New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, November 28, 2003 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Friday, November 28, 2003 at Mellon Arena. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 35-21.
Martin Rucinsky scored twice. Rico Fata, Eric Lindros and Brian Leetch also scored.
Jussi Markkanen made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Rucinsky (6)Alex Kovalev (15), Bobby Holik (7)1–014:56 NYR
2nd period
Rico Fata (8)Patrick Boileau (2), Dick Tarnstrom (6)1–108:17 PIT · PPG
3rd period
- Martin Rucinsky (7)Alex Kovalev (16), Bobby Holik (8)2–103:34 NYR
Eric Lindros (4)Jan Hlavac (5), Darius Kasparaitis (3)3–107:03 NYR
Brian Leetch (3)Mark Messier (4), Martin Rucinsky (11)4–116:15 NYR · SHG
Team stats
NYRPIT
35Shots on goal21
53%Faceoff %47%
0/1Power play1/6
19Penalty minutes9
18Hits12
11Blocked shots16
4Giveaways9
3Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 04:12
Richard Scott · elbowing2 min - 2nd 00:31
Marc Bergevin · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:28Darius Kasparaitis · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 14:41Bench · delaying game bench2 min
- 2nd 16:48Jed Ortmeyer · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 19:51Chris Simon · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:51Kelly Buchberger · roughing2 min
- 3rd 04:12Tom Poti · slashing2 min
- 3rd 14:32Richard Scott · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 17:02Richard Scott · fighting5 min
- 3rd 17:02Kelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:16 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 37Jan HlavacL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:49 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:32 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 13Richard ScottR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:24 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:36 |
| 21Jamie LundmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:54 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:16 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:16 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:17 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 4Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 21:44 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:20 |
| 29Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 40Jussi MarkkanenG | W | 21 | 20 | 1 | .952 | 59:52 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Rico FataL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 24:11 |
| 5Patrick BoileauD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:59 |
| 32Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 24:08 |
| 7Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:24 |
| 8Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:02 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:09 |
| 20Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:22 |
| 36Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 43Tomas SurovyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:10 |
| 71Konstantin KoltsovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:37 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:53 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 55Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 59:55 |
| 31Sebastien CaronG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |