New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 2004 · Mellon Arena

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4–1

Final

SOG 27–41

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday, January 3, 2004 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 41-27.

Goals came from Dan Lacouture, Petr Nedved, Eric Meloche, Jed Ortmeyer and Bobby Holik.

Jussi Markkanen made 40 saves on 41 shots for the win; Sebastien Caron stopped 23 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	1	2	4	27
PIT	0	0	1	1	41

Scoring

1st period

Dan Lacouture (2)Mark Messier (9), Alex Kovalev (23)1–001:50 NYR

2nd period

Petr Nedved (11)Mark Messier (10)2–015:00 NYR

3rd period

Eric Meloche (1)Tom Kostopoulos (3), Tomas Surovy (5)2–113:28 PIT
Jed Ortmeyer (2)Bobby Holik (16), Martin Rucinsky (16)3–114:33 NYR
Bobby Holik (11)Jed Ortmeyer (1), Martin Rucinsky (17)4–119:50 NYR · EN

Team stats

NYRPIT

27Shots on goal41

54%Faceoff %46%

0/4Power play0/6

12Penalty minutes8

20Hits16

12Blocked shots11

3Giveaways9

1Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 09:22Darius Kasparaitis · tripping2 min
1st 12:02Eric Lindros · high sticking2 min
1st 16:13Boris Mironov · interference2 min
2nd 03:50Brooks Orpik · holding2 min
2nd 03:50Brooks Orpik · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 07:52Josef Melichar · cross checking2 min
2nd 12:52Petr Nedved · high sticking2 min
3rd 05:04Darius Kasparaitis · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 05:04Boris Mironov · cross checking2 min
3rd 09:28Martin Strbak · interference2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

11Mark MessierC	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	42	18:14
16Bobby HolikC	1	1	2	+2	5	2	1	0	65	13:33
26Martin RucinskyL	0	2	2	+2	1	1	1	0	–	12:35
41Jed OrtmeyerR	1	1	2	+2	3	2	0	0	–	10:28
27Alex KovalevR	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	–	17:40
39Dan LacoutureL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	12:05
93Petr NedvedC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	2	58	17:04
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	11:49
20Pascal RheaumeC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:31
22Anson CarterR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:08
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	11:57
88Eric LindrosC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	56	16:24
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	2	0	–	28:29
4Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	26:05
6Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	–	21:42
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	20:55
29Boris MironovD	0	0	0	+2	2	4	1	4	–	21:25
74Joel BouchardD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	01:55

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mike DunhamG		0	0	0	–	–
40Jussi MarkkanenG	W	41	40	1	.976	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

36Tom KostopoulosR	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	15:39
43Tomas SurovyL	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	15:54
72Eric MelocheR	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	36	18:30
7Kelly BuchbergerR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	07:10
8Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	15:02
9Rico FataL	0	0	0	-3	3	0	0	0	35	20:04
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	50	15:53
15Brian HolzingerC	0	0	0	-1	6	2	1	0	48	20:38
20Mike EastwoodC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	65	10:38
23Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	06:11
71Konstantin KoltsovL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	16:27
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	–	13:18
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	3	2	–	22:48
4Dan FochtD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:26
5Patrick BoileauD	0	0	0	-3	5	1	1	0	–	27:38
6Martin StrbakD	0	0	0	-1	6	0	1	2	–	28:01
25Marc BergevinD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	18:48
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-1	3	3	2	4	–	20:40

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	–
31Sebastien CaronG	L	26	23	3	.885	57:55