Los Angeles Kings vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, February 25, 2003 · Mellon Arena

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5–3

Final

SOG 29–25

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Game summary

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at Mellon Arena. The Kings outshot the Penguins 29-25.

Mario Lemieux scored twice, Ziggy Palffy scored twice and Bryan Smolinski scored twice. Martin Straka and Jaroslav Modry also scored.

Cristobal Huet made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 24 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
LAK	1	2	2	5	29
PIT	2	0	1	3	25

Scoring

1st period

Martin Straka (16)Mario Lemieux (58), Dick Tarnstrom (31)0–105:02 PIT
Mario Lemieux (24)Tomas Surovy (3), Dick Tarnstrom (32)0–215:23 PIT
Jaroslav Modry (10)Ziggy Palffy (37), Mathieu Schneider (28)1–217:49 LAK · PPG

2nd period

Ziggy Palffy (27)Alex Frolov (13)2–212:55 LAK
Ziggy Palffy (28)Derek Armstrong (18), Mathieu Schneider (29)3–216:39 LAK · PPG

3rd period

Bryan Smolinski (15)Chris Schmidt (1), Eric Belanger (16)4–203:42 LAK
Mario Lemieux (25)Martin Straka (22)4–310:15 PIT
Bryan Smolinski (16)Ziggy Palffy (38), Alex Frolov (14)5–310:49 LAK

Team stats

LAKPIT

29Shots on goal25

39%Faceoff %61%

2/5Power play0/4

10Penalty minutes12

5Hits8

10Blocked shots9

2Giveaways11

1Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 05:40Brad Norton · roughing2 min
1st 05:40Brad Norton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1st 05:40Jamie Pushor · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1st 15:57Bench · delaying game bench2 min
1st 17:21Shean Donovan · cross checking2 min
2nd 00:45Johan Hedberg · delaying game2 min
2nd 01:24Ziggy Palffy · high sticking2 min
2nd 06:02Shawn Heins · holding the stick2 min
2nd 06:19Mathieu Schneider · interference obstruction2 min
2nd 15:46Marc Bergevin · high sticking2 min
2nd 19:23Mattias Norstrom · tripping2 min

Season series

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

33Ziggy PalffyR	2	2	4	+2	6	0	2	2	–	23:28
21Bryan SmolinskiC	2	0	2	+3	5	0	0	0	36	20:52
24Alex FrolovL	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	09:51
10Mathieu SchneiderD	0	2	2	+1	1	1	1	2	–	21:22
25Eric BelangerC	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	47	20:14
32Derek ArmstrongC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	38	16:25
51Chris SchmidtC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	–	12:50
44Jaroslav ModryD	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	–	20:16
22Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	60	08:46
23Craig JohnsonL	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	–	17:40
27Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	31	13:29
42Mikko ElorantaL	0	0	0	-3	2	0	1	0	–	12:05
57Steve HeinzeR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:30
3Aaron MillerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	22:49
14Mattias NorstromD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	21:21
17Lubomir VisnovskyD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	17:54
36Dmitry YushkevichD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	16:32
63Brad NortonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	–	01:46

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jamie StorrG		8	6	2	.750	15:23
35Cristobal HuetG	W	17	16	1	.941	44:20

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

66Mario LemieuxC	2	1	3	+2	5	0	0	0	50	26:21
82Martin StrakaC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	–	24:19
32Dick TarnstromD	0	2	2	+3	0	0	2	0	–	26:42
43Tomas SurovyL	0	1	1	+2	7	0	1	0	–	21:42
15Wayne PrimeauC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	44	12:16
18Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	–	15:07
19Rico FataL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	13:08
22Randy RobitailleC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	83	14:37
23Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:11
26Kent MandervilleC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	75	11:16
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	08:13
38Jan HrdinaC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	80	13:27
3Jamie PushorD	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	2	–	16:54
6Richard LintnerD	0	0	0	+3	3	1	0	0	–	21:48
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	16:57
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	07:42
25Marc BergevinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	14:55
57Shawn HeinsD	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	2	–	19:33

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG	L	29	24	5	.828	58:10
31Sebastien CaronG		0	0	0	–	00:00