Edmonton Oilers at Pittsburgh Penguins

Tuesday, February 18, 2003, 7:30 PM ET Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 in overtime on Tuesday, February 18, 2003 at home.

Final score, Edmonton Oilers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Edmonton Oilers	3	36-26-11-9
at Pittsburgh Penguins	4	27-44-6-5

Goals by period, Edmonton Oilers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Edmonton Oilers	1	1	1	0	3
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	2	0	1	4

Shots on goal by period, Edmonton Oilers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Edmonton Oilers	5	15	16	0	36
Pittsburgh Penguins	10	5	5	2	22

Scoring summary

Every goal, Edmonton Oilers at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	01:27	Edmonton Oilers	Daniel Cleary (4)	Jani Rita (1), Todd Marchant (31)	Even strength	EDM 1, PIT 0
1st	17:49	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mikael Samuelsson (10)	Mario Lemieux (55), Rico Fata (6)	Power play	EDM 1, PIT 1
2nd	03:22	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tomas Surovy (2)	Ville Nieminen (11)	Even strength	EDM 1, PIT 2
2nd	07:13	Edmonton Oilers	Todd Marchant (13)	Brian Swanson (8), Anson Carter (28)	Power play	EDM 2, PIT 2
2nd	08:31	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ville Nieminen (8)	Dick Tarnstrom (29), Shawn Heins (2)	Even strength	EDM 2, PIT 3
3rd	17:51	Edmonton Oilers	Anson Carter (22)	Janne Niinimaa (21), Marty Reasoner (11)	Power play	EDM 3, PIT 3
OT	01:35	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mario Lemieux (22)	Rico Fata (7), Dick Tarnstrom (30)	Power play	EDM 3, PIT 4

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

Edmonton Oilers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 D. Cleary	R	1	0	1	+1	0	7	1	0	0	100%	12:31
Number 10 S. Horcoff	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	50%	18:38
Number 14 J. Rita	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0		09:03
Number 18 E. Moreau	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	1	0		10:03
Number 19 M. Reasoner	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	61.9%	16:09
Number 22 A. Carter	R	1	1	2	-1	0	7	0	0	1		24:26
Number 26 T. Marchant	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	0	1	42.9%	15:57
Number 27 G. Laraque	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0		05:50
Number 28 J. Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		14:18
Number 34 F. Pisani	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:16
Number 37 B. Swanson	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	80%	21:22
Number 89 M. Comrie	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	33.3%	16:37
Number 2 E. Brewer	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0		27:04
Number 5 A. Semenov	D	0	0	0	-2	4	0	1	1	0		24:58
Number 8 A. Pisa	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:25
Number 24 S. Staios	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1	0		22:33
Number 32 S. Ferguson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:15
Number 44 J. Niinimaa	D	0	1	1	0	6	5	1	0	0		21:23

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 T. Salo	22	18	4	.818	61:32	Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 V. Nieminen	L	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0	0		11:05
Number 12 M. Sivek	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		10:59
Number 15 W. Primeau	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	40.9%	15:59
Number 18 S. Donovan	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		16:09
Number 19 R. Fata	L	0	2	2	-1	0	1	0	0	0		19:34
Number 22 R. Robitaille	C	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	1	0	43.8%	16:01
Number 23 S. McKenna	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0		10:41
Number 26 K. Manderville	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	80%	12:26
Number 37 M. Samuelsson	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	0	1	100%	14:20
Number 43 T. Surovy	L	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	0	0		13:35
Number 66 M. Lemieux	C	1	1	2	-1	0	3	0	1	1	43.8%	22:43
Number 8 H. Jonsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	0		17:20
Number 24 I. Moran	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		09:34
Number 25 M. Bergevin	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0		21:12
Number 28 M. Rozsival	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		23:01
Number 32 D. Tarnstrom	D	0	2	2	0	2	3	1	0	0		22:36
Number 39 J. Bouchard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0		21:12
Number 57 S. Heins	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	0		18:02

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 J. Hedberg	36	33	3	.917	61:35	Win

Penalties, Edmonton Oilers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	09:33	Edmonton Oilers	Janne Niinimaa	Hooking	2
1st	16:41	Edmonton Oilers	Janne Niinimaa	Roughing	2
1st	18:09	Pittsburgh Penguins	Johan Hedberg	Delaying game	2
1st	19:57	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kent Manderville	High sticking	2
2nd	06:10	Pittsburgh Penguins	Randy Robitaille	Hooking obstruction	2
2nd	06:21	Pittsburgh Penguins	Marc Bergevin	High sticking	2
2nd	06:31	Edmonton Oilers	Janne Niinimaa	Hooking obstruction	2
2nd	09:38	Edmonton Oilers	Georges Laraque	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	09:38	Pittsburgh Penguins	Steve McKenna	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	15:55	Edmonton Oilers	Alexei Semenov	High sticking	2
2nd	18:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Dick Tarnstrom	Holding	2
3rd	17:03	Pittsburgh Penguins	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
OT	00:53	Edmonton Oilers	Alexei Semenov	Tripping	2

Edmonton Oilers head coach: Craig MacTavish
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Rick Kehoe
Referees: Paul Devorski, Craig Spada
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Derek Nansen
Edmonton Oilers scratches: Jason Smith, Jiri Dopita, Ryan Smyth, Mike York, Bobby Allen, Jarret Stoll, Ales Hemsky, Kari Haakana, Marc-Andre Bergeron
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Jamie Pushor, Vladimir Vujtek, Janne Laukkanen, Martin Straka, Alexandre Daigle, Aleksey Morozov, Jean-Sebastien Aubin, Jan Hrdina, Eric Meloche, Josef Melichar, Tom Kostopoulos, Milan Kraft, Kris Beech, Konstantin Koltsov, Ross Lupaschuk, Brooks Orpik

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