New York Islanders vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2003 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-1 on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at Mellon Arena. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 26-22.
Jason Blake scored twice and Trent Hunter scored twice. Oleg Kvasha, Tom Kostopoulos and Dave Scatchard also scored.
Garth Snow made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Sebastien Caron stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Blake (10)Unassisted1–000:56 NYI
Trent Hunter (13)Eric Cairns (4)2–011:34 NYI- Jason Blake (11)Adrian Aucoin (21)3–019:58 NYI
2nd period
Oleg Kvasha (8)Jason Blake (11), Garth Snow (1)4–013:27 NYI · SHG- Trent Hunter (14)Adrian Aucoin (22), Shawn Bates (16)5–018:27 NYI · PPG
Tom Kostopoulos (4)Tomas Surovy (4), Rico Fata (8)5–119:42 PIT
3rd period
Dave Scatchard (5)Jason Blake (12), Radek Martinek (2)6–103:46 NYI
Team stats
NYIPIT
26Shots on goal22
55%Faceoff %45%
1/3Power play0/6
12Penalty minutes6
8Hits12
18Blocked shots10
0Giveaways5
3Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 01:10
Eric Meloche · tripping2 min - 1st 05:11
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 14:12Dick Tarnstrom · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 06:10Oleg Kvasha · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:51Mariusz Czerkawski · hooking2 min
- 2nd 15:07Radek Martinek · holding2 min
- 2nd 17:57Brooks Orpik · interference2 min
- 3rd 15:40Justin Papineau · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:14Eric Cairns · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 55Jason BlakeL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 6 | 18:12 |
| 7Trent HunterR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 12:42 |
| 3Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:06 |
| 12Oleg KvashaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 16:48 |
| 24Radek MartinekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 33Eric CairnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:32 |
| 11Mattias WeinhandlR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:29 |
| 16Justin MapletoftC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:53 |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:51 |
| 26Justin PapineauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:15 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:49 |
| 37Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:21 |
| 4Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:24 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Garth SnowG | W | 22 | 21 | 1 | .955 | 60:00 |
| 35Dieter KochanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Rico FataL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 17:43 |
| 36Tom KostopoulosR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 43Tomas SurovyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 7Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:35 |
| 8Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 |
| 15Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:41 |
| 20Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:36 |
| 71Konstantin KoltsovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:17 |
| 72Eric MelocheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 4Dan FochtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 6Martin StrbakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 23:11 |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 32Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 3 | 24:33 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 20:00 | |
| 31Sebastien CaronG | L | 22 | 17 | 5 | .773 | 40:00 |