petrovicky · hooking2 min
1st 17:50Ian Moran · holding2 min
2nd 11:16Eric Lindros · roughing2 min
2nd 11:16Andrew Ference · roughing2 min
2nd 13:36Matthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
2nd 13:36Andrew Ference · fighting5 min
2nd 16:06Petr Nedved · high sticking2 min
2nd 17:53Darius Kasparaitis · diving2 min
2nd 17:53Michal Rozsival · holding2 min
3rd 08:05Matthew Barnaby · cross checking2 min
3rd 09:44Martin Straka · hooking2 min
3rd 13:55Dan Lacouture · roughing2 min
3rd 13:55Dan Lacouture · roughing2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

66Mario LemieuxC	1	2	3	+2	3	0	0	20	19:05
27Alex KovalevR	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	–	17:11
38Jan HrdinaC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	75	18:01
47Michal SivekC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	–	13:25
82Martin StrakaC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	2	–	18:51
10Ville NieminenL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	–	12:53
14Milan KraftC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	15	12:41
15Wayne PrimeauC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	2	63	13:15
23Steve McKennaL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	–	08:57
8Hans JonssonD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	–	22:05
28Michal RozsivalD	1	0	1	+2	2	0	2	–	20:18
18Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:24
26Kent MandervilleC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33	15:03
33Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	–	07:42
3Jamie PushorD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	–	16:35
7Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	–	17:38
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	–	19:49
25Marc BergevinD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	–	19:36

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG	W	12	11	1	.917	37:51
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		12	12	0	1.000	21:57

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

11Mark MessierC	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	64	18:24
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	1	1	-2	3	0	0	–	22:45
10Sandy McCarthyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:14
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	68	17:51
20Radek DvorakR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	–	16:29
26Jamie LundmarkC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	–	14:36
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	7	–	09:58
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	–	17:53
38Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	12:01
44Billy TibbettsR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	43	09:40
88Eric LindrosC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	63	23:39
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	46	20:36
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	–	23:08
6Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	–	18:34
18Cory CrossD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	–	11:01
21Richard LintnerD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	–	17:29
33Dave KarpaD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	09:47
39Joel BouchardD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	22:36

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mike DunhamG	L	15	10	5	.667	33:11
31Dan BlackburnG		7	6	1	.857	26:49