Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 2002 · Mellon Arena

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2–3

Final

SOG 22–29

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday, December 28, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 29-22.

Martin Straka scored twice. Chad Kilger, Milan Kraft and Craig Rivet also scored.

Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Jeff Hackett stopped 26 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	0	1	2	22
PIT	0	3	0	3	29

Scoring

1st period

Chad Kilger (6)Andreas Dackell (9), Patrice Brisebois (13)1–012:55 MTL

2nd period

Milan Kraft (3)Marc Bergevin (3), Alex Kovalev (28)1–100:45 PIT
Martin Straka (9)Alex Kovalev (29)1–202:02 PIT · PPG
Martin Straka (10)Jan Hrdina (17), Mario Lemieux (46)1–312:10 PIT

3rd period

Craig Rivet (4)Saku Koivu (21), Jan Bulis (10)2–318:01 MTL

Team stats

MTLPIT

22Shots on goal29

52%Faceoff %48%

0/4Power play1/3

8Penalty minutes10

1Hits2

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 02:13Bench · delaying game bench2 min
1st 05:51Alex Kovalev · high sticking2 min
1st 10:09Shean Donovan · roughing2 min
1st 17:24Jan Bulis · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 01:24Jan Bulis · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 08:31Craig Rivet · hooking2 min
2nd 08:31Steve McKenna · diving2 min
2nd 17:04Wayne Primeau · hooking2 min
2nd 18:14Donald Audette · hooking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	33	20:21
24Andreas DackellR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:56
25Chad KilgerL	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	100	12:36
38Jan BulisC	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	4	–	14:42
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	26:40
52Craig RivetD	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	–	21:02
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:52
21Randy MckayR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:53
26Sylvain BlouinL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:09
71Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:34
82Donald AudetteR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	15:10
90Joe JuneauC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	61	17:01
93Doug GilmourC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	20:35
94Yanic PerreaultC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	19:55
28Karl DykhuisD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:39
54Patrick TraverseD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:22
65Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:27
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	24:40

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jeff HackettG	L	29	26	3	.897	59:34
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

27Alex KovalevR	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	2	–	22:20
82Martin StrakaC	2	0	2	-1	4	0	0	0	–	21:45
14Milan KraftC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	29	15:39
38Jan HrdinaC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	67	19:47
66Mario LemieuxC	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	50	20:15
25Marc BergevinD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	20:38
10Ville NieminenL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	09:46
15Wayne PrimeauC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	58	12:47
18Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	10:39
23Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	05:28
26Kent MandervilleC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33	11:05
33Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:11
47Michal SivekC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	100	16:42
3Jamie PushorD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	17:59
7Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	20:58
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	17:51
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	–	18:34
28Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	21:38

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG	W	22	20	2	.909	60:00