New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 4–1 on Saturday, January 5, 2002 at home.

Final score, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team Goals 2001-2002 record
New York Rangers 1 36-38-4-4
at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 28-41-8-5

Goals by period

Goals by period, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New York Rangers 0 1 0 1
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 0 3 4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New York Rangers 8 21 7 36
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 9 16 32

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 14:15 Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Kovalev (14) Jan Hrdina (10), Darius Kasparaitis (6) Even strength NYR 0, PIT 1
2nd 08:40 New York Rangers Radek Dvorak (9) Brian Leetch (25) Shorthanded NYR 1, PIT 1
3rd 04:33 Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Kovalev (15) Jan Hrdina (11), Dan Lacouture (4) Power play NYR 1, PIT 2
3rd 05:21 Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Kovalev (16) Jan Hrdina (12), Robert Lang (19) Even strength NYR 1, PIT 3
3rd 17:01 Pittsburgh Penguins Wayne Primeau (3) Stephane Richer (5), Dan Lacouture (5) Even strength NYR 1, PIT 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Stat New York Rangers Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 36 32
Power play 0 of 6 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 12 14
Hits 18 15
Blocked shots 9 15
Giveaways 3 5
Takeaways 1 1
Faceoffs won 39/77 (50.6%) 38/77 (49.4%)

Box score

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 6 M. Malhotra C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25% 07:42
Number 10 S. McCarthy R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 02:32
Number 14 T. Fleury R 0 0 0 -2 6 1 1 1 0 20:50
Number 16 M. York L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 100% 19:16
Number 20 R. Dvorak R 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 20:07
Number 21 S. McKenna L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 02:36
Number 26 A. Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 42.9% 15:10
Number 32 J. Toms L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 75% 12:31
Number 36 M. Barnaby R 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 12:49
Number 37 M. Samuelsson R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 11:01
Number 88 E. Lindros C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 50% 21:01
Number 93 P. Nedved C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0 0 36.8% 22:08
Number 2 B. Leetch D 0 1 1 +1 2 3 2 1 0 26:31
Number 22 T. Kloucek D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 0 0 14:25
Number 23 V. Malakhov D 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 0 22:55
Number 24 S. Lefebvre D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0 15:37
Number 33 D. Karpa D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 2 0 17:39
Number 34 B. Berard D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 19:35
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 35 M. Richter 32 28 4 .875 60:00 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 15 W. Primeau C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 58.3% 16:59
Number 16 K. Beech C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 33.3% 12:22
Number 17 T. Petersen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 100% 05:05
Number 20 R. Lang C 0 1 1 +2 0 4 0 3 0 50% 26:02
Number 22 R. Robitaille C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13:13
Number 25 K. Stevens L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 02:32
Number 27 A. Kovalev R 3 0 3 +1 2 9 0 0 1 24:16
Number 29 K. Oliwa L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:26
Number 33 D. Lacouture L 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 19:38
Number 37 T. Kostopoulos R 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 12:09
Number 38 J. Hrdina C 0 3 3 +1 0 1 0 0 0 50% 23:15
Number 44 S. Richer R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:10
Number 2 J. Melichar D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 4 0 18:43
Number 5 J. Laukkanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 2 0 19:51
Number 7 A. Ference D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 16:58
Number 8 H. Jonsson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 18:14
Number 11 D. Kasparaitis D 0 1 1 +2 2 4 9 1 0 19:10
Number 28 M. Rozsival D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 2 1 0 20:44
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 1 J. Hedberg 36 35 1 .972 59:44 Win

Penalties

Penalties, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:29 New York Rangers Theo Fleury Slashing 2
1st 14:28 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Beech Hooking 2
1st 20:00 New York Rangers Brian Leetch Hooking 2
2nd 04:59 Pittsburgh Penguins Randy Robitaille Hooking obstruction 2
2nd 05:07 Pittsburgh Penguins Darius Kasparaitis High sticking 2
2nd 07:42 New York Rangers Tomas Kloucek Roughing 2
2nd 13:37 Pittsburgh Penguins Dan Lacouture Roughing 2
2nd 16:25 Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Kovalev Slashing 2
2nd 18:03 Pittsburgh Penguins Johan Hedberg Delaying game 2
3rd 03:11 New York Rangers Theo Fleury Slashing 2
3rd 05:23 New York Rangers Matthew Barnaby Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
3rd 05:23 Pittsburgh Penguins Tom Kostopoulos Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
3rd 12:23 New York Rangers Theo Fleury Slashing 2

Game information

New York Rangers head coach
Ron Low
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Rick Kehoe
Referees
Marc Joannette, Don VanMassenhoven
Linesmen
Derek Amell, Mark Pare
New York Rangers scratches
Mark Messier, Jason Dawe, Igor Ulanov, Michal Grosek, Dale Purinton, Mike Mottau, Rico Fata, Barrett Heisten, Peter Smrek, Richard Scott
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Mario Lemieux, Ian Moran, Martin Straka, Mike Wilson, John Jakopin, Aleksey Morozov, Eric Meloche, Milan Kraft, Billy Tibbetts, Shane Endicott

2001-2002 season series

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