New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Sunday, February 23, 2003 · Mellon Arena

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4–3

35–22

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Sunday, February 23, 2003 at Mellon Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 35–22.

Goals came from Mario Lemieux, Turner Stevenson, Jeff Friesen, Rico Fata, Martin Straka, Joe Nieuwendyk and Scott Gomez.

Martin Brodeur made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Sebastien Caron stopped 31 of 35.

Goals
NJD	0	2	2	4	35
PIT	0	1	2	3	22

Scoring

2nd period

Mario Lemieux (23)Tomas Surovy (1), Martin Straka (21)0–104:18 PIT
Turner Stevenson (6)Scott Gomez (29), Tommy Albelin (6)1–109:51 NJD
Jeff Friesen (18)Jamie Langenbrunner (23), Brian Rafalski (31)2–111:30 NJD

3rd period

Rico Fata (4)Jan Hrdina (25), Randy Robitaille (11)2–202:54 PIT
Martin Straka (15)Tomas Surovy (2), Mario Lemieux (57)2–304:30 PIT
Joe Nieuwendyk (13)Jeff Friesen (18)3–309:04 NJD
Scott Gomez (9)Brian Rafalski (32), Scott Stevens (12)4–309:41 NJD

Team stats

NJDPIT

3522

45%55%

0/30/0

06

106

411

44

11

Penalties

14:06 into the second periodMichal Sivek · holding2 min
18:36 into the second periodWayne Primeau · holding2 min
6:43 into the third periodShean Donovan · holding the stick2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

12Jeff FriesenL	1	1	2	+2	3	0	1	0	–	18:39
23Scott GomezC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	0	44	14:22
28Brian RafalskiD	0	2	2	+1	2	2	1	0	–	24:32
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	0	–	18:44
24Turner StevensonR	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	100	12:04
25Joe NieuwendykC	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	0	57	18:19
4Scott StevensD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	23:46
6Tommy AlbelinD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:38
9Jiri BicekR	0	0	0	−2	2	1	0	0	–	15:01
11John MaddenC	0	0	0	−2	2	1	0	0	28	18:20
14Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	100	10:56
16Mike RuppL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	13:39
19Jim McKenzieL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	10:26
20Jay PandolfoL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	15:14
26Patrik EliasC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	14:04
3Ken DaneykoD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	14:32
7Raymond GirouxD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	19:17
27Scott NiedermayerD	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	0	–	23:15

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG	W	22	19	3	.864	60:00
35Corey SchwabG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

43Tomas SurovyL	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	20:01
66Mario LemieuxC	1	1	2	−1	3	0	2	0	55	19:06
82Martin StrakaC	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	22:08
19Rico FataL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	10:56
22Randy RobitailleC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	71	16:10
38Jan HrdinaC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	45	17:14
12Michal SivekC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	50	08:33
15Wayne PrimeauC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	56	13:47
18Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	12:33
23Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	09:33
26Kent MandervilleC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	0	25	12:01
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	13:20
3Jamie PushorD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	20:48
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	17:16
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	20:21
25Marc BergevinD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	17:37
32Dick TarnstromD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	2	0	–	21:32
57Shawn HeinsD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	21:59

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Sebastien CaronG	L	35	31	4	.886	59:02